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Thor: Ragnarok Korg Pop from Amazon.com

Korg and Thor
Photo-A-Day #4583

Korg is arguably my favorite new character from Thor: Ragnarok. He is so unexpectedly funny. Korg is a rock creature who is also forced into fighting in the Grandmaster’s Colosseum. According to Taika Waititi, the director of the movie who also provides the voice and motion capture for Korg, Korg is the mum of the prison. He takes care of everyone there.

when I was at the Thor: Ragnarok press junket and got to interview Taika I asked him why he would want to put even more pressure upon himself by playing this character when he was already directing this dreadnought of a movie. He told me, “Ah, because I’m a self-saboteur. any chance I get to put my career at risk, I’ll just do it.” He also told us that all of Korg’s lines were adlibbed. This really speaks more to who Taika is as a creative person. He is hilarious and therefore his character of Korg is also one of the more hilarious characters in the film.

The Korg Pop figure is not something that you see on the packaging at all. The only place I’ve seen it is on Amazon.com but i have not seen him shown as an exclusive to Amazon.com anywhere. I’m hoping that if there is a Korg figure then there will also be a Skurge one. You can actually get Korga and the rest of the Thor: Ragnarok Pops through my Amazon.com affiliate links below. Continue reading Thor: Ragnarok Korg Pop from Amazon.com

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.

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