“Infuriating how he was wasted”: A Thor 4 Christian Bale Scene Convinces Fans to Renew Assault on Taika Waititi
A few actors leave an indelible mark on the audience with every character they play. Over the years Christian Bale has played multiple characters and has left behind a significant mark with his great performance and dedication towards his projects.
Undoubtedly he is and will always be the face of one of the most loved characters of DC, but his collaboration with the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Chris Hemsworth’s Thor: Love And Thunder failed to create an impact. Fans believe that director Taika Waititi could have used the actor’s talent in a much more useful way.
Fans Feel Christian Bale Was Totally Wasted In Thor: Love and Thunder
Recently a fan took to a reputed social media forum and criticized the creator of Thor: Love And Thunder for underusing the talent of Christian Bale.
According to the post on X, previously known as Twitter, a user spoke about a scene with included Christian Bale as Gorr. The post was captioned as
“Saw this scene on my feed and it reminded me how sick the opening was and Bale was as Gorr. Infuriating how he was wasted.”
Saw this scene on my feed and it reminded me how sick the opening was and Bale was as Gorr. Infuriating how he was wasted pic.twitter.com/96JkVVpGgz
— J.Y18 (@Superherotalk18) October 10, 2023
A Marvel fan also mentioned that the reputed superhero franchise did not go ahead with the character development of Gorr in the Thor series.
Marvel really lost an opportunity with this Character
— Kitai / Mønument (@KitaiStudio) October 10, 2023
A user even stated that underusing Christian Bale was Marvel’s biggest fumble.
This has to be Marvels biggest fumble. How can you go wrong with a God serial killer. At least we still got the comic 🥴
— The DRAGON (@Yzmab) October 10, 2023
A Marvel fan even mentioned that The Machinist actor’s casting as Gorr was perfect but the script of Thor: Love And Thunder went on to mess up with the character.
Truly such an AMAZING casting as Gorr. He was truly brilliant as the character and in a different world he could've been everything I wanted to see when he was adapted. The script just fucked him over.
— ☥ Ghost ☥ (@MsFears08) October 10, 2023
A user reacted to the video and stated that the director of Thor: Love And Thunder Taika Waititi did not portray him properly in the movie.
Carried the whole thing, all his scenes were amazing. Taika did him so dirty in general.
— ᴀɴᴜsʜ (@anushvonthisse) October 10, 2023
An X user even commented that Christian Bale’s talent as an actor was wasted in the Chris Hemsworth-led movie.
https://twitter.com/GWarriorfu/status/1711805162044444699
According to a fan Christian Bale’s association with the Marvel Cinematic Universe was both a waste of his talent and time.
It was a waste of talent and a waste of Christian Bales time
— Jake Davila (@Jeikufilms) October 10, 2023
Even after a year, fans still feel that Christian Bale’s introduction as the supervillain Gorr The God Butcher was totally a waste as he comes under the list of one of the most phenomenal actors in Hollywood. He could have been put to use in a much better but fans and followers of the American Psycho actor were disappointed and angry with Taika Waititi.
Christian Bale Talks About His Marvel Collaboration Thor: Love And Thunder
During an interview with the famous media outlet Collider in 2022, Christian Bale spoke about his first Marvel association Thor: Love And Thunder. While talking about the surprise element of the project, he said-
“There’s an awful lot that I wish was in this film, which you can’t have a four-hour long film because there’s so much gold that’s on the cutting room floor, hilarious stuff, and creepy as hell stuff, but that was perhaps pushing it to a realm where maybe it wouldn’t have been able to be family-friendly, which we always wanted it to be.”
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The American Hustle actor further explained-
“But Taika’s sensibility, the comedy, the tragedy, the ability to have the Taika-ness and the humor of that. But he’s got great sincerity as well. He’s a real artist. And so, man, it’s moving. That is the bloody surprising thing about this film. It’s a very moving film and then two seconds later, you’re laughing your ass off.”
Thor: Love And Thunder went on to collect $760.9 million against a budget of $250 million. With an IMDb rating of 6.2 out of 10, Thor: Love And Thunder can be streamed on Prime Video.
