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RYAN FLECK: And action.

Trust me, true believer.

STAN LEE: Not only
did I not think

I would be doing a cameo
in such a big movie,

I never dreamt
there'd be such a big movie.

In those days,
I was writing those books.

I was hoping they'd sell
so I wouldn't lose my job

and I could keep
paying the rent.

All of a sudden,

these characters
have become world-famous.

They're the subject
of blockbuster movies,

and I'm lucky enough
to get little cameos in them.

CREW MEMBER: E, mark.

JON FAVREAU: Okay.
And background action. Action.

LEE: They decided
any scene with Bob and me...

Remember me?Sure don't.

LEE: ...had to be
a sure crowd-pleaser.

TONY: You look great, Hef.

Cut.

Ladies and gentlemen,
that's a camera wrap

on the creator of Iron Man,
Mr. Stan Lee.

LEE: We are so lucky.

Robert Downey Jr.
playing this role.

I was born
under a lucky star,
I gotta tell you.

And to be
in a scene with him,
brief as it was,

and I'll talk to them
about that later,

it was a joy,
really a joy.

I just love doing cameos,

because first of all,

there's no real
responsibility.

We arrive at the place
where they're shooting.

The director says,
"Go to wardrobe,
go to makeup."

When I'm all finished,
"Okay. Here's your line."

That's Captain America?

I thought he'd be taller.

I'd like to start
with the line

that might have been
put to you, sir,

which was,
"Did it work?"

LEE: I'm a very good study.

I can remember a whole line

after reading it
three or four times.

Did it work?

And action.

Superheroes?

In New York? Give me a break.

I mean, I say a line or two

if I'm lucky enough
to get a line.

Sometimes it's just pantomime.

REPORTER 1: Larry King.REPORTER 2: Larry!

And there I am on the screen

and I'm a big ham,
so I love it.

Oh, man.

I am so fired.

I like them all.
I mean, as I think of them,
each one is my favorite.

PEYTON REED: And shrink!

Well, the '60s were fun,
but now I'm paying for it.

REED: And cut it.

And I love being
in the theater

and having somebody
next to me,

"Oh, look! That's Stan Lee!"

I get a big kick
out of that.

You know what?
I think I'll just take these,

bring them over here,

and hold on for safekeeping.

Are you Tony Stank?

Oh, man. Anyway,
before I was
so rudely interrupted...

At that time,
I was a Federal Express man.

I'm trying to tie
the Marvel Universe together

by being the one
common denominator
that they all have.

What's the matter
with you kids?

You've never seen
a spaceship before?

My cameos are always fun,

especially when I do
one with Thor.

I play a barber and I'm about to cut his hair.

Touch something and then
the whole thing's
gonna come to life.

Okay. Good.Yeah.

No!

Yes!

TAIKA WAITITI: Good.

Hey, you guys,
make love not war.

Each one stands out
more than the previous one.

This is one of the best cameos
I've done, let me tell you.

LUIS:
Look at the girl I'm with.
You know what I'm saying?

She's crazy stupid fine,
right?You go, "Yeah."

Yeah.
Crazy stupid fine.

It's so fun when you
show up in the films.
It's really neat.

Well, it's great.
I love it.

I mean, people are so nice.

Great to see you.Hey, brother.
How you doing?

All right.Great to see you.

KEVIN FEIGE: Have a safe trip
down to Atlanta.

The fact that I'm working
with characters
that I've created...

Not too shabby.

By the crimson
rings of Cyttorak,

it's Doctor Strange!

And the fact
that they are being
directed so beautifully...

"I'll need a ride home."Why don't you try that?

"I'll need a ride home."

LEE: ...to work
with such professionals

and they all have
a love of the characters.

Chris Evans came over to me
like I'm his father.

He is so happy
to be doing what he's doing.

He's so happy to be
Captain America, you know?

See, nobody's
going to recognize you,
'cause they...

They're expecting
to see this little guy.They're expecting this big.

Hey, glad to see you, Chris.

Yeah. How are you?

Hey, congratulations
on the twins.

Thanks, buddy.Hey, that's terrific.

CHRIS HEMSWORTH:
Yes. It's fun.So you say something first.

I say, uh, "It's aged
for a thousand years
in barrels

"built from the wreck
of Grunhel's Fleet.

"It's not meant
for mortal men."

And then that's you.

What the hell
did you just say?

This is not meant
for mortal men.

STAN: Neither was
Omaha Beach, blondie.

Stop trying to scare us.
Come on.

I don't think of them
as cameos.

All right.

I rather think of it
as a supporting role
that I play.

Excelsior.

JOSS WHEDON: And cut.CREW MEMBER: Cut there.

WHEDON: And cut it.

Stan Lee.
The whole reason
any of this exists.

My hero.
The greatest man alive.

Thank you for everything.

We should all be grateful.
I know we're all honored.

And Stan,
thank you so much
for being here.

It is our absolute pleasure

and forgive us if there's
lots of handshakes
and autographs now...

LEE: I sometimes wonder, "Did this really all happen?"

It's an honor
to have you.Thank you.

Thanks a lot.

LEE: In the days
I was writing these things,

I never thought it would turn into something like this.

Thank you very much.
Thank you.

This is just unbelievable.

It's indescribable.

To work with creative people,

especially people
who make movies,
is such a thrill.

It's overwhelming
when I think about it.

And I keep saying to myself,
"I can't believe this is me.

"I can't believe
I lucked out this way."

Let's give it up
for Stan Lee, guys.

CHRIS EVANS: Whoo-hoo! Yeah!

Five lousy words
they gave me to say.

Thank you, too.
You're a great director.

It's something
you never forget.

And thank you for all of this

and I hope that I didn't
set interviewing back
a few decades.

Okay.
I'll see you later.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

I remember
every cameo I've done
since the first one.

And I think
I'm a very lucky guy.

KEVIN FEIGE:
The journey of the entire
Marvel Cinematic Universe

started with the journey
of Tony Stark.

MAN: Much better
than the big old...ROBERT DOWNEY JR.: Oh, yeah.

...clunky, clunky monkey.And that sound is great.

