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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kevin E G Perry

Taika Waititi says he only directed Thor: Ragnarok because ‘I was poor’

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Taika Waititi has revealed that he decided to direct 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok because: “I was poor and I’d just had a second child”.

The filmmaker, speaking on the SmartLess podcast to hosts Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes, added that although he initially “had no interest in doing one of those films” he came to the conclusion that making the Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster would be “a great opportunity to feed these children”.

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