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Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi has revealed that Russell Crowe filmed two different accents for his portrayal of Greek God, Zeus, in the Marvel epic.
Midway through the fourth entry in the Thor franchise, Chris Hemsworth's hero attempts to create an army of Gods led by Zeus, the King of the Gods.
Upon seeing Crowe, we realise he is attempting a Greek accent, and although that has received mixed reviews from critics, it wasn't always the plan.
Indeed, Waititi envisioned Zeus with a British accent.
"We actually talked at length about the accent. We wondered if someone did a Greek accent of a Greek god, is it going to be a farce? Will it be too silly? And Russell was very much wanting it to be Greek," the Thor director told Insider.
"But I wasn't sure, so we ended up doing two versions of every take with Russell. One in a Greek accent and then another in a British accent. Because I felt people would think Zeus would sound British like Laurence Olivier in (1981 epic) Clash of the Titans.
"I realised in post (production) that it's actually more offensive to the Greeks to have Zeus sound like he's British. And test audiences loved the Greek accent. I'm really happy with it. But, yeah, he had to do every take once in the Greek accent and once with a British accent because I couldn't make up my mind. But Russell was right all along."
In a post-credits scene, it is revealed that Zeus has survived an attack by Thor and Valkyrie.
He recruits his son Hercules, played by Brett Goldstein, to exact revenge.
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