Taika Waititi peppered ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ with Indigenous Australian and New Zealand references

“That spaceship, that’s painted with the Aboriginal flag colours. No one else knows that but us.”

Taika Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok was filmed in Australia’s Gold Coast, and stars locals Chris Hemsworth and Cate Blanchett, but that’s not what makes it a particularly Aussie film.

Talking to the Australian government’s film and television development agency, Screen Australia, the New Zealand director revealed that he’s dropped a bunch of easter eggs in the film for people from Australia and New Zealand — with a particularly Indigenous focus. Read more…

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