Taika Waititi Seen Wearing a One Piece T-Shirt in Latest Thor: Love and Thunder Behind-the-Scenes Video, Confirms He Is a Fan of the Anime
The director shows some love to the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, Monkey D. Luffy.
One Piece just got an unexpected crossover with the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the form of a surprise appearance during the latest behind-the-scenes video of the upcoming film Thor: Love and Thunder. The now-deleted video (archived here on the Wayback Machine) titled When Love Meets Thunder gave fans a peek behind the shooting of the film. It of course featured director Taika Waititi too, and something he was wearing caught the attention of One Piece fans.
When Waititi was talking about how he needs to visit Chris Hemsworth to lift the actor's spirits as tensions are running high on day 62 of filming, he’s sporting an all too familiar t-shirt. Even though Waititi’s torso was blurred, it was obvious that he was wearing a One Piece t-shirt with the protagonist Luffy D. Monkey’s iconic smiling face and a “Wanted” graphic above it.
Waititi himself even confirmed that he was wearing a Luffy t-shirt in a tweet that has gone viral, establishing that he is a fan of the beloved long-running anime series.
It is. — Taika Waititi (@TaikaWaititi) June 21, 2022
The video was posted to Marvel Studios’ official Twitter account but it has now been deleted. It is still available on IGN Movie Trailers channel if you want to give it a watch:
Thor: Love and Thunder is the fourth movie based on Thor. It will also feature Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster as Mighty Thor, with her version of Thor’s hammer Mjolnir. The movie is going to release in theatres on July 7 and tickets went on sale on June 17 in India. Marvel describes Thor: Love and Thunder as the following:
