Earlier this month, we noticed a peculiar change in a teaser for Thor: Ragnarok, involving a pivotal scene.
Previous trailers have shown Thor (Chris Hemsworth) confronting the death goddess Hela (Cate Blanchett) in an alleyway, where somehow she is able to catch his hammer Mjolnir and shatter it.
However, in a different teaser, the scene is set not in a city but an open green field instead, so we had director Taika Waititi tell us why they decided to change it.
"Here's the thing: alleyways aren't cool and fields are cool, alright? Ask anyone," he joked, before going on to outline the actual reasons why they decided to shift the scene from the city to the countryside.
Mild spoilers follow in the video and after.
"Everything up until then had been so fast-paced and all over the place, we wanted to go somewhere peaceful and chill out with those characters, and be with Odin while he imparts this wisdom and not have to hear stupid yellow cabs in the background," Waititi explained.
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"It just felt like a terrible environment to have a scene which could be very emotional for what happens with Odin and the boys, the first time we've seen the three guys together and him telling them he loves them. It was very important for us just to be in a beautiful, peaceful environment."
Waititi has also been telling us that there's an alternate version of one of Thor: Ragnarok's two post-credits scenes that we might be seeing when the movie hits DVD and Blu-ray.
Thor: Ragnarok is released in UK cinemas on October 24 and US cinemas on November 3.
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