Over at
Movieline, from the recent press junket for Marvel & Kenneth Branagh's epic adventure
THOR, the star Chris Hemsworth & 'Loki' actor Tom Hiddleston spoke more on reprising their roles in
Marvel's The Avengers.
“I think the thing that looks like a challenge is actually the reason it will work,” said Hiddleston,“As in, how can one movie contain so many different flavors and colors and characters? I think Joss Whedon has probably made that a strength,” he continued. “The conflict between each of them will be something that will be expanded on.”
Hemsoworth says, “We don’t balance all the other characters, it’s the writer and Joss Whedon, who’s the writer and director. His job is to sort of navigate that. We come in and help him, and that’s all you can really concern yourself with. But I definitely think it will be an interesting combination. As Tom said, why it will work is that conflict and those larger than life characters and egos clashing. There’s some great tension there.”
Additionally, Marvel Studios' head honcho Kevin Fiege, spoke up on a potential standalone
Thor sequel, surly of it's development.
“Listen… we’ve got 600+ issues, we’ve got a thousand years of mythology — we have other stories we’d like to tell,” Feige said. “The audience will tell us whether they’d like to see those other stories, but we have to be prepared for that, if we should get the call.”
“Don Payne is working on story ideas for a Part Two, We’ve got various options with Ken [Branagh] to discuss coming back, but right now the focus is on the first one. Don is, slowly but surely, thinking about where to take the character next should we be so lucky.”
Thor spans the Marvel Universe from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is The Mighty Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth. And Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Idris Elba, Ray Stevenson, Stellan Skarsgård and Tom Hiddleston, the film releases May 6!