Like all of you, I couldnt be more excited to seeAvengers: Infinity War.
Collider: I did find out from Kevin Feige that the second movie is definitely not being calledInfinity Gauntlet.
STEPHEN MCFEELY: It is not.
That would be a terrible title.
CHRISTOPHER MARKUS: I guarantee that.
But at least that’s something.
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So you guys have worked on a few Marvel movies.
Which movie was the hardest to shoot?
MCFEELY: To shoot?
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MARKUS: Hardest to shoot.
MCFEELY: We had two, in Atlanta.
But yeah, this was a year and a half out on location.
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In the mud, in the snow-
MCFEELY: That’s right.
This is a hard group to get all together.
MCFEELY: This is the most difficult, I’m pretty confident.
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The only ones that would rival this in terms of scheduling and difficulty are theLord of the RingsandHobbitmovies.
MARKUS: But even then, those-
MCFEELY: They weren’t movie stars.
MARKUS: They weren’t movie stars.
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You could buy all those people and make ‘em live in New Zealand.
MARKUS: You won’t know, hopefully.
MCFEELY: Hopefully you won’t notice, but you may have a keen eye.
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When you guys are putting this thing together, you’re in pre-production.
I know you worked very closely with the Russo Brothers.
How did the comparison of writing this compare to the other two movies?
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Or am I wrong?
MCFEELY: There was more on this one.
MCFEELY: Yeah, there was more on this one.
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Remember, we’re doing two, right?
Well, those 10 to 12 weeks, they’re shooting another movie.
you oughta spend long hours in the editing room, making decisions.
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Chris is being a little facetious that there’s nothing for us to do.
On this one, there was plenty to do.
How did things change on the set making this one, in comparison toCivil WarandWinter Soldier?
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MARKUS: One, it’s a four times bigger cast.
You get to walk on set and there’s Robert Downey, Jr. and Benedict Cumberbatch.
It’s like, this is nuts.
And that wasn’t the case early in our career.
They didn’t quite need us to come, stat.
So we have our hands on this thing.
There was a lot going on.
For each of you, favorite character that you were writing in this movie?
Do you have one that you were like, this is mine, I’m writing this one?
MARKUS: We shared everything.
MCFEELY: Pretty shared.
Thanos was a treat.
We’ve been waiting for him.
And he says what he means.
And he does not care how you feel about it.
So that’s nice.
Usually, other people have a certain nicety.
He’s very confident.
That’s cool, and not something I have.
MARKUS: I like them all.
I enjoyed Nebula more than I expected.
MCFEELY: As a foil, really.
When someone doesn’t give you anything, that’s funny.
It’s just this blue woman walking around.
Definitely talk about Thanos’ powers.
How was that figured out in writing the script, his weaknesses and everything?
MCFEELY: We can’t tell you all of his vulnerabilities.
Yeah, I definitely don’t want you to spoil it.
MARKUS: He has a vulnerability that is very important to the story.
So doing that, and yet not having the movie go off the rails, was tricky.
MCFEELY: Because remember, there’s a lot of people who aren’t Marvel superfans, right?
So grandma’s sitting there going, what’s the green stone and what’s the red stone?
And what’s the difference?
Ah, that’s the power stone.
That kind of stuff.
And that’s a lot of people working.
A lot of visual effects, but us trying to figure out good uses for them.
MCFEELY: Didn’t really work that way.
It was what was best for the story.
That’s what I’m curious about.
MCFEELY: So we present them saying, here’s a natural arc.
This could be the end of somebody’s arc.
Let’s talk about it.
It’s Marvel being brave enough to go, That is a satisfying conclusion.
Treating your character with respect.
MARKUS: With respect, all the way from the beginning to end.
Soon after he shows up, someone has to die.
Or someone’s going to be severely hurt, just to show, this is Thanos.
MCFEELY: He’s got a good opening scene.
Talk a little bit about that.
That this is the end for at least some people, in between this movie and the next one.
And how do you tell a story with an unbeatable villain and yet not have it just be slaughter?
So I think we found one.
MCFEELY: It took a while.
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