Brothers Anthony and Joe Russo, directors of “Avengers: Endgame,” revealed in a podcast that Marvel boss Kevin Feige wanted all of the original Avengers to die in the 2019 film.
In addition to Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), he also wanted to see the end of Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Captain America (Chris Evans) and Hawkeye (Jeremy). Renner) to use the film as a reboot of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe).
But the Russo brothers found the idea too aggressive and rejected it, opting to kill only two characters.
“There were a lot of rumors going around about who was going to die. Kevin suggested, at one point, that we kill all of the original Avengers. We thought it was too aggressive, we thought the audience couldn’t digest it. And this, in fact, is. choosing one or two characters to make sacrifices during the film could produce moments where the action would stop and there could be an emotional catharsis and then continue with the narrative, ”Joe Russo told the Happy Sad Confused podcast.
However, even the idea of killing Iron Man was not received so well by one of the actors in the franchise. Jon Favreau, who plays Happy Hogan, Tony Stark’s assistant, and directed the hero’s first two solo films, contacted the directors to try to persuade them not to kill him.
“Part of the pressure not to kill Tony Stark came from Jon Favreau, who called us after reading the script and said, ‘Are you really going to kill Iron Man’?” Anthony Russo told Vanity Fair.
“That’s true,” added Joe. “I remember walking back and forth in the corner of a set on the phone with Favreau, trying to convince him. He said, ‘You can’t do that. Get out of the cinema and jump into the cars.” But we killed him anyway. “
Source: Terra
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