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The Cast of Thor Ragnarok Delights at the Press Conference #ThorRagnarokEvent

The Thor Ragnarok Press Conference

On October 9 – 11 I attended a Disney Press Event for Thor: Ragnarok. My hotel and airfare and meals were taken care of while I was in L.A. Opinions and observations as well as recaps and such are all my own. This post will also contain some affiliate links to Amazon.com.

I am still reeling a bit from leaving my Zoom H1 recorder under the seat in front of me at this press conference. I never recovered it, no one turned it in and so all my audio from the trip was lost. I’ve been relying on the kindness of the other bloggers to help me out with audio files for these posts. I also should have brought my real camera and longer lens. Even though my friend Stacy let me sit with her in the second row the photos I took were with my cell phone. All these photos are mine. That being said this was a fun event.

I had never been at a full cast press conference before and so the experience was brand new for me. The people who were there as part of the cast and creators were: Kevin Feige (Marvel Studios President), Karl Urban (Skurge), Rachel House (Topaz), Jeff Goldblum (Grandmaster), Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Cate Blanchett (Hela), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok Director and Korg). We got right into it with the questions from the moderator.

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Rocking Out with Korg, AKA Taika Waititi the Director of Thor: Ragnarok at the #ThorRagnarokEvent

Thor Ragnarok Director Taika Waititi
Photo credit: Allison Waken / AllForTheBoys.com
On October 9 – 11 I attended a Disney Press Event for Thor: Ragnarok. My hotel and airfare and meals were taken care of while I was in L.A. Opinions and observations as well as recaps and such are all my own. This post will also contain some affiliate links to Amazon.com.

The night before this interview with director Taika Waititi we all saw the movie, Thor: Ragnarok in a packed theater with the cast and the feeling was electric. I had been excited to talk with Taika since the moment I learned I’d be interviewing him. I was most interested in asking him about Korg, the character he plays in the movie. Taika is the second Marvel director to have a role in a Marvel movie, the first being Jon Farveau as Happy Hogan.

Thor Ragnarok Bloggers
Director Taika Waititi with the Thor Ragnarok Bloggers
Photo Credit: @Disney

Taika was a fun interview. I had not known much about him prior to this movie. I’ve ever seen any of his films before but after seeing Thor: Ragnarok and interviewing Taika I want to see more of his work. More of the interview below.

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