Taika Waititi Reveals How “Nerds” Hounded Him on Social Media After Joining Marvel:”They said, ‘This guy’s gonna ruin this. He’s gonna ruin Thor!'”

Taika Waititi is known for his unique humor and creativity. He directed the hit movie Thor: Ragnarok in 2017, which changed the way Thor was seen in the MCU. Waititi also won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Jojo Rabbit and works on many creative projects, including acting and producing in big franchises.

In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Waititi reflected on his first experience with the MCU, sharing that Thor: Ragnarok played a big part in making him known in the “nerdosphere.”

‘Thor: Ragnarok propelled me into the nerdosphere, if you will. I was living a really lovely, peaceful life, and as soon as I did this, well boy, did the nerds come for me. They said, ‘This guy’s gonna ruin this. He’s gonna ruin Thor!

It’s like, ‘What, you mean again? “And they were like, ‘He’s gonna ruin this for everyone, Thor’s so cool!’ And I said to them on Twitter — before I left Twitter — I said, ‘You don’t know what you want until I give it to you.

After Ragnarok was released, fans loved the new version of Thor, and the movie is still considered the best of Thor’s solo films in the MCU because it balanced dark themes, humor, and emotion so well.

However, Waititi’s next film, Thor: Love & Thunder (2022), became one of the most disliked Thor movies. Many fans felt Waititi made the movie too silly and damaged Thor’s reputation.

Waititi admitted he took on Love & Thunder for the money, but when asked about it in a recent interview, he didn’t explain why it wasn’t well-received. Instead, he called it the “best of the bunch.”

‘Thor: Love & Thunder,’ the best Thor of the bunch. Um, look how jacked Chris [Hemsworth]got. One of my favorite things about this is that […] I so love Natalie [Portman] also Christian Bale, I mean it’s Christian Bale.

Also, Guns N’ Roses a lot of the songs. I did meet Axl Rose once, actually. He had a lot of stories to tell, which I will not share.

Waititi thinks he won over geeky fans again with his work on The Mandalorian, where he directed an episode and voiced the droid IG-11. He also shared how directing 75 stormtroopers made him feel like a kid living his dream. Even though he was excited, he quickly “locked away” that feeling to focus on the job.

Waititi was supposed to direct one of the upcoming Star Wars movies, but there’s been no news about it for months. Recent rumors say the project might have been canceled. The director recently shared his thoughts on these rumors with a surprising take on the situation.

What was ever alive? What is death? You know, death is just a new opportunity. More life to grow and flourish,” Waititi joked. “Everything’s always in development. My advice for any filmmaker is, ‘Just say yes to everything.’ Because, you know, things come and go.

And you never know what stage things are. And I’ve been attached to things that have disappeared for three years and then bubbled back up. I’m like, ‘Oh, I thought that thing was dead. Now I’ve got to go do that again.

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