I think it looks
a little large, too,

but I think we might be able
to get away with it all.

FEIGE: Going back to Favreau
and Robert Downey Jr.

and the founding moments
of Marvel Studios,

we said, "We want the hero
to be as interesting
out of costume

"as they are in costume."

SARAH HALLEY FINN:
I had just been hired
to cast the first Iron Man.

Jon Favreau was on board
at that time

and I remember asking him

in a meeting with everyone,

"Tell me all the qualities

"that you think
are most important."

Fast, quick-witted
and funny and dynamic

and a bit troubled
and confident

and brilliant
and all of these things.

And we really kept
coming back to Downey.

DOWNEY JR.: Stan Lee
said he kind of created
him on a dare.

Could you make a billionaire
weapons manufacturer,

philandering philanthropist,
you know,

who largely lives an ugly
and irresponsible immoral
psychology?

To peace!

If you look at Downey
in his early work, you know,

it's amazing. I mean,
look at Chaplin.

You look atLess Than Zero.

I mean, they're tough
characters to watch.

Robert Downey Jr.
at that point in his career

wasn't necessarily
a family-friendly name.

Today it's ridiculous,
but at the time,

it was, "Whoa! Risky casting
Robert Downey Jr."

The truth was
we got to a point

that we realized
if we didn't cast him,

that would have been
the biggest risk.

JON FAVREAU:
Robert had a whole career
of great work behind him,

and he was at a point
in his life and his career

where he was ready
to break out

and do something really big
and exciting.

FINN: Jon was in love
with the idea
of Downey playing the part,

and we all felt
so sure about him
on a creative level.

Because he wasn't instantly
a slam dunk approval,

I suggested
we have screen tests.

I remember walking in
with Robert Downey Jr.
the day of the tests.

He was laughing
and in great spirits
and completely at ease,

and he got in front
of the camera
and started saying the lines.

I assure you the day weapons
are no longer needed
to keep the peace,

I'll happily transition
to manufacturing
bricks and beams

for baby hospitals,
making hemp pants
and the like,

but until that time,
can I get you a drink?

I don't want to call it
an out-of-body experience,

but it was one of those rushes

that I'm sure, like,
somebody would feel
if they're about to play

a big sporting arena,

playing for the ring
or something like that.

It was just like,
"Am I gonna pass out
or am I gonna nail this?"

On that day
that Robert screen tested,

it was clear
that there was no one else
who can play that part.

It was magic.
It was exactly the feeling
as a casting director,

with Kevin, with Jon,
with everyone

that we all wanted
to have that feeling, like,

"We have it. This is it.
This is Iron Man."

Iron Man 1was incredibly special.

We sort of improv-ed
the whole thing.

We laughed. We cried.

We got very,
very close on that movie.

FAVREAU: We were
the first Marvel movie
as a studio.

You know, there was
no real model for it yet.

Nobody expected
too much of it.

He's Iron Man.

We wanted to make
a good quality film,

a good story, something
that was smart enough,
funny enough.

I still remember Tony
landing in the high desert

in the eastern Sierras
when he escapes the cave,

and I was buried
up to my neck in sand
and the storm was coming in

and we only had
a couple minutes
to get this take.

And it was like God's grace
just came in

and gave us the take
that was in the movie.

Not bad.

I loved the first movie
so much.

I was just so carried away
by the story.

It was funny. It was clever. It was witty.

Let's face it,
this is not the worst thing
you've caught me doing.

MARK RUFFALO: By casting Robert Downey Jr.,

they were intent on breaking

the tradition and mold
of these types of movies.

BRIE LARSON: It was
an unexpected choice
at the time.

And so it made
for this really dynamic,

really surprising performance.

Was that so hard?

He's so bright and so fast
and it takes you so long

to catch up with him
and it's perfect
for that character.

Good luck keeping up.

I think most of us
have been pretty vocal
about what he started,

and without him, none of us
would be in this position.

CHRIS EVANS:
He really is the patriarch.

I think he really understood

the weight
of the responsibility
with these movies.

Iron Man 1changed the genre.

And I think the casting
of Robert Downey
signaled to the world

that we are serious
about our characters

and we really respect
them in a way

that we're gonna hire
the best actors possible.

DOWNEY JR.: It really was
just this perfect storm.

I had hypnotized myself
into such a state
of confidence

that I was certain...

everything
we were doing worked,

and, uh,
the rest is history.

I am Iron Man.

KEVIN FEIGE: I'm not sure
we could have done

this notion of an interlinked Marvel Cinematic Universe

without Captain America.

Whether it's bit by a spider
or exposed to gamma rays,

the notion
of a super-powered human
started with Steve Rogers.

He is the backbone
of the universe.

As we were developing
Captain America:
The First Avenger,

we brought in
these two writers

named Chris Markus
and Steve McFeely.

They were the sole writers
on the first
Captain America film.

They went on
to become the sole writers

onCaptain America:
The Winter Soldier,

sole writers onCivil War,

and nowInfinity War
andAvengers: Endgame.

They deserve as much credit
for Captain America
as anybody else.

When we were talking to them,
they had two movies out.

And so the idea that,
"No, this is going to build

"into a giant, ongoing
interconnected universe"

was like, "Uh-huh.
Yeah, sure,
of course it will.

I have no doubt."

Chris and I sort of
coincidentally had been
sort of blue-skying about,

"You know
what someone should do.
A period superhero movie."

Right?
When they were invented,
when they were created,

what would it be like
to use them
in the proper time?

And then when we heard
that Marvel was going
to do that, we were,

"Oh, my. We need to go
chase that down."

MARKUS: As for the writing,

we never worried
about the larger universe.

McFEELY: The mission is

always make the best
movie in front of you,

because this whole thing

is dependent on
making good movies
one at a time.

We had the same goal in the firstCaptain America.

We subtitled the
Captain Americafilm
"The First Avenger"

for a reason,

because putting a star
in red, white and blue

on that scrawny kid

who yearns to be
a part of the battle,

that is where it all started.

We knew that
the movie wouldn't work

if you didn't buy
Steve Rogers at the top.

ROGERS: I don't like bullies.

I don't care
where they're from.

