Showing posts with label Joss Whedon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joss Whedon. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Joss Whedon Discusses Dealing with Multiple Characters in "The Avengers"


SPOILER ALERT!!!

Is it hard to give every character a descent share of screen time?

"I think the whole point of a team movie is to explain why every member is there, so it's about getting those moments for each character. I think we end up identifying with Steve Rogers, he's our intro into the modern world - because he's only recently joined it. Sometimes we refer to him as Luke Skywalker... but obviously a lot less whiny."

Does that mean you've got a Han Solo?

"Well that would be Tony Stark!"

How is it managing a set full of leading actors?

"You might imagine it would be a giant ego-fest but there are so many stars in this movie no one's carrying the burden of the whole film. Everyone's been very gracious and I think they all really trust each other. I spoke to every one of them about their characters and what I was planning to do before I ever set pen to paper, so I had their input all the through. It was just a question of putting them all together and makign it work."

Also, it's nothing major, but somewhat complimenting - heres a brief set video depicting Joss Whedon seemingly thinking something over. What exactly that "something" is; we may never know. And theres also a random great view of extras running.