Kevin Feige defends ThorLoveAndThunder's Gorr design: 'Gorr the God Butcher has an awesome look in the comics. We wanted to tap into that. But had we done exactly that translation, we would’ve lost all of Christian.'
Kevin Feige defends Gorr the God Butcher’s design in Thor: Love & Thunder. Terrifying alien supervillain Gorr is a relatively recent addition to the Marvel Comics universe, debuting in 2013’s Thor: God of Thunder #1. But the character made such a strong impression that he was quickly adapted for the MCU, appearing as the main bad guy in 2022’s Thor sequel.
Some fans may have had doubts that the terrifying Gorr would translate to the MCU, but those doubts were certainly assuaged when Thor: Love and Thunder cast Oscar-winner Christian Bale to depict the vengeful and power-hungry character. Unfortunately, many Marvel hardcores had misgivings about Gorr’s depiction in the movie despite Bale’s presence in the role. Their main gripe what not about Bale though, but rather it was about the look of Gorr the God Butcher.
“Gorr the God Butcher has an awesome look in the comics. We wanted to tap into that. But had we done exactly that translation, we would’ve lost all of Christian. So we made the decision early on that we didn’t want him to be a motion capture character. There are incredible ways of doing that, but with this particular actor in this particular character, Taika really believed, rightfully so, that we could achieve that with makeup.
It’s indeed true that recreating Gorr’s comic book look with 100% faithfulness would have required Bale to be hidden almost entirely behind prosthetic make-up and digital effects. And had Thor: Love and Thunder gone down that road, Bale himself would have become almost unrecognizable, arguably rendering his casting in the role completely pointless.
Whether Feige, Taika Waititi and company really made the right call by changing Gorr’s look to facilitate Bale’s performance is down to how picky one is about movies preserving things from comic books with complete fidelity. Obviously there are some fans who become very upset when something they love from the comics is radically altered for movie adaptations.
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