If there is one thing we’ve learned from Taika Waititi’s post-launch assessment of Thor: Ragnarok, it’s that the threequel enjoyed (endured?) a lengthy creative process.

Not only did Ragnarok‘s early cuts “fail miserably,” but Waititi and his team trimmed a fair amount of footage in the build-up to release, including one Lgbt scene featuring Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie.

Turns out that Marvel also toyed around with multiple post-credits scenes, before settling on the two included at the very end of Thor: Ragnarok. And as Taika Waititi tells Collider, one such alternative featured The Grandmaster seeking passage on an Asgardian ship, one that would presumably take him to Earth…just in time for Avengers: Infinity War.

We were determined to not have too many of them. The thing [with Loki and Thor], that was the thing we did in reshoots. It was a last minute decision. And the other thing at the end,...