Tessa Thompson's 'Thor: Ragnorok' wig had an astronomical price tag
Tessa Thompson is a national treasure worth her weight in gold.
And that's basically what her Thor: Ragnorok wig cost, according to a new Huffington Post interview with her Sorry to Bother You director Boots Riley.
The shoot for the surreal indie comedy co-starring Thompson apparently conflicted with Marvel's reshoots for Ragnorok. But the two characters couldn't have had more different hair styles, with Valkyrie rocking a pragmatic yet elegant flowing ponytail, and Detroit slaying with short, colorful ringlets.
So in order to make the simultaneous shoots work, Disney decided to spring for a hairpiece that put its enormous budget to good use.
The $10,000 wig (and no, that's not a smudge on your screen, but indeed a five-figure number) did the trick. But reportedly, Disney wasn't too happy about the whole thing.
Riley said he later tried to apologize to Thor: Ragnorok director Taika Waititi, who gave him a totally Korg response.
"He was like, 'It's not my money!" Riley recalled.
Never change, Taika. You are also a treasure as valuable as a million Marvel-funded wigs.
Topics Marvel
Jess is an LA-based culture critic who covers intimacy in the digital age, from sex and relationship to weed and all media (tv, games, film, the web). Previously associate editor at Kill Screen, you can also find her words on Vice, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Vox, and others. She is a Brazilian-Swiss American immigrant with a love for all things weird and magical.
