Talk to me about your involvement withMarvel Contest of Champions.
I like the whole thing.
That was their idea.
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I thought was kind of cute.
Ive heard both you and Taika Waititi talk about your relationship working onThor: Ragnarok.
It sounds like you improvised a lot.Taika and I work in a not dissimilar way.
Whats it like having the greatest entrance of anyMarvelcharacter of all time?
I had thought, Geez, who knows what theyre going to use?
I hadnt seen any of the introduction nor the music.
[Taika] is spectacular about music.
And with Mark Mothersbaugh, they created something really neat I think.
But I didnt know anything about theWilly Wonkasong.
It was only when I watched the movie that I saw that.
I was tickled by it.
I thought they really did very well by everybody in the cast.
I mean, Cate Blanchett is spectacular.
Oh my god, and hilarious.
And Anthony Hopkins, who is deep and soulful and touching and hilarious.
And Chris [Hemsworth] and Tom Hiddleston and everybody.
And Tessa Thompson is spectacular.
And Rachel House, we had a ball improvising, the two of us.
Shes a wonderful director and teacher in New Zealand, and we improvised a lot.
They had to shut us all down.
We would just keep playing until we had to move on to the next setup.
We could do all of it somehow supported by this well-oiled, huge machine.
Did you know that youd be featured in the end credits scene?No!
I had no idea.
So I did, still not knowing what it would be, and yeah, I was tickled.
In the film, Grandmaster rules a trash planet called Sakaar.
I like to clean things up.
I would get rid of all unnecessary things and have as few things as possible.
Thats what Id do.
And leave plenty of time for music and play and love.
You mentioned Cate Blanchett and Mark Mothersbaugh, both of whom you worked with onThe Life Aquatic.
In a way,Thor: Ragnarokis like a miniLife Aquaticreunion.
Did it feel like one to you?Well, yes.
I love Mark Mothersbaugh.
And it was with Mark Mothersbaugh that I recorded that.
Hes got all of his vintage instruments in it, and we had several sessions.
And I was wearing, of course, inThe Life Aquatichis
Eyeglasses!Thats right!
Wes said, I know just what Im going to have him look like.
And seeing Cate again was just wonderful.
Isle of Dogsis your first time acting in a stop-motion animation film of Wess.
I went into a recording studio and he had very specific ideas, as always.
But all Ive seen is about as much as what youve seen.
I read the whole script, of course, which is a beautiful story.
That must feel pretty great to have such a versatile career.I feel so lucky and so grateful daily.
Hes done a couple of movies, the last of which wasEntertainment.
I feel terrible every time I watch it.Yes.
I thought that was wonderful.
Ive seen it a few times.
This one is in something of a similar vein.
I think its poetic and oblique and adventurous.
Hes in all of his movies now.
Hes sort of filling in my education.
Its sort of a fictional extrapolation of something based on him.
So Im having a great time on this.
Im the luckiest guy around.
I couldnt be luckier.
