A screenwriter for Avengers Assemble revealed he tried to reduce how much Thor was in the movie.
Ready Player One screenwriter Zak Penn, who worked on the original Avengers movie as well as X-Men 2 and 3, said in a recent interview that there were concerns about the longevity of the hammer wielding superhero in the MCU.
Indeed, Penn had so many reservations about the character that he actively tried to cut Thor's scenes from the script.
That is, until he saw how good Chris Hemsworth was in the role.
"I remember Chris Hemsworth walking through the Marvel offices and being, 'Oh, my god, that guy is Thor," Penn told The Hollywood Reporter.
"Originally, I was trying to reduce how much Thor was in the movie. Once it was clear that, no, this is going to work and they were excited about it, then I did not [reduce Thor in the script].
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"I stopped doing that."
While the first two Thor movies reached modest critical and commercial success, Taika Waititi's Thor: Ragnarok proved a huge success across the board.
The god can be seen sporting a new hammer (and eyepatch) in the forthcoming Avengers: Infinity War, so it looks like he'll have some part to play in the conclusion of Phase 4 of the MCU.
You know, before that big reboot after Avengers 4.
Avengers: Infinity War is release on April 27 in the UK and May 4 in the US.
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