10 Great Improvised MCU Moments

10. Thor Hangs Up His Hammer - Thor: The Dark World

Man alive, did Thor: The Dark World need this scene.

The second Thor movie is a regular entrant in "Top 10 Worst MCU movies", and with good reason. The Dark World is the cinematic equivalent of a sophomore slump, as no-one in charge seemed to grasp what made the original movie- or the MCU as a whole - tick.

No-one, that is, except for Thor himself.

Thor actor Chris Hemsworth's impulsive decision to hang Mjolonir on a coat rack is a small moment, but a crucial one. Not only did it add a dash of levity to a movie in sore need of it, it also pointed the way forward for the franchise.

MCU head honcho Kevin Feige is on record stating that follow-up movie Thor: Ragnarok's much-celebrated sense of humour was directly inspired by Hemsworth's improvisational skills, citing the above scene as an example.

Makes sense to us. If the actors are delivering better material than your script-writers, why not follow their lead?

Having said that, Ragnarok's greatest moment of inspiration would come not from an actor or a writer, but another, very unexpected, source...