Well, there are already
so many big men
fighting this war.

Maybe what we need now
is the little guy, huh?

JOE JOHNSTON: The spectacle
and the action sequences
only work

if you're engaged
in the characters.

You know,
all the visual effects

and it doesn't matter
how big your budget is,

if you're not engaged in Steve Rogers/Captain America,

I think you're
wasting your time, really.

McFEELY: We needed
to fall in love with
skinny Steve Rogers

before he ever became
Captain America.

And never forget
that he's in there.Yeah.

The serum amplifies
everything that is inside,

so good becomes great,

bad becomes worse.

This is why
you were chosen.

Because a strong man
who has known power
all his life

may lose respect
for that power.

But a weak man

knows the value of strength.

MARKUS: Steve Rogers,
more than any
of the other superheroes,

really kind of loses
who he was

in the process of becoming Captain America.

The old him ceases to exist.

There's no life
of Steve Rogers
that he goes back to.

InThe Avengers,
he's the leader

because he's completely
dedicated to everything,

partially because he doesn't
have anything else to turn to.

JOSS WHEDON: His desire
to keep it ordered
and to keep some meaning,

all that stuff
is still an issue for him.

He's always been
this very austere kind of guy,

but had this real loyalty
to institutions and to people.

We have orders.
We should follow them.

Following's not
really my style.

I think they slowly
strip that away from him.

You know, he loses his faith
in government
in Winter Soldier.

He loses his faith
in his friends
and his family inCivil War.

You know, I think
when we see him
in Infinity War,

he's just turned his back
on a lot of things.

CAPTAIN AMERICA:
Earth just lost
her best defender,

so we're here to fight.

And if you want
to stand in our way,

we'll fight you, too.

EVANS: With this movie,
they let him kind of
return back to that

hopeful soldier, leader.

This is the fight
of our lives...

and we're gonna win.

Whatever it takes.

When we first
met the folks at Marvel,

we chased
the Captain Americajob

and certainly had no idea

that it would lead
to the next 10 years
of our career.

And we've had Cap
most of the way.

It's been a lot of fun
having someone
with that gravity.

It's a rare character.

You don't get to write
that character much anymore.

McFEELY:
He's an aspirational figure.

It's a combination
of where we put him
in the universe

and Cap rising
to the challenge.

You just don't know
when to give up, do you?

I can do this all day.

FEIGE: When our characters are beginning to come to life,

it all starts with artwork.

Our visual development group,

led by Ryan Meinerding
for the better part
of a decade,

has been
that very important step

between the comics
and the final product

that has brought
Captain America to life.

RYAN MEINERDING:
One of the great things
about the comics

is that Captain America
was always designed

to read really quickly.

And also, because
they had limited colors
in the printing,

there's a simplification
that happened
with a lot of them,

that they were just,
you know, this guy's
red, white and blue.

There's a really fast,
iconic thing that happens

with the characters
as the source material.

Trying to bring that
into a real setting,
like for a film,

whatever they simplified
for the design for the comics,

we're trying
to fill out in a way
that makes it feel real.

If they only had line work
and four colors

and they're able
to make something
that resonates with people

for 60, 70 years,
how can we find a way
of putting it into our work?

In the case
with Captain America,

we're trying to find
reference materials

that bring him
into sort of the world
of a soldier.

The first time
he puts on the costume

inCaptain America:
First Avenger,

it's about him being
that sort of patriotic icon
that's on the...

In the USO show.

So that was
where we were trying

to sort of take
those really classic

and iconic lines that were
designed back in the '40s

and turn it into something

that was always
kind of meant to be
a little bit goofy,

sort of put him on stage
and say, "You're a symbol
for America.

"Show us how much
of a symbol you are."

"Not all of us
can storm a beach
or drive a tank,

"but there's still a way
all of us can fight."

One of the amazing things
about being able
to work on a character

through multiple movies
is that you actually get

to tell the story
of the character
through the costume.

Seeing Cap's change
fromCaptain America:
The First Avenger

throughAvengers
and intoWinter Soldier,
for example,

is a pretty big
visual change.

Being a person in the 1940s

and coming forward into 2012

and sort of living
in that period of time

and being a fish-out-of-water

and then sort of
acclimating very quickly
and becoming

this very stealth-oriented,
extreme tactical ops person

is a crazy change.

And it worked
so well because...

Partially because the costume
actually reflects
what he's going through.

ANTHONY RUSSO:
What made Cap unique
in the Marvel Universe

and sort of in the nature
of his powers, he's sort of

basically a man,
only more so.

His fighting technique's
a very visceral,

surprising experience
of action.

JOE RUSSO:
From a visual standpoint,

you take the script
and you identify, like,

10 great moments
in the movie

and then you take
a brilliant artist, like Ryan,

and you say,
"Here's what we're looking for
from this moment."

And then Ryan draws up

and colors and inks
a beautiful,

you know, frame
from the movie.

Before we get started,
does anyone want to get out?

JOE: They do
incorporate lighting.

They incorporate
a strong visual element,
where will the camera be,

in a very, you know, sort of
dynamic and specific moment.

And that does
inspire the movie.

FEIGE: ForCaptain America,

almost every iconic sequence
came right out of
Ryan's original drawings,

where he was just by himself
with his drawing pad
at his computer.

MEINERDING:
I've been at Marvel
for about 12 years,

which is almost
the entire time

that Marvel Studios
has existed.

There's a sort of a craziness to the notion

that I've been able
to stay with the character

over the course of nine years.

Being that sort of medium
between the comics

and what is actually
on the screen

has been a joy that I couldn't have imagined.

When we really distilled

the core qualities
that we wanted

out of Captain America,

I think there's
a moral fiber to him

that really isn't
something that you act,

that it's something
you need to possess.

And Chris Evans was someone

who seemed to inhabit
all of those qualities
the most.

So everyone was in love
with the idea of Chris,

except Chris.

EVANS: The only reason
there was hesitation
to begin with

was because of the commitment.

It's a big movie
and, you know,

those are the movies
that if they succeed,

there's a change,
a lifestyle change.

And if it fails,
it's a whole other
can of worms.

