Jon Favreau and Bob Orci sat down with CBR in their Tiki room at WonderCon to discuss Cowboys and Aliens. During the discussion Favreau and Orci talked about the future of CBM's and shooting Cowboys and Aliens. What stood out to me about the interview is what was said when the topic turned to the similarities between shooting Cowboys and the first Iron Man film. I have transcribed that portion below.
Well, the first Iron Man, there wasn't a lot of pressure. Well, I mean there was because if we screwed up and The Hulk screwed up, there would be no studio that year, 2008. But, creatively there was zero pressure because Marvel movies already existed other places, they existed in Spider-Man and The X-Men. We almost felt like an afterthought at the time. Now you look at it and all those things we did arbitrarily in that first film, like put Captain America's shield in the background in the workshop or have Sam Jackson show up for a cameo after the credits, Those were all things we came up with as things that would be fun for the fans. By the time Iron Man II came around, now all the other franchises were starting, the other Marvel characters were trying to unify the Universe and set up The Avengers. So the pressure definitely increased as it became part of Disney. There was a big sale and then the pressure was on.
This is more like the first Iron Man where pretty much the studio is happy to have all of us involved. Whatever idea makes the other people in the room excited, we get to make in the movie with the cast. If the cast is excited by something we can try it. So it was a very freeing process.
Hawksblueyes: There is much, much more to this interview than the portion I have transcribed above. be sure to check out the video below.
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