THOR Writer Zack Stentz Reveals That The First Draft Of The Screenplay Included A Joke Cameo From Hela

THOR Writer Zack Stentz Reveals That The First Draft Of The Screenplay Included A Joke Cameo From Hela THOR Writer Zack Stentz Reveals That The First Draft Of The Screenplay Included A Joke Cameo From Hela

Thor writer Zack Stentz has taken to social media to reveal that in an early draft of the 2011 movie's screenplay, Thor: Ragnarok villain Hela was going to be used as a punchline. Check it out...

By JoshWilding - Sep 10, 2020 05:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Thor

The first Thor movie went through a few different writers, and the result was a fun origin story for the God of Thunder. However, an argument could be made that the character didn't really find his footing until Thor: Ragnarok, a movie that reinvented the Avenger and gave Chris Hemsworth the opportunity to show off his comedic skills. 

The first movie laid the groundwork for that, though, and screenwriter Zack Stentz (who also contributed to an early draft of X-Men: First Class) has now taken to Twitter to shed some light on his time working for Marvel Studios. As you can see below, he wasn't a huge comic book fan before signing up for the project, which could explain one admittedly amusing idea he came up with.

"In the [first] draft of the script, during Thor's coronation at one point I had Volstagg blurt out 'What the hell!' and Hela turn around & glare at him until he said 'Sorry; figure of speech.'" 

Stentz went on to point out that writing partner Ashley Miller made him take that out, and it's probably for the best all things considered (that would have been a pretty terrible waste of a great villain, for one). In a separate Tweet, the writer revealed that the first draft took only three weeks to write.

Check out his full Tweet below:
 

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GhostDog
GhostDog - 9/10/2020, 5:36 AM
I’m mad this is kind of funny
marvel72
marvel72 - 9/10/2020, 5:37 AM
Hela was so good in Thor:Ragnarok, I would say up there with my favourites.

1.Thanos
2.Kingpin
3.The Purple Man
4.Hela
5.Red Skull
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 9/10/2020, 5:44 AM
tmp3
tmp3 - 9/10/2020, 5:45 AM
Funny joke. Funnier than some of the ones they wound up using, lol.
Blanchett was alright in Ragnarok, she had pretty great comedic timing but I didn't find her that memorable. Excited to see what Bale does in Thor 4, that dude's a committed mugga fugga
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 9/10/2020, 6:21 AM
@tmp3 - Yeah the humor in Thor movies has mostly been a miss for me. I'm sure this next one will be more of the same, but I'm excited to see what Bale brings to the table.
tmp3
tmp3 - 9/10/2020, 9:17 AM
@Dredd97 - Yeah, I actually rewatched American Psycho recently and I still think that's Bale's best performance. His comedic timing really is impeccable.
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 9/10/2020, 7:33 PM
@tmp3 - It is. That movie gets better with each watch. I love the scene with the business cards is genius
tmp3
tmp3 - 9/10/2020, 10:29 PM
@Dredd97 - I love how all those guys are so homogonized that the only thing differentiating them is the shade of white of their business cards. How Bateman could literally kill Allen and no-one even notices because they confuse other yuppies for Allen as is, and how frequently characters are confusing one another
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 9/12/2020, 9:31 AM
@tmp3 - the way that's all set up is brilliant. And how he keeps getting away with everything. Now I gotta rewatch it lol
jj2112
jj2112 - 9/10/2020, 5:55 AM
I think the line was 'What the HEL!'
NoAssemblyReqd
NoAssemblyReqd - 9/10/2020, 6:24 AM
I’m still mad they combined Hela and Angela. Sure, they could still introduce the latter with a different origin (or perhaps makes her *another* long-lost sister), but I’m not holding my breath.

I wonder, if this joke had made it into THOR, would we have gotten Angela in RAGNAROK instead? And would she have been an all-out villain?
AC1
AC1 - 9/10/2020, 6:37 AM
@NoAssemblyReqd - more likely they either would've ignored the joke and Ragnarok would've happened as is (presenting a continuity error), or they would've written Ragnarok slightly with a different backstory for Hela. Or it just would've been a completely different movie altogether.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 9/10/2020, 6:33 AM
I think this would've been pretty funny, but I'm glad they took it out anyway (in hindsight that is). Although even if they included, I might have already forgetten it like most of the movie
Dannywest
Dannywest - 9/10/2020, 6:48 AM
Sounds funny but glad it got cut out, it's a weird choice to have Hela in amicable terms with asgard
QuietStorm
QuietStorm - 9/10/2020, 6:57 AM
Obligatory
Jacory
Jacory - 9/10/2020, 10:19 AM
Perhaps unpopular opinions, but the first Thor movie was the best of the series (so far), Thor: The Dark World, while possibly being the worst MCU film, really isn't a bad movie at all, and lastly, although Thor: Ragnarok was great, I do believe it's overrated and an unnecessary tone/ style change from the previous films in this series.
TheManWithoutFear
TheManWithoutFear - 9/10/2020, 10:55 AM
The first Thor is my favourite by such a wide margin.
Spike101
Spike101 - 9/10/2020, 3:06 PM
“I knew almost nothing about Thor the comic book”, well there it is in a nutshell why this film was such a shit show.... I was so disappointed with this film.
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