Taika Waititi has established himself as a major force in Hollywood ever since Thor: Ragnarok became a box office triumph in 2017. His films are known for their tragic dramatic beats and funny deadpan humour. He has played a startling variety of live action characters during his career, including vampires, IT people, and even a Nazi dictator. Let’s take a look at all of Waiti’s live-action work before we get to Thor: Love and Thunder, his upcoming major project.
1. Tom Kalmaku in Green Lantern (2011)
Director- Martin Campbell
The Green Lantern Corps is an elite defence force of peace and justice that has existed for generations in a strange universe. When reckless test pilot Hal Jordan is select by the Ring, the willpower-fed source of power, he gains superhuman abilities. After the passing of Abin Sur, the best Green Lantern, he accepts the task, at first reluctantly. In spite of his self-doubts, he is soon call upon to defend humanity from Parallax. A formidable, terrible creature that thrives on fear. It is motivated by his feeling of duty and love for his lovely, intellectually equal colleague, Carol Ferris. Due to the deaths of many Green Lanterns and the weakening of the Corps, Hal Jordan is the universe’s last hope. Along with it, he may also be the best Green Lantern for the job of defending the Earth from danger.
2. Alamein in Boy (2010)
Director- Taika Waititi
Boy, 11, lives on a farm in 1984 with his younger brother Rocky. Both believes in magic, their grandmother, and a goat. Boy’s father Alamein unexpectedly shows up not long after Gran departs for a week. Boy encounters the real version of his father, an inept hoodlum who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years earlier. After having imagined a heroic version of him during his father’s absence. The goat comes in from here.
3. Adolf Hitler in Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Director- Taika Waititi
Johannes “Jojo” Betzler is a ten-year-old German child who isn’t popular. He is eager to join the ranks of the Nazi Party’s youth organisation in the final months of the Third Reich. After a rigorous training weekend that will undoubtedly distinguish the men from the boys. Massively into swastikas and prepared to give his life for his megalomaniacal idol, Adolf Hitler, Jojo instead becomes the Führer’s tiny number one fan. Hence, ends getting expel from the Hitler Youth after failing his first assignment in front of his peers. This humiliating defeat gives Jojo a demeaning moniker. With nothing to do but kill time, Johannes is about to experience a startling reality so different from the hypnotic indoctrinations he has been using. When he unintentionally discovers his progressive mother’s well-kept secret.
4. Viago in What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Director(s)- Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement
Four nocturnal flatmates, Vladislav, the Lord Byron want tobe; Viago, the frilly dandy; Deacon, the rebellious youth; and Petyr, the ancient blood-sucking devil, invite a documentary team to capture their daily life as they prowl the streets of Wellington, New Zealand. As if adjusting to modern society weren’t challenging enough, the group’s chemistry will be thrown off when the pack transforms Nick, their human prey, into a new vampire.
5. Blackbeard in Our Flag Means Death (TV Series, 2022- )
Created By- David Jenkins
Based on the actual exploits of 18th-century want tobe pirate Stede Bonnet. Stede becomes command of the pirate ship Revenge after deciding to abandon his seemingly contented life as a gentleman in favour of a daring pirate. Stede’s circumstances change as a result of a tragic encounter with the infamous Captain Blackbeard. Stede is struggling to gain the respect of his possibly mutinous crew. Stede and his crew make an effort to assemble their ship and stay alive while at sea.
6. Antwan in Free Guy (2021)
Director- Shawn Levy
Guy, a single bank teller who exudes optimism and enthusiasm, has spent practically his whole boring life wishing he were one of the stylish guys wearing sunglasses—those who run his town. But then, one day, Guy meets mysterious Millie, the woman of his dreams, by coincidence, and suddenly, he’s on the verge of learning something that will change his life forever. Guy only needs to take charge of his life, one step at a time, in order to win her heart at this point. Then, out of nowhere, Millie makes the decision to reveal a shocking fact.
