Joss Whedon Reveals Why Shooting AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Was A "Nightmare"

Joss Whedon Reveals Why Shooting AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Was A "Nightmare"

Avengers: Age of Ultron director Joss Whedon talks here about his "nightmare" experience working on the huge sequel to the highest grossing superhero movie of all time, and drops some interesting details about giving the Hulk a more significant role this time around...

By JoshWilding - Mar 04, 2015 09:03 AM EST
Source: SFX (via The Hollywood Reporter)
Talking to SFX (via The Hollywod Reporter), Joss Whedon revealed that working on Avengers: Age of Ultron was quite a challenge, and it's no wonder he's not keen on returning for the two-part Avengers: Infinity War. "Shoot me in the face! It is a nightmare," he revealed. "I long for the simple movies like Serenity! This is the hardest juggling act I have ever, ever tried to pull off." That doesn't sound good, but the filmmaker made similar comments after the first movie, so there's every chance he could return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe somewhere down the line (Captain Marvel please, Joss?). As for where the sequel picks up with the team, Whedon added: "They’re very disparate characters. The joy of the Avengers is they really don’t belong in the same room. It’s not like the X-Men who are all tortured by the same thing and have similar costumes. These guys are just all over the place. And so it’s tough. Honestly, this is as though as anything I’ve ever done, and I haven’t worked this hard since I had three shows on the air."

The Avengers helped to make the Hulk a fan-favourire character, but he still hasn't received his own solo outing. It's lucky then that his role in the sequel will be much bigger! "There is more Hulk in this movie than there was in the last first," Whedon revealed. "But what I’m excited about is we shot this movie very differently. I was running a lot of cameras, I was shooting long lenses, which I don’t usually do." The plan apparently was to shoot some of these scenes like a documentary, giving fans a more realistic look at the Green Goliath in action. "What I love is we have the opportunity, because we went in with this mission statement, to shoot the Hulk like a character in a movie, and not like a ‘Look what we’ve got!’ We have ‘overs’ – blurry ‘Hulk’s over there! Bits, very quick shots. Everything isn’t ‘We built the Hulk so for god’s sake you’re going to watch him in this long take, full frame, the whole time!’ We really got to make him one of the characters in the movie. And that was a gift." What do you guys think of these comments from Whedon?
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MCUsDarkKnight
MCUsDarkKnight - 3/4/2015, 9:51 AM
A huge film being hard to make..... who would have thought
MCUsDarkKnight
MCUsDarkKnight - 3/4/2015, 9:51 AM
Also

"There is more Hulk in this movie than there was in the last first"
rockerdude22
rockerdude22 - 3/4/2015, 9:52 AM
I'm sure making big films like this is a nightmare for any director.
thebearjew
thebearjew - 3/4/2015, 9:52 AM
I love buffy
Wannabe
Wannabe - 3/4/2015, 9:52 AM
Thank god the Russos are taking over.
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 3/4/2015, 9:53 AM
I hope Whedon stays with the MCU in some capacity.
Wannabe
Wannabe - 3/4/2015, 9:53 AM
I'm kidding. I love Whedon. Please do X-Men, Joss. Please.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 3/4/2015, 9:54 AM
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ajizzle4658
ajizzle4658 - 3/4/2015, 9:55 AM
GUYS RETWEET THIS AND WE GET MOTHER[frick]ING TRAILER NOW

https://twitter.com/Avengers/status/573120716083752960



HulkOnion
HulkOnion - 3/4/2015, 9:55 AM
Tweet the #avengersassemble NOW
SuperCat
SuperCat - 3/4/2015, 9:55 AM
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Pasto
Pasto - 3/4/2015, 9:55 AM
My heart bleeds for you Joss.
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 3/4/2015, 9:57 AM
Whedon hasn't really got much of a reason to stick around with the MCU, although I would love for him to direct a Guardians movie all Firefly-like.
kinghulk
kinghulk - 3/4/2015, 9:57 AM
no suprise i doubt i could do his job but i would love to try
Dukov
Dukov - 3/4/2015, 9:57 AM
Any complaints until now.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/4/2015, 9:58 AM
If Whedon did xmen.....I'd cry. It'd be beautiful. Prob be like his run on astonishing x men which was amazing. This guy gets the superhero team up and dynamics. He's the godfather of superhero team up films
Pasto
Pasto - 3/4/2015, 9:58 AM
88%
GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/4/2015, 9:59 AM
Can't wait to see what original films and or tv projects he gives us after AOU. I miss the originality and brilliance of serenity, buffy, angel...he can get back to whedonverse
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 3/4/2015, 10:00 AM
He better come back for Infinity War.
kinghulk
kinghulk - 3/4/2015, 10:00 AM
TheAmericanPatriot- i hope he at least stays to help write infinity war and to give advice to the russos (not that they need it).
TheAmericanPatriot
TheAmericanPatriot - 3/4/2015, 10:01 AM
he said the same thing bout avenger. hopefully he does stay with the mcu and does captain marvel.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/4/2015, 10:01 AM
He should write and produce infinity war 1 and 2 and direct captain marvel. be like a feige number two and oversee and consult mcu tv and films as the godfather lol
AdamF
AdamF - 3/4/2015, 10:01 AM
"'...this is as though as anything I’ve ever done...'"

"...the Hulk a fan-favourire character..."

This has been another quality "written" article from Josh Wilding.
kinghulk
kinghulk - 3/4/2015, 10:02 AM
what if he wrote spiderman?
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 3/4/2015, 10:02 AM
@InfiniteMonkey

How'd you do that?
batz11
batz11 - 3/4/2015, 10:04 AM
Agree, think he'd be perfect for Captain Marvel!

Dude just gets it, this movie is gonna be so Epi...I can't say that word, but you know...

Also, let's go!

McGee
McGee - 3/4/2015, 10:07 AM


batz11
batz11 - 3/4/2015, 10:08 AM
Too bad this site is so wonky today, gonna be broken when the trailer is finally released :(
MrCBM56
MrCBM56 - 3/4/2015, 10:09 AM
Trailer is so close.....
BatHeis
BatHeis - 3/4/2015, 10:09 AM
@SuperCat

We should call you gifcat . You find amazing gifs.
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