While talking to SFX, director Alan Taylor revealed that he had a handful of troublesome scenes that he just couldn't get a handle on, and so Whedon was flown to London to give them a shot. Sounds like it worked out pretty well, at least from Taylor's perspective....
Taylor: “Joss came in to save our lives a couple of times,” laughs the director. “We had a major scene that was not working on the page at all in London, and he basically got airlifted in, like a SWAT team or something. He came down, rewrote the scene, and before he got back to his plane I sort of grabbed him and said, ‘And this scene and this scene?’ And he rewrote two other scenes that I thought had problems. Then finally we let go of him, he took off again, and we shot the scenes; and they were just much better and much lighter on their feet. Much more fun, much more surprising than what we had been trying to do. I can relate to guys who come out of the TV world, since that’s where I come from. And being able to land and work and solve a problem quickly… I really was grateful.”
Reshoots had been taking place to add in more of Tom Hiddleston's Loki, because there can never be too much of a great thing, but it's unclear if Whedon's involvement had anything to do with it. I guess we'll know if the phrase "mewling quim" turns up. This isn't the first time Whedon has helped out on another Marvel project, as he pitched in on the Captain America: The First Avenger script.
Thor: The Dark World opens November 8th.
