Captain America Civil War: This is why Thor was absent

The God of Thunder was snubbed by Steve Rogers and Tony Stark.

Updated August 26, 2024: You plan to review Captain America 3 tonight on TMC? Then don't miss this funny anecdote: in the comics, Thor is a crucial character in the plot of Civil Warbut the god played by Chris Hemsworth does not appear in the Russo brothers' super-film. For a surprising reason, revealed a few months after the film's release as a bonus on a Marvel Blu-ray.

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News from August 29, 2016: At San Diego Comic Con, Marvel Studios released a hilarious video explaining what Thor was doing while his friends were fighting in Captain America: Civil War. A bonus of the Blu-ray of the film today revealed to all, where we discover the god of thunder on vacation in Australia after the events of Age of Ultron. Thor decided to live with a “normal person“, Darryl, with whom he shares an apartment. The opportunity to discover his everyday life, sometimes completely stupid, between his quest for the infinity stones, of “the purple man on the chair” (aka Thanos) and the little bed of his hammer Mjolnir.

We also learn that Thor sent emails to Iron Man and Captain America, but that they never answered him and does not seem to care about what happens to him. The last moments also show him having a coffee with Bruce Banner, courted on the phone by Tony Stark.

Note that the joke was so popular with fans that Marvel has been doing this regularly since the release of Civil War. For example, during the promotion of the Blu-ray of Thor: Ragnarokby bringing back Darryl the roommate for a quirky bonus. Will we see this character again in a future Marvel movie? Apparently he survived the “snap” of Thanos in Infinity Warso why not?

Jeff Goldblum and Darryl the Roommate at the Heart of Thor Ragnarok's Bonus Features