Even Chris's reluctance
to be a star...

spoke to how right
he was for the role

because Captain America
was not looking
for the limelight.

He was humble. He was modest.

He needed to feel that
in his bones.

EVANS: I love the character.

He's everything that I wish
I could be as a man, you know.

And the creative forces behind the film are fantastic,

between Joe and Kevin Feige.

I mean, you know,
Marvel in general,

they know what they're doing,
so in the end,
I was so excited.

ROBERT DOWNEY JR.:
Once he committed,
he committed 1,000%.

You know, he stands there,
tells the truth
and then kicks ass.

NATE MOORE:
I think there's a confidence

that he really brings
to the character

and an integrity
that people really respond to.

FINN: There's something
so endearing,
so charismatic, so charming.

He has so much heart.
There was something
very heroic.

MOORE: There is
something that he brings
to the character

beyond what we could
write on the page,

beyond what
we could illustrate in,
you know, special effects

that is uniquely Chris.

DOWNEY JR.: It's no secret,
I love Chris Evans.

And I love Captain America.

Captain America was the single
hardest character
to launch in this universe.

This kind of guy out of time,

and is it too retro?
Are people going to get it?

SCARLETT JOHANSSON:
I cannot imagine
anybody but Chris

playing this role.

It's really... It's a very
difficult role to play
because on one hand,

you have this character
that has this very strong
moral compass

and you try to think,
"Where's the conflict
in that?"

CHADWICK BOSEMAN:
He allows himself
to be vulnerable,

but he allows himself
to not take it so seriously.

Don't worry about it.
It's just a...What's that do?

He makes you love
that character,

and it makes people
want to follow him.

SEBASTIAN STAN: It's been
really great watching him
sort of pull this off.

What he does in these movies
may look effortless,

but it's effortless
because, you know,

it's a testament
to what he's done
with the character.

EVANS: It's tough to try
and present challenges

to someone who is so selfless.

The biggest worry is
not only trying to make
the guy entertaining,

but also keep him
interesting enough

to have audiences
want him coming back.

DOWNEY JR.:
Every time I see Evans,

he's like more
and more like Cap.

It's like we've invested him
with that.

And Chris is up for that

because that's what makes it
exciting and different.

There's this huge amount
of love for the character.

There's 20 Captain America
shirts wherever I go.

It's ceased to become
just about him

and how well
he inhabited the role
and all that stuff.

It's become
part of our culture
just as a symbol.

It's that thing that gives
you kind of, you know,
teenage goosebumps.

JOE: I think we have
a lot emotionally invested
in Cap as a character.

We have a lot
emotionally invested
in Chris

as a friend
and a collaborator.

It's a proud moment
to be able to sit back

and look at
with perspective,

the journey that
that character's gone on.

EVANS: You're looking at yourself in this old makeup

and you're trying
to tap into Steve's journey,

but you can't help
but think about your own

and think about what
this entire experience
has meant to you.

It's just been littered
with so many good memories.

They never want to work,
these kids,
but I'll get them there.

EVANS: It is
because of this journey,

of just such
an embarrassment of riches

and such good fortune
and just good luck.

And again,
it's just so unblemished

because there's so many
wonderful people around me.

This has been such
an incredible chapter
in my life.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON: We'd love to take this character

in every different direction.

I think she certainly
encounters her fair share
of the Marvel Universe.

It's nice to be able to play a superheroine who has a past.

You know, she obviously
has been around for over,
what, 40 years.

And I think
has a real foundation

for all different kinds
of spinoffs

or interactions
with other characters.

I think the possibilities
are really endless.

JON FAVREAU: InIron Man 2,
the part that appealed
to me most

about her was her dedication
and just her intelligence.

I think you need smart people
in a movie like that.

There's too much
up for grabs.

There's too many things
that change.

And you need somebody
who's going to be
a steward of their character.

"Cordon off all access
to the track

"and clear the airspace
for whoever needs."We got it?

MAN: Here we go.Ding!

Scarlett was just a dream.

You know, she's so game.
And she had a really
good time doing it.

I'm my own,
my own secret weapon.

Unlike some of us, uh,
older, uh, curmudgeons,

there's very little you can do
to get under her skin.

She's just
consummately professional.

JOHANSSON: I love
playing this character.

When we first met Natasha
inIron Man 2

she was Natalie and, you know, you got to see her, kind of, undercover work

and, you know,
it wasn't until the end
of that film

her true identity was revealed as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

You are mind-blowingly
duplicitous.
How do you do it?

You just tear things.
You're a triple imposter.

I've never seen
anything like you.

Is there anything
real about you?

Do you even speak Latin? Fallaces sunt rerum species.

Which means? Wait, what?
What'd you just say?

It means you can either
drive yourself home

or I can
have you collected.

JOHANSSON: InAvengers,
we see, of course, her
in her own environment.

Just like Budapest
all over again!

You and I remember Budapest
very differently.

JOHANSSON: We get to see
a little bit more
of who she is,

a little bit of her history,
of her, kind of, shady past.

I got red in my ledger,
I'd like to wipe it out.

Can you wipe out
that much red?

Dreykov's daughter?
Sao Paulo?
The hospital fire?

Your ledger is dripping.
It's gushing red.

You pretend to be separate, to have your own code,

something that makes up for the horrors,

but they are part of you. And they will never go away.

JOHANSSON:
With the secondCap,

the character starts to
question her own identity,

question her own choices.

I thought I knew
whose lies I was telling,

but I guess I can't
tell the difference anymore.

She's an isolated
character.

Cap doesn't know whether he can trust her or not,

so she is not part of the family, per se,

because she's never been
taught to rely on anyone
other than herself.

And she has a view of the world

that is skeptical, and cynical,

and her and Cap grow over the course of that movie

and he teaches her trust.

You know, it's kind of hard
to trust someone

when you don't know
who that someone really is.

Who do you want me to be?

How 'bout a friend?

Well, there's a chance
you might be

in the wrong business,
Rogers.

JOHANSSON: InAvengers 2,

she really, you know, allowed herself to want things

and to envision
a life for herself
outside of the things

that have kind of
fallen upon her.

