Thor's Goat Chariot Was Proposed To Marvel Studios For The First Film But They Thought it Was Too Nuts

That first trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder was pretty wild and one of the things that lots of fans were talking about was the inclusion of Thor’s goat chariot, which is pulled by Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr.

The goat chariot was originally pitched by the writers of the first Thor movie back in 2009, but at the time Kevin Feige and his creative team thought it was just too nutty of an idea, and Feige said no. This bit of trivia came from Thor screenwriter Zack Stentz, who shared the following on social media:

“A big way I know Marvel has loosened up creatively since Phase I is that we proposed Thor riding to battle in his goat chariot pulled by Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr back in 2009 and Feige & company looked at us like we were nuts. Now there they are in the L&T trailer!”

So, even Marvel has to learn to loosen up! Now, it’s almost like anything goes! The weirder and crazier, the better. Stentz went on offer some additional information on Thor and the goats, which I really hope director Taika Waititi uses in the film!

“A weird thing about Thor's goats from original Norse mythology is that when he's on the road and gets hungry, he kills and eats them in the evening, then they magically resurrect the next day and seem totally fine with that state of affairs and keep pulling his chariot.”

That’s amazing and I need to see that in this movie! There’s a good chance that he has, as the filmmaker has said that this film is the craziest thing he’s done in his life. He previously said:

"Well, just between [me and] you and the readers, I've done some crazy shit in my life. I've lived, like, ten lifetimes. But it's the craziest film I've ever done. If you wrote down all the elements of this film, it shouldn't make sense. It's almost like it shouldn't be made. If you walked into a room and said, 'I want this and this and this.' Who's in it? These people. What are you going to call it? Love And Thunder. I mean, you'd never work again. Maybe I won't after this."

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 (Taika 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.”

Thor: Love and Thunder opens in theaters July 8th, 2022.