There has been a lot of chatter going on recently about a big screen adaptation for the comic book character “Thor”. There was a script review floating around with people just gushing about it… then another piece of good news came out that Stardust director Matthew Vaughn was going to helm it… and then came the rumors that Kevin McKidd of ROME may be up for the lead role as the son of Oden himself.
However, McKidd recently talked about those rumors. Our friends over at IESB give us this:
McKidd responded by saying, ” It’s semi true, I didn’t know about it either until I heard the rumors and I called my agent and he went, yeah, yeah, we’ve been talking to them about it. But the last I heard from my agent, they’re talking that they want to go for somebody much younger, a 19/20-year-old, for that role. So they’re re-conceptualizing it as we speak.” So does that mean he’s out of a role? Maybe not, he continued, “I think there’s the other main male character in that movie that I’m in consideration for
So there you have it. Being 34 pretty much does leave McKidd out at Thor if they really want to go for someone THAT young, but he may still be in the film itself.
But come on! 19 years old? When I think of The Mighty Thor, I don’t think of “Superhero High”. I think having him in that age range is just silly. Not that it matters though… I still don’t think this will work… there’s just something about Thor that I don’t think will translate well to the big screen (or any live action environment for that matter. Time will tell.