I have no place
in the world.

MADAME B: Exactly.

KEVIN FEIGE: And you realize
how strong she was

to have come out
the other side

and to be a part
of this very heroic team.

JOHANSSON: Her past
is something that's always
been shrouded in mystery

and, you know, we continue
to open up the story,

give little, kind of, tidbits

and throw the bone out
once in a while

as to where she came from
and what her background is.

NATASHA: I had this dream,

the kind that seems normal
at the time,

but when you wake...

What did you dream?

That I was an Avenger.

That I was anything more
than the assassin
they made me.

In Civil War,
she starts to realize

that the Avengers
are her family.

And she makes a choice to try to preserve the family.

NATASHA: We've made
some very public mistakes.

We need to win
their trust back.

That's what makes
this character really heroic

is that she's, kind of,
dug her heels in and said,

"Look, you know, I could
kind of go down this road,

"which would be the more desirable road personally,

"and disappear and live off the map."

But she chooses this,
kind of, greater calling.

NATASHA: Just because
it's the path
of least resistance

doesn't mean
it's the wrong path.

Staying together
is more important
than how we stay together.

ANTHONY RUSSO:
Part of the reason

why the Avengers failed
inInfinity War

is because they were divided,
because of the fallout
of Civil War.

Natasha's a very
strategic fighter

and she I think is really just trying to give whatever she can

in order to save as many people as possible.

NATASHA: He did exactly what he said he was gonna do.

Thanos wiped out 50%
of all living creatures.

JOE RUSSO: At the beginning of
Endgame, she wants to bring it all back

because she feels like
it is the strongest
emotional connection

that she's ever had in her life.

She's struggling to deal
with the fact that they lost.

And she hasn't stopped.

Five years later, she's still fighting

to figure out how to fix this problem and she hasn't let go.

She has to do
everything in her power
to undo what Thanos did.

JOE: She's presented with a choice:

she has to give her own life to bring everyone else back

and she does it,

which is the most,
single most heroic moment

in the history
of the Marvel Universe.

It's okay.

I actually think
that in some weird,

and it is
a very emotional thing,

but some weird
twisted-up fateful way,

this character who, you know,

has searched her whole life for a purpose,

actually finds her purpose.

And it's like this amazing, super-emotional, beautiful thing.

You know what I've become.

Oh, I don't judge people

on their worst mistakes.

Maybe you should.

You didn't.

I feel very fortunate.

It's been an incredible gift as an actor

to be able to come back to a character that's as complex as Natasha.

I think there's, kind of, a lot to explore there

and that is so exciting.

Cars are coming
down the middle

as our heroes
are running this way
and this way.

CHRIS EVANS: Love the Russos.

I remember them
the first couple days
on Winter Soldier.

They really felt like
the new kids
on the playground.

But everything they said
they were gonna do,
they delivered on.

Their attitude kind of breeds
this sort of lightness on set.

Let's do one more.

KEVIN FEIGE:
They're the filmmakers

that took
theCaptain America series

and elevated it
with the Winter Soldier.

"Gotta know, Cap.
This isn't personal."

And then you...

But then did it again
with Civil War.

That film is gigantic.

This is gonna be
a great shot.

FEIGE: We were midway
through production
onCivil War,

and we saw the amazing job
that Anthony and Joe
were doing,

handling all these
different characters,

telling this
very unique storyline.

It's going kind of this way
right now and then
the window's gonna shatter.

Yeah. And then...

We knew
where we wanted to head
with the next Avengersfilm,

and it was then that we
started talking to them

about coming fromCivil War
ontoInfinity War.

We had no time to settle
between Civil War
and Infinity War.

ANTHONY: As we were conceiving and executing
Civil War,

the end of that movie
was very much a setup

for what these movies
would be.

We always had
the sense of that.

Even not having a break,

I think we were able
to move forward

because there is
such a continuity
in the narrative.

In Infinity War,
the scope of the film,
I think, is unrivaled.

And really, the only way
the film could be made

was in the hands
of Anthony and Joe Russo.

That was
an A-plus version
of the shot.

MARK RUFFALO:
I was really blown away

by how culturally powerful
it was.

I've never seen a reaction
like that after a movie.

Infinity Wartakes people
on an epic quest

that does everything
from entertain

and delight you to devastate you emotionally.

The success of that film
is certainly a testament

to the Russo brothers
as a directing team.

There's no doubt
it was not an easy task.

LOUIS D'ESPOSITO:
You look atInfinity War,

you're in the hands
of master filmmakers.

It is truly remarkable.

Slow it down just a hair
and just turn it
into a little bit of a...

Yeah. Sure.

You know, like,
"I'm getting...
I'm gonna get," you know.

Give it a little look
and then go with it.
Okay? Here we go.

We talk a lot
about the culmination
of Avengers: Endgame.

We wanted to do a great finale

that not only
had the spectacle
worthy of Infinity War,

but with sequences and scenes and character interactions

that could only be done
with Joe and Anthony.

They're the only directors
that could handle
this many characters

and doing this
ambitious of a story

that needs to pay off
every film
that we've ever made

in one climactic conclusion,
while at the same time,

introducing an entirely new direction for the future.

D'ESPOSITO: When we were
thinking about these
twoAvengers films,

we came up with this idea,
let's shoot them together.

And it seemed like
a great idea at the time,

but it's impossible
to juggle one story.

And the idea of two stories
this complicated,

figuring out what they are,
how they intertwine.

The Russos are so adept
at handling
complicated storylines.

You know, after the camera
whips to you...

Yeah.Take in the group
for a beat,

and then ask
where's Fury.

BRIE LARSON:
You have to understand

what makes
each character unique,

what special qualities
they bring to it,

how they can shine.

DANAI GURIRA: It's pretty amazing watching these brothers, like,

create these amazing,
powerfully epic tales.

Go that way?

Well, that'll just be
the badass delivery.

You feel very, you know,
safe and taken care of

and at the same time,
you feel like
you can contribute.

I'm clearly
charting the course.

And then you just come in
and start charting the course.

Yeah.You're like...

Uh, we're going to...
Where to?

