An Alternate Version of Thor's Quest in INFINITY WAR Took Him To The Ghost of His Grandfather

Thor had quite the epic adventure in Avengers: Infinity War as he journeyed to Nidavellir with Rocket and Groot so that the dwarf Eitri could forge him a new weapon that he could use to defeat Thanos. After some crazy challenges presented themselves and Thor risking his life, Eitri was able to forge Stormbreaker.

According to director Joe Russo, there were different story arcs for Thor that were discussed and one of them would have involved Thor visiting the ghost of his grandfather. Here's what Russo had to say in the commentary for the film:

"We explored a lot of different ideas of where Thor could go for that weapon. We even had versions of the story at one time where he was going to visit this sort of ghost of his dead grandfather - which was one version we were playing with that we didn't end up using. I am happy where we had settled."

It would have been interesting to see how Thor's quest would have played out with visiting the ghost of his Grandfather. But ultimately, I really loved the direction that they took Thor's story. Russo previously talked about Thor's journey, saying:

"[Thor] really goes on kind of a like a classic hero’s’ journey. We wanted to create the feeling in the film that Thor was actually going to save the day. So, him going to get this weapon that could kill Thanos was a critical part of the story and we had to give a lot of screen time and a lot of strong dramatic interest because we really wanted people invested in that - so that they would be coming into the climax of the film with that feeling."

I loved Thor's story arc in Infinity War and one of the best scenes in the film is when he arrived in Wakanda with Rocket, Groot, and his new Stormbreaker weapon! Unfortunately, Thor should have aimed for the head. 

Source: CB