LOKI Episode 3 Director On Whether Balder Easter Egg Is Tied To DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS

LOKI Episode 3 Director On Whether Balder Easter Egg Is Tied To DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS

Loki season 2, episode 3 director Kasra Farahani has addressed that big Balder Easter Egg and reveals whether it was linked to Daniel Craig's scrapped cameo in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

By JoshWilding - Oct 23, 2023 07:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Loki
Source: Screen Rant

In the latest episode of Loki, we followed the God of Mischief and Mobius as they travelled to 1893 and encountered Kang Variant Victor Timely

While searching for the inventor, they stumbled across a tribute to Asgardian deities which included Odin, Thor, and Balder. Loki wasn't happy to have been excluded and points out that no one has heard of Balder...an argument that Mobius is quick to refute.

A supporting character first introduced in 1962's Journey Into Mystery #85, Balder later became a crucial part of J. Michael Straczynski's Thor run when it was revealed that he was actually the God of Thunder's half-brother.

We very nearly met one of the Asgardian's Variants in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as part of Earth-838's Illuminati. Rumour has it he was originally played by Bruce Campbell until No Time to Die star Daniel Craig was enlisted. Unfortunately, he had to pass due to his James Bond commitments, meaning we never got to see the hero impaled on his own sword by the Scarlet Witch (concept art was, however, created). 

Talking to Screen Rant, Loki episode 3 director Kasra Farahani revealed whether the Balder mention was meant to tie into what we almost saw in theaters last year.

"No, it was not. First of all, it's about the joke that you would expect that if you got Odin and Thor, that you would expect a third statue would be Loki, but it isn't. But it's also about using this as an opportunity to remind Loki and the audience that Loki's not just somebody who works with the TVA, but that he's a God. That he comes from that stock and that he has that power within him."

"And then finally, also, I would be remiss if I didn't say that the midway of the Chicago Worlds Fair was basically they brought all these different cultures from around the world, and they created pavilions for them. And the truth of the matter is they're pretty reductive and downright racist at times. So I wanted to kind of acknowledge this notion that we have Loki say that, 'You can't distill an entire culture down to a diorama.' So I wanted to acknowledge that in there."

In the same interview, Farahani was asked about the apparent plot hole created by those branching timelines growing back after they were destroyed by Agent Dox and her fellow TVA agents. 

As we suspected, they're simply growing back faster than anyone can prune them, reiterating the sheer scale of the Multiverse. "It's that Dox did cut, prune, those timelines end all those lives tragically," Farahani says, "but the Multiverse or the timeline rather, is fracturing at such a rate that they're being replaced almost quicker than they were pruned in the first place."

A new episode of Loki will arrive on Disney+ this Thursday. 

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FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 10/23/2023, 7:38 AM
They really did Baldur dirty 😒
Izaizaiza
Izaizaiza - 10/23/2023, 7:55 AM
@FireandBlood - To be fair, they did Loki dirty as well. 🤷🏻‍♂️
URCOMMENTSUCKS
URCOMMENTSUCKS - 10/23/2023, 8:41 AM
@FireandBlood - They actually did him well by not doing him. Because I cannot fathom what the current MCU could've done to such character. I dread the mere idea of Waititi getting his hands on him. I can already imagine those shitty jokes about his name being consonant with the word boulder and there would be some stupid joke involving Korg as well.

Maybe if Kenneth Branagh did the second Thor movie like he planned to, he could bring him in and do him justice. But the current MCU will never allow a sincere good-hearted character who never jokes. It doesn't fit their quota for shitty character writing.
Radders
Radders - 10/23/2023, 8:18 AM
We do need reminding that Loki is a God because this show does everything it can to undermine him.
URCOMMENTSUCKS
URCOMMENTSUCKS - 10/23/2023, 8:38 AM
'You can't distill an entire culture down to a diorama.' So I wanted to acknowledge that in there."

Wow, I see that the lack of self-awareness is like a quota the MCU creators have to fit in to be hired.

Excuse me, sir, but remind me, to what culture characters like Loki belong to, and how respectful you or other MCU filmmakers, besides Kenneth Branagh, were to it? How many Scandinavian actors did you hire in major roles for your Loki show? Do you think it was very respectful for the Nordic people to see their culture and history represented as a silly gobbledygook with lowbrow humor and plots that bare no semblance of resemblance to the Norse stories? Marvel Comics's Loki is 90 percent accurate to the Norse Myths. He's the father of Fenrir, Jormugandr, Hela and Vali, was married to Sigyn (not Sylvia), and is the main villain of Ragnarok. Where was any of that in the MCU? Where is any of that in your stupid show?

([frick]ing morons...)

Also, thanks for taking a chip off my shoulder. I was legit scared you was gonna bring Balder into this shit show, but, thank Asagods, it's just a stupid reference that won't play out. Thanks for nothing, I guess. At least some character you have not ruined (yet).
TheDpool
TheDpool - 10/23/2023, 9:08 AM
Am I the only one really not enjoying season two?

Like season one was interesting, and we'd never seen the likes before. But this season just hasn't picked up my interest yet.
Marvelll
Marvelll - 10/23/2023, 9:19 AM
The same thing is happening to me.
I get bored.
Tom Hiddleston is very good but that alone does not lift the series
AllsGood
AllsGood - 10/23/2023, 9:26 AM
Loki season 2 while I'm enjoying it definitely feels like a slower paced compared to Season 1 and other Marvel Studios Disney + shows. For me it's one of the weaker Disney shows.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 10/23/2023, 9:30 AM
So far for me even She-Hulk: Attorney at Law has been better than Loki Season 2 :)

Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 10/23/2023, 10:39 AM
@AllsGood - She-Hulk is one of the worst things done with superheroes in general. Loki season 2 is below season 1 but come on... She-Hulk will be used as an example of a bad superhero show till the end of time. It makes Iron Fist look like a masterpiece.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 10/23/2023, 11:04 AM
@Urubrodi - Loki season 2 is the first Disney Plus show I had to fast forward through.

marvel72
marvel72 - 10/23/2023, 3:37 PM
@AllsGood -

Jaspion
Jaspion - 10/23/2023, 9:54 AM
Why would they even ask him that? Who tf knows that character was supposed to be in DS2?
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