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There was a rumour going around that this was going to be a 90-minute movie. What did you add in to make it over two hours?

I was toying with the idea of making it 95 minutes because I like movies that are short and leave you wanting more, but there are so many things going on in this movie it had to be two hours. Look, audiences have a short attention span and their bladders have an even shorter attention span. You have to remember in the third act, people want to go to the bathroom. There are only so many things you can put in that final battle before people are looking at their watches and thinking, ‘Please wrap it up.’

You mention wanting more. Audiences are going to want more Thor after this. Will you be back for Thor 4?

Whatever expectations we satisfy with this one, we’d need to go in a completely new direction and do something unpredictable. Who knows, maybe that means it would be a black and white silent film. Thor 4, black and white.

I heard you might be interested in making a funny Black Widow movie with Scarlett Johansson.

Don’t believe anything I say. I think I said, ‘I’d love to see that.’ I’m not sure I’d be suited to it. I kind of feel like it should be a female director. But that’s a character that I’ve always loved.

Just where is Ragnarok in Marvel’s movie timeline?

I guess in the timeline – actually I’m not an expert – I have a feeling this has happened just after Civil War. This is two years after the end of Ultron. Thor has been on the road that whole time looking for the [Infinity] Stones and now it’s catching up with him. Banner has been in Hulk form for two years now that’s why we’ve got this great personality for Hulk.

How many Easter Eggs should Marvel fans keep their eyes peeled for in Ragnarok?

I have no idea [laughs]. There’s a Beta Ray Bill Easter Egg on the side of a building [in the

Grandmaster’s tower] to suggest he was one of the great gladiators at one time. But Easter Eggs? I don’t know. I wish I had put a real Easter Egg in there somewhere.

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