Anyone who thought Avengers: Endgame was an emotional ride, it could have been worse.
At SDCC 2016 yesterday, directors Joe and Anthony Russo revealed that, in the third act, when Thanos comes across time to Avengers HQ, it was originally conceived to be different… and more disturbing.
Originally the 2014 Thanos would have butchered the Avengers before going to the present day.
“We clung to that story line for so long just for that moment of Thanos walking through a portal and dropping Captain America’s severed head,” Anthony said.
Sorry what?
“We had most of the script working except for the third act, because Anthony and I were clinging to this concept that we wanted Thanos to walk up to the Avengers and throw Captain America’s head on the ground. We couldn’t give up on it, and finally we said, ‘All right, what if we don’t do that, can we find another way into the third act?’ And that’s when it turned into what it is now,” Joe concluded.
When quizzed n just how dark that ould have been, Anthony said: “Thanos is a rough dude.”
Thankfully, this didn’t happen (imagine if DC toyed with this concept!?) but it all worked out just fine as it was.
Thoughts?
Oh, the Avengers Assemble scene from Avengers: Endgame has been released in full HD. Enjoy:
The now-iconic “Avengers… assemble” scene from #AvengersEndgame has now been officially-released in HD: pic.twitter.com/vrOv9z1E9p
— MCU Direct (@MCU_Direct) July 20, 2019
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