TESSA THOMPSON:
The magic trick is

that they're working with so many actors that have,

you know,
their own relationship
to the characters

that come from their own
sort of parts of the universe.

And to make that
all into something

that feels cohesive
is incredible.

PRATT:
So, it's all in one piece.
So it's gonna be like... Boom.

JOE: It's focused
at the end of it.
Go back to the stake.

TOM HOLLAND: They've done
the unthinkable, really.

I mean, it's not
just two movies back to back.

It's the two biggest movies
of all time,

and they've been at the helm
the whole time without fail.

TRINH TRAN:
They love these characters,

and they know
these characters inside out.

ROBERT DOWNEY JR.:
Anthony and Joe,

they've essentially
been on a job
for six, seven years now.

And I love them.

And they love the Avengers.

ANTHONY: Joe and I have
always loved to figure out,

"How do we take the character
and how do we
take the audience

"and how do we take ourselves
on a surprising journey

"that is not
holding anything back?"

As you progress
through films like that,

your job as directors
gets bigger and bigger.

We really have
an amazing team around us

that allow us to focus
on the bigger picture,

so we're very happy
with this experience.

It's been really exciting
to get to work

with some of the actors
from different franchises

that I have just admired that,

I guess you could say,
are sort of
an extended family.

And then of course,
there's new characters

that are also being introduced to the family.

Where are you going?

To kill Thanos.

JOHANSSON: It's certainly
great to see that

the audiences are embracing
and even asking for,
begging for

really strong
female superheroes.

It's wonderful to feel
like you've witnessed

and been a part
of that growth.

I'm always picking up
after you boys.

I think one of the dangers
of playing a kickass chick

is that you just mimic
what you've always seen
kickass men do.

You want to show me
how to punch? Go ahead.

That's how you punch.

It's really important
for me to find

the voice and the rhythm
and the style

and the meaning
of what it means
to be a powerful woman.

And that that be
its own distinct thing.

DANAI GURIRA: I so enjoy
being able to be
a piece in the puzzle

that was a woman
who was the head of an army

and who was the right-hand
"man" of the leader.

And seeing how that resonated was very humbling and very moving.

Women are demanding
equality in the workplace,

whether you're in a superhero
costume or an office job.

And I think Marvel
is doing a great job

of amplifying that
in the films

and representing
that properly.

And that's a beautiful thing.

Every morning, I think
about every way
that I can help women

have representation
and be out there in the world.

And I think for me
it's important

for women to know
that it can be done.

Hi, I'm Peter Parker.

Hey, Peter Parker.

You got something for me?

Our goal with Endgame
was to provide
a climactic conclusion

to the journey
that the MCU has been on

for these 11 years now.

And so we spent a lot of time looking backwards

at the journey
that the overarching
narrative has taken

and all the characters
that have been
a part of that story.

And I remember it
just dawning
on all of us one day,

just, like, the sheer number
of amazing female characters

that were now in the MCU,

which is so exciting
and impressive to all of us.

I mean, we really looked
for an opportunity
to just celebrate that.

You could just see
this really beautiful thing,

which you kind of
get a taste of

withAvengers: Infinity War
as well,

which is very powerful people meeting each other,

powerful people
all being in one room,

powerful people that all have very specific skills

working together
to form a team.

We have a smaller moment

in the Wakanda field
in Infinity War,

where we have Okoye,
Natasha and Wanda

teaming up to fight Proxima.

And that moment in the trench was pretty spectacular to see

when we were
shootingInfinity War,

and we wanted a little bit
more of that in Avengers 4.

I don't know how you're gonna
get it through all of that.

Don't worry.

She's got help.

It was really beautiful
to feel

this sort of Marvel
sisterhood, you know,

and we're all coming from so many different films

that we all came together.

It was kind of like,
"I see what you do.

I know your powers. Okay.

"Show me what you've got,"
and then we just clicked.

And we were just, like,
cheering each other on.

Everyone just kind of
taking their turns

moving around,

trying to help each other out. It was so fun.

You share...Exactly.

...this connection,
you know.So there's a connection

without ever having met.Yeah.

It's a really cool thing
about the whole battle.

That day was insane.

We were all in it together
and it felt electric.

It was really, really cool.

MAN: Three, and action!

You know, I normally
don't watch playback
on the monitor,

but I wanted
to see that reveal
of all the women of Marvel,

and I thought
it was really powerful

and really exhilarating.

And I was thinking
of all of the young girls
in the audience

who will probably feel
really inspired by that

in one way or another.

So, it was a really nice thing to be a part of.

And it's exciting
'cause all of us are saying,

"I've never
experienced this before.

"I've never been in a film
with this many women

"and this many strong women
who stand equal to the men."

There is something
very powerful

and we're realizing it
more and more,

just how magical it is

to allow women to express
their full gamut
of their power

and their abilities
as a unit.

What's wrong with him?ROCKET: Oh, he's pissed.

He thinks he failed.

ANTHONY RUSSO:
Thor has suffered
tremendous loss,

more so than
any other character.

Asgard has been destroyed,

and now he has to suffer
the loss to Thanos.

How does a person
who's suffered two
devastating losses like that

move forward,
and how would he
process that?

Boys!

CHRIS HEMSWORTH:
Every aspect of him
was broken.

Some tragic things
have happened
and he's decided,

"You know what?
I'm just gonna check out

"and eat pizza
and drink beer."

And that's what he's done,
you know.

You all right?

Yes. I'm fine. Why?

Why, don't I look all right?

You look like
melted ice cream.

So, what's up?
You just here for a hang?

He's a very depressed
sort of removed Thor,

becoming the opposite
of what we've known him
to be in the past.

I know you think
I'm down here

wallowing in my own
self-pity...

feeling sorry for myself,
hoping to be rescued,

hoping to be saved,
but you're wrong, okay?

But the great thing
about Thor is, like,

there's something
in his spirit
that stands in contrast

to where he's let himself go
physically and emotionally.

There's beer on the ship.

What kind?

HEMSWORTH: Being able to do
this new version of Thor,

it's hugely liberating
and fun.

We had a big sort of fat suit,

which I think was
sort of 60 or 70 pounds.

