IESB has given us a new Thor rumor that sees an additional character being added to the already existing script written by Mark Protosevich. In the first draft of the Kenneth Branagh directed film, the story was originally set to take place in Thor’s native land of Asgard with nothing taking place in the modern world.

Now, according to sources of IESB, the latest updated draft of the Thor story will now include the character of Donald Blake,

“his introduction is essential in how Marvel plans to tie this film into the Iron Man and The Avengers timelines. The initial plot will focus on the ancient times of the Norse Gods. But the ending will explain how Donald Blake discovers the magical Norse hammer Mjolnir and is essentially turned into Thor.“

For those who are not aware of who Blake is, here is a brief description of him from Wikipedia.

“Thor’s father Odin decides his son needs to be taught humility and consequently places Thor (without memories of godhood) into the body and memories of an existing, partially disabled human medical student, Donald Blake. After becoming a doctor and thoroughly believing himself to be the young surgeon Blake, he later discovers Thor’s disguised hammer and learns to change back and forth into the Thunder God. The real Blake’s persona remains elsewhere until many years later, after Odin becomes satisfied of Thor’s humility and lifts the spell, thereby removing the need for a mortal alter ego. The mortal experience, however, shapes Thor into an honorable and courteous individual, who is loyal to all comrades.”

Adam and I have talked many times about this since we read the first draft by Protosevich. We always thought the Asgard stuff should be left out and the entire story revolve around Blake. I like this idea assuming that the Asgard plot is more important at least ending the story with Blake finding the Hammer and the audience seeing that he is really Thor disguised. It would be neat if the scene had Blake sitting in a Norse Mythology class at his school and then walking out of the campus, leading us to where he finds the hammer. This is an interesting rumor but a welcomed one. Lets hope this latest edition of the script is better than the Norse mythology text book I read before.

Does Donald Blake’s appearance in the film excite you?

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