for Christian Bale, it’s easier to play the bad guy

If Thor Love & Thunder is not expected before July 13 in France (the 8th in the United States), the world preview has already taken place in the United States on Friday June 24 and allowed the team to grant interviews and press conference. We had the pleasure of being invited by videoconference and therefore of asking questions and listening to the answers of the various actors. One of them particularly stood out from the others and it concerns the acting performance of Christian Bale. If the British comedian is used to playing the roles of the good guy, this time he has agreed to interpret that of Gorr The God Butcher, undoubtedly one of the most iconic villains in the universe of Thor. As we know, visually, the character has evolved between the comic book and Taika Waititi’s film, also so that we can recognize the actor and take advantage of his talents. When looking back on the set and his work on the character of Gorr, Christian Bale did not hesitate to say “that it is much easier to play the villain than to play the hero”. He explains that he took a lot of pleasure in interpreting this character who, moreover, has a valid reason to act in this way, to absolutely want the death of all these hypocritical gods.

I believe that for Gorr, they were looking for an actor who would be his antithesis (to Thor, editor’s note). We needed someone lonely, who we don’t want to sympathize with and whose butt we don’t want to see, and I think they were like, yeah, that’s a role for Bale.

Christian Bale is ironic indeed on the famous scene where Zeus (embodied on the screen by Russel Crowe) completely undresses Thor who finds himself naked in front of the assembly. If the buttocks of Chris Hemsworth are blurred in the trailer, they are on the other hand perfectly visible in the film, we confirm it to you. For Chris Hemsworth, showing his buttocks was also a real pleasure, especially since until now, it was Captain America’s behind that was always put forward, with the famous “That’s America’s ass!” we hear in Avengers Endgame. In the process, Christian Bale also explained that Gorr also has a trajectory which forces him to sink to the dark side of the force and that his reasons could well give him some sympathy.

Everyone is fascinated by bad guys, it’s pretty immediate. But the good thing is that Taika is able to make things hilarious and then emotional right after. Besides, I don’t know if we can talk about sympathy, but we understand why Gorr makes these terrible decisions. He is certainly a monster and a butcher, but we understand why he has become like this.

It remains to be seen whether the public will adhere to this different vision of the character of Gorr, quite far from what he is in the comic books. Response on July 13.