Way back in 2011, Taika Waititi showed up as Hal Jordan's best friends in critical and commercial flop Green Lantern. Fast forward six years and he's now at the helm of Thor: Ragnarok, Marvel's best-reviewed movie of all-time and a release which sees him voicing Korg, a character destined to become a fan-favourite. However, a link between these two movies exists which will definitely surprise you!
So, where in Thor: Ragnarok does this nod to Green Lantern come into play? Well, when Skurge is showing his "stuff" to a couple of Asgardian ladies, it turns out that the Shake Weight hails from the DC Universe. Sort of. "The Shake Weight is actually a DC crossover," Waititi tells Fandango. "That’s my Shake Weight. That’s mine, and that was something I bought while I was in Green Lantern."
While the Shake Weight didn't appear in Green Lantern, Waititi still actually views it as a crossover!
"So I was in New Orleans and I was in Green Lantern, but I was barely doing anything. I’d be in my hotel room and it’d be like 1 AM, and the infomercial for the Shake Weight came on. I was like, “Screw it! I guess I’m buying everything I see on TV tonight – I’m gonna buy knives and some sewing thing. I bought exercise DVDs, too, but the one thing I bought that I kept was that Shake Weight… and then I had it shipped to Australia and I put it in the movie!"
Other than that, Thor: Ragnarok is crammed full of references to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and we'll bring you a full breakdown of those later today. What do you guys think of Waititi's comments?
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