Thor: Ragnarok is being released on Blu-Ray and DVD next week! This action packed super hero adventure will soon be owned by many of us fans. A week seems like such a long way away, however, to help pass the time, Marvel has released eight Australia/New Zealand Easter Eggs fun facts from Taika himself along with an awesome commentary discussing the Australia/New Zealand influence on the space ships in the film!
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Eight Australia/New Zealand Easter Eggs fun facts:
1. The horns on Surtur’s helmet were crafted out of an ancient Australian boomerang that the crew received as a gift while filming in Australia.
2. The Grandmaster’s henchwoman, Topaz, is played by Rachel House. She has starred in many of Taika Waititi’s projects, including Eagle vs. Shark, Boy, and Hunt for the Wilderpeople.
Marvel Studios Thor: Ragnarok..L to R: Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Topaz (Rachel House), Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum) and Loki (Tom Hiddleston)..Photo: Jasin Boland..©Marvel Studios 2017
3. Taika Waititi is a big fan of sketch comedy actor Steven Oliver from Australia’s “Black Comedy” television series and contacted him to be “Cousin Carlo” in a scene with Jeff Goldblum.
4. The scene where Valkyrie opens a bottle with her blade is an homage to the Beth Heke character in Once Were Warriors.
5. Chris Hemsworth loved Taika Waititi so much he shaved an “N” and a “Z” in the sides of his head for “New Zealand.” (according to Taika, at least)
6. Interns from a local Aboriginal community created much of the Hulk parade masks & banner props on Sakaar. Several of the interns ended up getting jobs with the art department.
7. During Hela’s fight sequence against the army of Asgard, she is doubled by the famous New Zealand stuntwoman, Zoe Bell.
8. The colors for The Grandmaster’s ship, The Commodore, were inspired by the Aboriginal flag, while Valkyrie’s ship colors were modeled on the Maori flag. Many of the space ships in the film were also named after cars from the Australia/New Zealand car company, Holden – Statesman, Commodore, Escort, Kingswood, Torana, etc.
Find out more about the ship colors in the commentary video below!
For more infor and my review about Thor: Ragnarok, see my blog here: Thor: Ragnarok info
