How Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky’s kids’ drawings were used in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

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Thor: Love and Thunder hits theaters July 8th, and ahead of its release Taika Waititi and Chis Hemsworth have been sharing some secrets behind the making of the film.

They recently talked to PEOPLE, where the writer, director, and costar, revealed that some of the monsters in the film, are based on drawing his kids made along with Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky’s.Waititi said the film features cameos by several cast members’ kids, along with “cool and weird” shadow monsters inspired by their drawings. “Here’s a fun fact, I haven’t talked about this at all,” he said. “The monsters in the film were originally based on drawings that all of our kids did.” The idea came while he was typing the script.

He said his daughter leaned over and asked, “What’s an oil monster?’”The oil monster was the first thing the writer “could come up with,” “I have no idea.

I just wrote oil monster, whatever that means” he told his curious daughter “What do you think that looks like? Do you think it’s spiky?” She asked before drawing a “snakey thing.” Waititi realized his daughter was on to something, and he talked to Hemsworth. “And then Taika said to me, ‘Tell your kids to do some drawings,’ and they did some drawings,” Hemsworth said.Angelina Jolie and Salma Hayek go shopping with their daughters Zahara, Vivienne, and Paloma ValentinaVictoria Beckham admits she is terrified for Harper to be on social mediaThe Minions have led to theaters banning suits and box office recordsOnce they had the drawings Waititi said they gave them to the visual development artists working on the film’s special effects. “They turned them into these fully rendered, wild monsters,” he told the outlet. “In some of the kids [drawings], they were super colorful.