Christian Bale Says a Terrifying Scream He Requested For THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER Was Cut From The Film
When Christian Bale joined Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder as Gorr the God Butcher, he made one request. There is a scene from an experimental music video titled "Come to Daddy" created by Aphex Twin and in it there’s a scream that he wanted to replicate for his character. That scream is freakin’ terrifying, and ultimately Marvel ended up cutting it from the film.
Bale shared this information with ScreenRant saying:
“I only had absolutely one request, which was that I had referenced the ‘Come to Daddy’ video by Aphex Twin. There's a character in it that inspired me regarding Gorr, and I did say to Taika, ‘Here's the deal, I want to have the scream.’ And if you see the video, you'll understand what I mean. I said, ‘I want to have that scream in the film.’
“And I do understand, but that deal wasn't kept. Because it was, again, something which was just a little too extreme perhaps for the PG-13. Might have had people running for the exits. But we did do it, and it's on the cutting room floor somewhere.”
That sucks! It sounds like a deal was actually struck and they told Bale that they would put the scream in the film, but ultimately they decided not to include it, which is a shame. I would have loved to see that in the movie!
I’ve included a screenshot of the scream from the music video for you to see below. I’ve also included the music video for those of you who want to watch it. The moment of the scream begins at the 4:15 mark in the video. It’s absolutely nightmarish!
Bale’s Gorr The Godbutcher already is terrifying, but this scream would have taken that terror to a new level. While Bale says he understands why they cut it, I don’t understand. After all, look at what they did with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness! If they were willing to put all that stuff in the movie, how were they not willing to put this scream in it?
