Jeff Goldblum Talks ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ and ‘Jurassic World 2’
Jeff Goldblum is no stranger to eccentricity, so it’s no surprise that he would bring it to Thor: Ragnarok, where he will play an iconic Marvel character: The Grandmaster.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Goldblum discussed his take on the character along with what it was like working with Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth –
“…The other Hemsworth brother, now that makes two for me, and he couldn’t have been sweeter or more down-to-earth, like the whole family. What I particularly loved is the director, Taika Waititi. He really got me involved in this, because I’m a fan of his, from Flight of the Conchords and all his movies, not only Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Boy but especially What We Do In the Shadows. When we first talked, he said, ‘I want you to do your particular version of this character without being comic-y or grandiloquent. I think you should do something that’s in your creative family tree. And also improvise.’ He was very interested in improvisation. We came to all those scenes and riffed enjoyably for the time we had. I don’t know what’s gonna come out in the mix because we gave him a whole bunch of different choices, I’ll tell you that. He’s great. Taika Waititi gets 10 Goldblums out of a possible 10 Goldblums.”
The actor also discussed returning to the Jurassic Park franchise, describing Ian Malcolm as a “saucy, sassy man.”
“Off I go in a few weeks to London, where they’ve been hard at work, and I’ll try to contribute something to the plate of dino-entertainment. I like my character. I think my character is a saucy, sassy man of some integrity and deep thinking. And of course, that whole world continues to be popular, slam-bang, top entertainment. I talked to the director, J.A. Bayona, over the phone. I enjoyed his movie The Impossible with Naomi Watts, and he’s something else. I didn’t realize he was a good friend of mine, a director I worked with a while ago in Spain named Fernando Trueba, who’s just fantastic. Knowing that the two of them are brethren and brotherly in their friendship makes me feel very good, too. Even though some might say it’s popcorn-y entertainment (top-notch of course), in our conversation he was very focused on the very serious issues of greed as it oftentimes comes up in those movies, and the marvels of science and reason and the very fascinating point at which our species finds itself both in real life and in this imaginary world too. I’m very interested in that myself, so I’m looking forward to this…”
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Thor: Ragnarok hits theaters this November, followed by Jurassic World 2 next summer.
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