Though Joe and Anthony Russo are liable for a few of Marvel‘s largest hits, they initially turned down the provide to reunite with the studio to direct Robert Downey Jr. in “Avengers: Doomsday” and “Secret Wars.”
Whereas chatting with Omelete, Joe Russo stated it was initially Marvel CEO Kevin Feige’s thought to reinsert Downey into the MCU as Physician Doom after the Oscar winner was the franchise’s defacto frontman taking part in Tony Stark/Iron Man for over a decade.
“That was Kevin [Feige],” Joe Russo stated. “Apparently sufficient about that, that dialog was had some time in the past.”
After Feige pitched them the thought, it was Downey who got here in to shut the cope with the Russo Brothers. Nonetheless, Joe Russo stated that even Iron Man couldn’t initially make them signal on with out the directing duo first having a narrative in thoughts for the 2 movies.
“Then Robert tried to speak us into doing [‘Doomsday’ and ‘Secret Wars’] and we stated ‘no,’” Joe Russo stated. “We simply didn’t have a narrative. We didn’t have a method in. We had been resistant for some time.”
It wasn’t till shut collaborator and screenwriter Stephen McFeely pitched his personal story concepts for the “Avengers” followups that the Russo Brothers felt assured they may step again into the MCU.
“Sooner or later, Stephen McFeely, one in every of our chief collaborators, stated, ‘I’ve an thought,’” Joe Russo added. “We went, ‘That’s the story!’ That story needs to be advised; it’s a extremely highly effective story!”
Joe and Anthony Russo have beforehand helmed a few of the most beloved Marvel movies within the studio’s historical past. Collectively, they directed “Avengers: Endgame,” “Avengers: Infinity Conflict,” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” and “Captain America: Civil Conflict.”
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