This'll move.

MAN: Yep,
that's the shimmy.

It was the hottest
I've ever been.

How does that feel?

I mean, amazing.

It looks like
it's in the right place.

HEMSWORTH: And we have,
obviously, the beard,
the hair,

and I have these things
that go in the mouth

to kind of plump out
my cheeks a bit,

which sort of
had a little effect
on the voice as well,

but probably in a good way.

It was a different Thor.

Hi, my name's Thor.
I'm 22 years old,

live on Asgard
and I like sugar.

PAUL RUDD: We're shooting
a superhero film

and here's one of the most
recognizable superheroes,

but he's just turned
into a new character.

What Chris does
with that character

and how it just
kind of has this shift,

his excitement
was really palpable.

TESSA THOMPSON:
He'd been playing
the character for a while

and really wanted
to find something new.

He has such dexterity
as a talent.

He's incredibly funny.

He has just
really lovely energy.

NATASHA: Is he asleep?

RHODES: No, no.
I'm pretty sure he's dead.

KEVIN FEIGE: Thor's new look
will seem like it's being
played for laughs.

But thanks to the performance
that Chris Hemsworth gives,

it becomes very touching.

Let me, just let me,
let me do this.

Let me do something right.

And we see
over the course of the film,

how he tries to regain
his sense of purpose

and regain
his sense of redemption.

It's not working.

LOUIS D'ESPOSITO:
At the end of the day,

even though he's carrying
a lot more weight,

he's still the Thor
that we love.

I'm still worthy.

D'ESPOSITO: The Avengers
pull him back in.

To have a sense of duty,

he finally comes around

and he's a full-on Avenger,
with carrying
another 80 pounds, though.

Look at
the first couple steps.

HEMSWORTH:
I thought I was booking.

I thought
I was going so quick.

ANTHONY: Maybe you want
to give a battle cry.

Oh, yeah.
Good one there.

It felt like I was playing
a completely
different character.

There was a real opportunity
to just kind of
swing for the fences

and it was so much fun.

What do you think
is coursing through my veins?

Cocoa Puffs? Nachos?
Embarrassment?

Lightning.

ROGERS:
Asking a woman to dance
always seems so terrifying.

And the past few years
just didn't seem to matter
that much.

Figured I'd wait.For what?

Right partner.

JOE RUSSO:
The essential conflict
in Steve

is the desire to serve.

And that desire to serve
would supersede
his personal identity.

He's got an amazing set
of morals and values.

He's an incredibly good man,

given the hand that life
has dealt him.

Doctors kinda know
that if this guy
is given this great gift,

he won't
take advantage of it.

He understands
how to value what he has

'cause he didn't always
have it.

JOE JOHNSTON:
The common issue
among all the Marvel heroes

is that they have
a very vulnerable side
to them.

And Steve Rogers is certainly
no exception to that.

He is probably
the most vulnerable

before he becomes
Captain America.

CHRISTOPHER MARKUS:
He, more that any
of the other superheroes,

really, kind of,
loses who he was

in the process
of becoming him.

'Cause he was a scrawny,
90-pound man,

who gets changed into
Captain America.

So the old him
ceases to exist.

There's no life
of Steve Rogers
that he goes back to.

Almost,
I get the feeling,

he'd be more comfortable
if he could wear the outfit
all the time

because then he has
a persona.

Then he knows who he is.

That's the first time
he was valued,

he had very few people
who valued him.

He wasn't quite
an orphan

but he was alone
fairly early on

and he had one friend.

It was Bucky Barnes, and Bucky Barnes goes off to war.

And he was a scrappy kid

who got picked on all his life.

JOHNSTON:
He is very relatable.

He is a superhero.

But all his power
is basically
what the human body can do.

McFEELY: Once circumstances lead him to being Captain America,

he finds, you know,
a purpose.

You told me
you thought I was meant
for more than this.

Did you mean that?

Every word.

HAYLEY ATWELL:
Peggy has a career.

And she has a lot of
self-respect.

And she's pretty sick and tired

of lots of men kind of
not taking her

seriously in the Army,
and you know,

playing around with her.

I think Peggy relates to someone really fighting for what they believe in

and really having to struggle all the time to prove themselves.

And, she being the only woman in this environment,

knows exactly what that feels like.

It's not just the normal, everyday love story.

There's something else.

In the same way
that we love Steve,

because he exhibits
some sort of determination

and selflessness,

that's the same thing that attracts her to him.

JOE: Steve learned a lot
from Peggy Carter.

If you go back and look
atThe First Avenger,

that is
the essential relationship

that I think turned him
into who he is today.

It turned him
into Captain America.

Her sense of integrity,

her call to action
are all qualities
that have been engrained

in Steve
and are his best qualities.

And they come from
an example, from Peggy.

And so I think
it was critical
that her character

embody
those essential qualities

because he wouldn't be
who he is without them.

I'm gonna need a rain check
on that dance.

A week, next Saturday
at the Stork Club.

You got it.

PEGGY: 8:00 on the dot. Don't you dare be late.

JOE: The great tragedy
of Steve Rogers' existence

was, now he found
he love of his life

and then,
had to sacrifice himself,

and 70 years of his life
to save the world.

ANTHONY: I always found it very endearing about Cap,

that for all that character
has sacrificed,

and he's sacrificed a lot.

But one thing he could never let go of was Peggy.

And it just stayed with him all those years.

It's been so long.

So long.

Well, I couldn't leave
my best girl.

Not when she owes me a dance.

ATWELL:
We want the audiences
to feel moved by it.

People have sent me poems
that they've written
about Peggy and Cap,

and montages
that they've sent me

of Peggy and Cap's
greatest moments,

putting, like, soundtracks
over them,

like Aerosmith soundtracks
or something,

with longing looks
from Peggy and Cap.

And I'm realizing
that the story
has affected them.

And that's great
'cause we feel like
that's what we wanted.

We wanted something
that had heart to it

that people,
essentially, cared about.

Even after he died, Steve
was still changing my life.

I really like what they let
my character experience

in these movies,
to be honest,

the struggle
and the sacrifice

and the culmination
of friendships

that have had peaks
and valleys.

