THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER Director Taika Waititi Says Christian Bale's Gorr Is the Best Marvel Villain Ever
Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi has big praise for Christian Bale’s villainous character, Gorr the God Butcher, who is the main villain in the film. In fact, he says that Gor is the best Marvel villain ever! This is his direct quote from Associated Press:
"In my humble opinion, we have probably the best villain that Marvel’s ever had in Christian Bale.”
That’s a big claim because there have been some great villains in the MCU including Thanos, Loki, and Green Goblin, who might be my favorite. We really haven’t seen anything of Bale’s Gorr the God Butcher yet, but after these comments, I can’t wait to see what Waititi is seeing!
Gorr the God Butcher is an insane and dangerous threat who makes it his life’s mission to hunt down and kill a pantheon of deities. Gorr nearly kills Thor after slaying many gods from various pantheons.
The film finds Thor (Chris Hemsworth) “on a journey unlike anything he’s ever faced – a quest for inner peace. But his retirement is interrupted by a galactic killer known as Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), who seeks the extinction of the gods. To combat the threat, Thor enlists the help of King Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Korg (Waititi) and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) who – to Thor’s surprise – inexplicably wields his magical hammer, Mjolnir, as the Mighty Thor. Together, they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late.”
The movie also features Chris Pratt as Star-Lord, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, Dave Bautista as Drax, and Karen Gillan as Nebula.
Thor: Love and Thunder is set to arrive in theaters on July 8th, 2022.