Joss Whedon Talks About Clark Gregg's Expanded Role In The Avengers And More!

Joss Whedon Talks About Clark Gregg's Expanded Role In The Avengers And More!

The director discusses his "man crush" on actor Clark Gregg, letting slip that Agent Coulson has a much larger part to play this time around, as well as revealing that the movie is keeping him up at night and more...

By JoshWilding - Aug 08, 2011 09:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers
Source: MTV Splash Page



<> Whedon said in a recent interview with MTV News. "It's great, he's been weaving his way through every movie and I really get to play with him and have [him do] a lot of stuff. There were things that during the writing, I was like, 'I need something more here... Oh, Coulson!' and he just, he comes up every time. Clark is such a wonderful guy but also such a precise actor. The whole troupe is so amazing, I'm actually surprised."

"I have reached the top, I'm going down the other side, I've just realized my Sherpa guide is frozen to death and several of my toes are missing," he added when asked about how work is progressing on the movie so far. "But we are on our way down."

As for how he's feeling, Whedon revealed that he's not yet got to the point where his thoughts about the movie are invading his dreams, but they are keeping him up at night! "I don't dream, I just think about coverage while sleeping, and then I wake up four hours later. It is an enormous task. It's not daunting in the sense of any kind of responsibility except the responsibility I always have, which is 'Will the audience respond to this? Have I given as much as I can? Have I made the actors do as much as they can? Have I made them comfortable? Does it all track as a movie?' The complexity of this giant puzzle sort of wakes you up at 2 a.m. pretty much every night."

"I've encouraged people to come to set because people assume they can't. For my own self, I try to get my wife there," he admitted. "She doesn't really like being on set because it's sort of dull, and occasionally I import a friend just to have that touchstone of someone who knows who I am. Everyone is wonderful, but they're all new, and when you're in the thick of it you need someone to go, 'You're not crazy.' "



STARRING:

Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America
Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
Chris Hemsworth as Thor
Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye
Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Ramanoff/Black Widow
Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
Tom Hiddleston as Loki

RELEASE DATE: May 4th, 2012. (US)





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ksommer
ksommer - 8/8/2011, 9:31 AM
Anyone see that two new movies are scheduled for 2014 from Marvel/Disney?
RunDTC
RunDTC - 8/8/2011, 9:32 AM
no what are they?
SpaceCoyote
SpaceCoyote - 8/8/2011, 9:33 AM
My question for Josh Whedon is...who will be the main character? Will there even be one?
ksommer
ksommer - 8/8/2011, 9:35 AM
Per box office mojo, they are just untitled marvel films.

Marvel Untitled 1

Buena Vista

5/16/14

New



Marvel Untitled 2

Buena Vista

6/27/14

New
ksommer
ksommer - 8/8/2011, 9:35 AM
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/schedule/?view=changes&p=.htm
Dusk
Dusk - 8/8/2011, 9:40 AM
This movie is gonna be awesome
JatevinM
JatevinM - 8/8/2011, 9:43 AM
SpaceCoyote@ With a movie like the Avengers you can't have a main character because the movie isn't about a single character it is about this collective team.
JohnTom88
JohnTom88 - 8/8/2011, 9:43 AM
One movie is probably Cap 2, the other can be anything from Ant Man to Dr Strange.

KaneVonDoom
KaneVonDoom - 8/8/2011, 9:44 AM
hmmm... any speculations on what the 2014 Marvel films are? I'm guessing Dr. Strange and Cap 2
KaneVonDoom
KaneVonDoom - 8/8/2011, 9:46 AM
oops..Apparently JohnTom was thinking the same thing
Maximillion
Maximillion - 8/8/2011, 9:49 AM
Joss Whedon is funny...high hopes for this movie, hope he pulls it off :)
lsoshow2
lsoshow2 - 8/8/2011, 9:50 AM
Can you say bromance?
Sanderman
Sanderman - 8/8/2011, 10:09 AM
black panther in 2014
Ryden
Ryden - 8/8/2011, 10:18 AM
Did anyone else notice Doctor Who (Matt Smith) in the background of the vid?
Zombie137
Zombie137 - 8/8/2011, 11:00 AM
Still dont know why they made up the COULSON character, they should have just made him Quartermain. But i do love his character.
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 8/8/2011, 11:17 AM
@SpaceCoyote, I've been wondering the same thing. Even in big ensembles, there's usually a point of view character. I really think it should be Captain America.
BrotherQStark
BrotherQStark - 8/8/2011, 11:34 AM
I have that same shirt

Yeah Coulson is bad ass

I trust Joss I am the least bit worried
Millioso46
Millioso46 - 8/8/2011, 12:31 PM
expanded role = SKRULL :P
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 8/8/2011, 12:48 PM
JOSS WILL KNOCK IT OUT THE PARK..HE'S IN HIS ELEMENT, COLLABORATION PEICES ARE HIS CUP OF TEA
JackMan
JackMan - 8/8/2011, 1:24 PM
@SpaceCoyote and BIGBMH

I'm guessing that Cap, Iron Man, and Thor are co-main characters. They are the big 3 in the comics, and will be in movie.

Whedon is really good with balancing characters though, so I'm sure we'll get to see plenty of all of them, but I think he'll make sure that someone like Iron Man gets a bigger role than Hawkeye and Maria Hill, as he should, but without making Hawkeye and Maria Hill bland.
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/8/2011, 1:29 PM
agent coulson is the best non comic book character set in the marvel cinematic universe.
opencurtain
opencurtain - 8/8/2011, 3:30 PM
I like his Spider Man pajamas .
CraptainAmerica
CraptainAmerica - 8/8/2011, 4:47 PM
Coulson has been an awesome addition to the cast! Gregg has done a great job and I can't wait to see his action chops in The Avengers!

As for Whedon...this guy is hilarious. It's like having a true fan, and geek, at the helm of the most awesome movie!

In Whedon I trust!
ComicBookGoth
ComicBookGoth - 8/8/2011, 6:18 PM
so Coulson is a Skrull

Vital
Vital - 8/8/2011, 7:20 PM
@Witty, I concur.
Bigbywolf
Bigbywolf - 8/9/2011, 8:56 AM
Agent Coulson is a great character and I am glad that Joss Whedon is giving him a big role in the film. The way Marvel has introduced him is similar to how DC introduced Harley Quinn in new media before they introduced her in the comics. There is so much stuff to look forward to in 2012.
Bearjew
Bearjew - 8/9/2011, 7:56 PM
Can't wait for 2012. I'd love to see these awesome flicks before the world ends. Oh and @RunDTC the 2014 films are suppsoed to be AntMan and either a sequal to Captain America or a sequal to the Avengers cause Iron Man 3 is coming out in 2013 and so is Thor 2
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