And it's just
a really layered,
colorful experience.

JOE:
His arc over the course
of the movies

take him
from a place of service,

to where he started
to question authority

and ultimately
embrace his identity

and become
self-actualized.

And he has the opportunity
inAvengers: Endgame

to go back
and correct the loss

and be with Peggy,
the love of his life.

And he makes that choice.

So, did something go wrong
or did something go right?

Well, after I

put the stones back,
I thought...

Maybe I'll...

try some of that life
Tony was

telling me to get.

You're trying' to tap
into Steve's journey
before you go to set

to understand what this moment
means to him.

But you can't help but think
about your own.

And think about what
this entire experience

has meant to you.

God, you can get choked up
even thinking about it
right now.

You wanna tell me
about her?

ROGERS: No.

No, I don't think I will.

TONY: Are these our gojis?

PEPPER: They're not.TONY: What's wrong with ours?

Your alpaca
ate them all.Oh.

All of them.
What a glowing endorsement.

First of all,
Gerald is our alpaca.

He's not my alpaca
if he's eating my gojis.

Okay. They're gonna be
nice in the salad
right there, right?

No, don't, don't, don't!
Could you put it down?

Get out of my kitchen.Okay.

TONY: Whoops.

We're good here,
right?Yeah, we're great.

Tell Madam Secretary
that lunch is in five.

I will collect
our alpha female posthaste.

And what happened
to the Tesseract after that?

It's at the bottom
of the ocean.

It fell out of the plane
after I had to crash it.

Yeah, I've been
meaning to ask,

why did you have
to crash the plane anyway?

There were bombs onboard.

Bombs onboard.

And you couldn't have
jumped out of the plane
before you crashed it?

ROCKET: How long
did you fight these guys?

About, uh,
two or three hours.

Hours?

The Chitauri
are the suckiest army
in the galaxy.

Why didn't you just
blow up the mother ship?

We didn't know
that was a thing.

You didn't know
that was a thing?

Everyone knows... Hey!

There we go.

ROCKET:
All clear. Which way?

Oh.

THOR: You say something?

ROCKET: I said
I want to claw my eyes out.

But unfortunately,
it wouldn't do any good

'cause I already
saw the awfulness.

Will you focus?I'm focused.

This pretty place
is about to get
uglified real quick

by a bunch of frickin' elves.

Do you know that I saw
all these people die?

So this is a little bit
difficult for me, okay?

So why don't you
reach down deep inside

and try and find
a small ounce of humanity?

Just give me the thingy.

"Just give me the thingy.
Just give me the thingy."

I didn't even
want to come here.

Reliving all these
repressed memories.

My God,
get it together.Get it together.

You're embarrassing.

All right.
Which way?

I don't know.

You don't know?
You used to
frickin' live here!

For 1,500 years.
Not forever.

That way, I think.
Yeah. Maybe.

ROCKET: We are dead.
We are so, so dead.

I get it. It's nutty,
it's crazy-making

'cause you start worrying
about a legacy, you know.

You want to leave them
the better world,

and then you realize
you haven't done all that much
to give them one,

and it's...

What's your name, again?

Potts.Potts.

Yeah.

You want to come work
for me, Potts?

I'm a little tied up
in futures right now.

Nobody pull a hamstring.

Warm your butt cheeks up.
Warm up your butt cheeks!

MAN: Cut there.

Copy that!

CHRIS HEMSWORTH:
There you go, ya cub.

I broke it.

Fill.

MAN 1: Action!
No, no, not yet.

MAN 2: All right, here we go.

The thing about time travel...

It's more important
to look marvelous

than to feel marvelous.

I can't believe
I made a whole movie

with this thing on.
This is...

Yeah, does it
look cool or...

MAN: Yeah.
It looks cool. Right?

It doesn't feel cool,
but if it looks cool,
that's what matters.

THOR: Do you have any idea

what's coursing
through my veins right now?

Funyuns?

HEMSWORTH: Yes!

Orange soda?

We are getting the whole team,
aren't we? a duck!

There, good one.

You see what I have to
deal with here?
Ten years of this .

Her synaptic drive
was probably

damaged in battle.

Her synaptic drive was
badly damaged in battle.

Are you sure
you want to 90210this?

Fix Star-Lord's hair.

Whoo!

ROBERT DOWNEY JR.:
Turn her off!

I feel like I've given you
all you could ever want.

TONY: God, it seems
like a thousand years ago.

I fought my way
out of that cave,

became Iron Man,

realized I loved you.

I know I said
no more surprises,

but I was really hoping
to pull off one last one.

ANTHONY RUSSO:
The really unique thing
about Endgame for Joe and I

was that this movie
was the ending.

JOE RUSSO:
Marvel and Kevin Feige

have certainly done
something singular
in cinematic history.

We really want to bring
that same experience
to the audience.

We want them to feel the fullest range of emotion,

because we feel
like that creates
the most complete ending.

Our goal was
to deliver an experience

that felt like
a very satisfying,

surprising, yet fitting ending to this narrative

that they've been following
for these many years

and these characters
that they've loved
for so long.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: Avengers...

assemble.

JOE: It's about
as massive a production
as you can mount.

You really have to have
an incredible team
of collaborators

that you're working with,

so it's been a very
special experience for us.

ANTHONY: There's an energy
here on set

that comes from everybody's
dedication and character

and belief in what we're doing,

that what we're doing is important and matters to people.

Everybody recognizes,
I think, in the cast

what an amazing opportunity
these movies are,

and they know
that it's going to take
everybody's best effort

to pull them off properly,

so the collaborative energy that every one of these actors

brings to set every day
is really remarkable

and a big part of the magic
of these movies.

JOE: Ladies and gentlemen!

That's a wrap!

ANTHONY: These are all people that for literally the last seven years,

uninterrupted,
we have been
collaborating with.

JOE: They've been
like family to us.

We're going to miss everyone.

ANTHONY: This has been
such a rare opportunity.

It's the opportunity
of a career.

And I think
we look at it like that,

and I think
everybody involved does,

so this time that
we've spent at Marvel
is irreplaceable.

Yeah.