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Jeff Golblum Improvised A Lot Of His 'Thor: Ragnarok' Scenes

Published Tue, 09 May 2017 13:15:07 -0500

Thor: Ragarok went from the Marvel movie what no one was really talking about to the top of "must see" lists thanks to its fantastic first trailer. We've started to get some information about the movie from the various stars. Jeff Goldblum recently sat down with Entertainment Weekly and talked about his first meeting with director Taika Waititi and what drew him to the project.

"I didn't have scenes with Cate Blanchett, but she was in The Life Aquatic, of course, so we'd been in touch, and I've seen her since. I just adore her, so it was great to be in another movie with her, even just by association. The other Hemsworth brother, that now makes two for me, and he couldn't have been sweeter or more down-to-earth, like the whole family. What I particularly loved is the director, Taika Waititi. He really got me involved in this because I'm a fan of his, from Flight of the Conchords and all his movies, not only Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Boy but especially What We Do In the Shadows."

We can hope that there is a scene with the Grandmaster and Hela (played by Cate Blanchett) because that sounds like a fantastic moment everyone. For his scenes and how Waititi asked him to approach the character Goldblum was told he could do some improvisation when it comes to the enigmatic Grandmaster.

"When we first talked, [Waititi] said, "I want you to do your particular version of this character without being comic-y or grandiloquent. I think you should do something that's in your creative family tree. And also improvise." He was very interested in improvisation. We came to all those scenes and riffed enjoyably for the time we had. I don't know what's gonna come out in the mix because we gave him a whole bunch of different choices, I'll tell you that.

How does Goldblum feel about the director of the upcoming Marvel movie? Well enough that we now have a new unit of measurement.

"He's great. Taika Waititi gets 10 Goldblums out of a possible 10 Goldblums."

This is how Bleeding Cool is going to rate things from now on; not just out of ten but out of Goldblums. I'm down.

Summary: Imprisoned, the mighty Thor finds himself in a lethal gladiatorial contest against the Hulk, his former ally. Thor must fight for survival and race against time to prevent the all-powerful Hela from destroying his home and the Asgardian civilization.

Thor: Ragnarok will be released on November 3, 2017.

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