Thor: The Dark World - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[bernard]

(At around fourteen minutes) A fair amount of improvisation was allowed on-set. Darcy Lewis (Kat Dennings) calling Dr. Erik Selvig (Stellan Skarsgård) "banana balls", was made up on the spot.

[jessica]

Carter Burwell was to write the score, but left the movie over creative differences, and was replaced by Iron Man 3 (2013) composer Brian Tyler.

[darrell]

Brian Kirk had entered into early negotiations to direct, but later dropped out. Patty Jenkins was later confirmed to direct, but dropped out citing creative differences between her and Marvel. Alan Taylor and Daniel Minahan were on the final shortlist to direct, until finally Taylor got the job.

[lonnie]

(At around one hour and thirty minutes) When Thor gets on a train in the London Underground, the station he uses is Charing Cross. Sir Anthony Hopkins (Odin) starred in 84 Charing Cross Road (1987).

[michele]

A track in this movie is called "Lokasenna". This is a Norse poem that describes an exchange of insults between Loki and the other gods. Aptly, this track is used when Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Odin (Sir Anthony Hopkins) meet at the beginning.

[addison]

Filming at the famous Stonehenge historical site proved to be a challenge. After finally getting permission from English Heritage, the filmmakers found out that there were lots of rules and regulations associated with filming there. They could only be in amongst the stones outside of the normal visiting hours. So shooting had to take place early in the morning before opening, which only gave the film crew about three hours before they had to pull back for wider shots, once the stones were opened to the public. Being a heritage site, no one was allowed to touch the stones, nor walk on any of them, so a lot of logistics had to be applied to the filming there.

[ava]

The mid-credits scene of handing over the Aether to the Collector can be a reference to the comics, where he had the reality Infinity Stone, but unaware of its true power. In the scene however, he is fully aware that it is an Infinity Stone.

[lonnie]

Loki's trial had been seen in the "movie prequel comic" book, which served as a "bridge" between Thor (2011), The Avengers (2012), and this movie. The filmmakers liked it so much they incorporated it into this movie.

[addison]

A dead giveaway that Odin was being impersonated by Loki at the end of this movie is his posture. When the real Odin is seated on his throne, he sits evenly and upright, proudly. When Loki rules Asgard in Thor (2011), he sits on the throne at an angle, leaning toward his left. At the end of this movie, Odin is seated in the exact same posture as Loki.

[marc]

The twelfth highest grossing movie of 2013.

[cameron]

The Asgardian waterfalls were based on the Dettifoss waterfall in Iceland, Europe's most powerful waterfall. An aerial camera crew flew to Iceland to film the Dettifoss waterfall from every angle to use as a base for developing the visual.

[javier]

(At around 26 minutes) The scene where Dr. Jane Foster slaps Thor had to be shot several times, because Natalie Portman kept "fake-slapping" Chris Hemsworth to avoid hurting him. After about thirty takes, she was slapping him for real. (At around 1 hour and 2 minutes) Later on, where Dr. Jane Foster first meets Loki and punches him, Portman actually did hit Tom Hiddleston. This time around, it only took her five takes to get to that point.

[harry]

This is the only Marvel movie (besides Avengers: Infinity War (2018)) where Loki does not wear his horned helmet.

[francisco]

(At around forty-eight minutes) Malekith's thunder burned face is an homage to the classic Walt Simonson design of the character, whose face was half-purple in the comics. The starburst on his chest armor was also a nod to the original comic design.

[ronnie]

Possibly the only movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where H.Y.D.R.A. (or H.Y.D.R.A. as S.H.I.E.L.D.) does not influence the plot, even in the end credits scenes.

[wallace]

(At around one hour and twenty-three minutes) Chris Hemsworth improvised hanging Mjölnir (his Hammer) on a coat hook in a polite manner, after playing with it between takes.

[jesus]

Valkyrie, of The Defenders (2017), was set to appear at one point, and concept art of her costume was even drawn up. The character appeared in Thor: Ragnarök (2017).

[ronnie]

Because of the height difference between the two, a box, and later a ramp, had to be used in some of the close-up and kissing scenes between Natalie Portman and Chris Hemsworth.

[maureen]

(At around seventeen minutes) It's evident that the English children have done more than tumble a cement truck, or make shoes and car keys vanish. When Jane (Natalie Portman), Darcy (Kat Dennings), and Ian (Jonathan Howard) first arrive, they pass through a "container-henge", stacked up by the youngsters using their gravitational anomaly, in the same way that Stonehenge was built during the previous Convergence.