Thor - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[ethel]

(At around fifty minutes) When Dr. Erik Selvig (Stellan Skarsgård) is in the library looking at the book of Norse Mythology, there is an illustration of Odin walking across the Bifröst bridge with his Gungnir spear in one hand and the Tesseract in the other. In Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), the Red Skull mentions that the Tesseract was the jewel of Odin's treasure room.

[tom]

The Earth town where most of this movie is set is named "Puente Antiguo", which means "antique bridge", and could be hinting at the Bifröst using it as a frequent destination point.

[ken]

Director Sir Kenneth Branagh and Tom Hiddleston were performing in a West End stage production of "Ivanov" when it was announced that Branagh would direct this movie. At the 2010 Empire Movie Con, Hiddleston recalled one night when, as a joke, he burst into Branagh's dressing room wielding an empty plastic container from a water cooler like Mjölnir, shouting "Come on, Ken, what do you think!?" Branagh's response was reportedly a very jokey "You never know, darling, stranger things have happened." Two months later, Hiddleston was auditioning for Thor, before landing the role as Loki.

[duane]

In the DVD audio commentary, director Sir Kenneth Branagh reveals that the shot near the end of Jane Foster and her associates working in their lab was actually meant to be the opening shot of this movie, and that the closing title sequence of the Nine Realms was originally planned to be the prologue.

[jim]

(At around one hour and eighteen minutes) When the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents track the Asgardians in search of Thor (Chris Hemsworth), they spot Sif (Jaimie Alexander), Fandral (Josh Dallas), and Hogun (Tadanobu Asano), but not Volstagg (Ray Stevenson). A deleted scene has Volstagg knock out the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, having tracked them by their food, and then steal it.

[amber]

Tom Hiddleston went on to become a comic book fan, especially of Loki.

[carla]

Colm Feore's make-up as Laufey the Frost Giant took five hours to apply.

[steve]

In Norse mythology, Thor's nickname was "protector of mankind" (which is apt, considering Thor's superhero status today). Scandinavians to this day wear Mjölnir-amulets, referred to as "torshammare" (Thor's Hammers).

[victoria]

Chapter Four of Phase One in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.