Anthony Russo was midway through a sentence when an ear-piercing sound brought him up short.
Joe Russo heard it too.
But the other party on the line?
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Or, offered his brother, after shooting for a year straight, were collectively insane now.
But if any two people would be prepared to helm the massive superhero adventure, its the Russos.
And theyve remained in the Marvel universe ever since.
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against one another for the battle of the century.
How much pressure did you feel?JOE RUSSO:You have to expel all pressure from your life.
You cant make decisions based on what you think people want to see…because it clouds your judgment.
You cant hey all the fans.
You go online, you go on Twitter everybody wants something different from these movies.
What we do on each film, we venture to appease ourselves.
I still have my comic-book collection that Ive had for 30 years in my closet.
We grew up emotionally attached to this material.
We love these characters.
Joe and I have always been drawn to ensemble storytelling.
There have been stories told about them.
Audiences have invested in them emotionally.
Thats why the film is creatively unique.
The tone of, say,Guardians of the Galaxyis very different from theCaptain Americamovies.
You pull everybody closer to one another in a way.
You pull the Guardians closer to theAvengers tone.
You pull the Avengers closer to theGuardians tone…. Its a different interpretation of the Guardians than youve seen.
Its a different interpretation of the Avengers than youve seen.
Our motto as we have proceeded on these movies is keeping it fresh and surprising for the audience.
I dont want to go in knowing exactly what Im going to get.
This movie is told from the point of Thanos.
Its a unique film in that way.
I hope this goes a long way toward any villain issues people have with the Marvel films.
He doesnt pull any punches, and the stakes are life and death for him.
Hes willing to fight to the death for it, Thanos.
You shot the film exclusively with IMAX cameras.
Why?JR:We felt like we wanted the biggest canvas possible to tell [this] story.
Youve staged two of Marvels greatest action sequences theWinter Soldiercar chase and the airport battle scene inCivil War.
How do you top those?AR:We approach action the same way we approach storytelling.
You cant really just go, Were going to do the greatest action sequence ever!
You have to find it within the movie, within the storytelling.
Hopefully people [will] find it as thrilling as the car chase or the airport sequence.
They can marvel at Caps new facial hair.AR:We do love the beard.
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