Have you ever wondered how the “deaths” for the finale of “Avengers: Infinity War” were chosen? The Marvel team has your back!
Warning, the article below reveals potential spoilers. If you do not wish to know its contents, please do not read what follows…
The Marvel universe continues to reveal its deepest secrets little by little! Thanks to a new book about the company that gave us the Avengers films, we learn how the creative team decided who would die and who would survive at the end of Avengers: Infinity War!
In the studio’s unauthorized biography MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studiosexcerpts of which are relayed by Slash Movieit describes how decision-makers at Marvel made the decision about who would or would not survive Thanos’ snap at the end of Avengers: Infinity War, which wiped out half of the story’s population. population of the universe.
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At the time of preparation of the film, the big creative boss Kevin Feige brought together in a room the directors of the film Joe and Anthony Russo, the screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely as well as the producer Trinh Tran with cards around them representing all MCU characters appearing (and therefore possibly dying) in the film.
From there, according to Kevin Feige, the decision was made based on what would be “most heartbreaking” for fans. In reality, the cards still had a dollar symbol on the back ranging from 1 to 5 depending on the amount of the actor’s salary as well as information on the status of his contract (need for renegotiation or not to have him in the film).
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The choice was therefore made narratively AND according to the situation of the actors. There was no point for Marvel in renegotiating with an actor who was no longer under contract (and therefore paying him more than before) only to kill off his character during the film. Hence the fact that Avengers: Endgame mainly contains the six original Avengers, whose contracts already included their involvement until this final film, and only a few “free electrons” such as Ant-Man or Rocket.
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Avengers: Infinity War still temporarily killed the majority of installed superheroes: Vision, Scarlet Witch, Hank Pym, the Wasp, the Winter Soldier, Black Panther, Falcon, Star-Lord, Drax, Groot, Doctor Strange and Peter Parker, among others. With this tragic ending, it grossed over $2 billion at the box office.