Directors Anthony and Joe Russo used to listen to the Indian theatre recording of Thor’s arrival in Wakanda whenever they were tired of working on Avengers: Endgame
BHUBANESWAR: The reaction to Thor’s arrival during the Battle of Wakanda in Infinity War served as an added incentive to MCU film-making duo Anthony Russo and Joe Russo on its follow-up, Avengers: Endgame.
“So there was an Indian theatre recording of Thor’s arrival in Wakanda and it was one of your bigger single-screen theatres,” Joe explained. “And it was like a football stadium. I mean it went crazy. And we used to listen to that when we were tired working on Endgame, because it took us a very long time. It was a very difficult movie to finish. So we feel very connected to Indian audiences because of that,” he added while speaking in a press interaction in Mumbai recently.
“And you know, we make these films — my brother and I — because we come from a large Italian family. Growing up in our family was all about sharing stories and entertaining each other and engaging each other emotionally. And so, by extension, now we try to do this with the world when we make these Marvel films. And if there are fans out there that react the way that Indian fans do, then we’re going to be there and we’re going to make India the first stop on the press tour,” he said.
The whole team behind the movie has protected the script of the movie and haven’t spilled any spoilers thus far. However, Russo did hint that the Marvel Cinematic Universe may not always proceed in ‘a linear fashion’.
He was further queried as to whether the film-makers had painted themselves into a corner on Endgame by killing off characters in Infinity War, Russo replied, “No, not really. I mean this is, you know, this is its own narrative and who knows if the Marvel universe is going to move forward in a linear fashion. I’m telling these stories and I think audiences will see when we’re done, it was a complete story.”
Russo added that the two big pillars for him on these Marvel films are “global thematics” and deconstruction. The former happens throughout the making of every film, even during reshoots, while the latter is part of the Russo brothers’ “general disposition”, he claimed.
“What’s really important about these movies is that they’re about what it costs to be a hero. And if you saw in the end of Infinity War, the message is that sometimes villains win, and I think that we’re experiencing that a little bit on a large scale right now. And the other message that’s in these films is, you know, these are heroes of different backgrounds banding together and have a sense of community, right, to try and fight a common evil, he added.
It will be heart-warming for all MCU fans to know that their reactions reached the makers of Avengers series. It is evident from Russo’s thoughts that the whole crew feels a strong connect with their Indian audience who can hardly wait for the final edition of the epic series. Avengers: Endgame is scheduled for a worldwide release April 26.
