“Avengers: Endgame” is culmination of over 20 Marvel movies, and co-director Joe Russo says wrapping up 10 years of storytelling was not at all an easy task.
“It was very difficult. There’s a lot of focus on a lotof characters,and (has) incredible amount of stories… (It is) 11 years ofnarrative culminating in one movie,” said Joe, one half of the Russo brothers.
“This movie focuses on the six original Avengers andcloses the book and the stories being told about them in the last decade. Wespent a lot of time with the writers to see that we deliver a powerful,emotionally impactful ending a and hopefully it will be delivered.
“‘Avengers: Endgame’ was not easy movie… It was verydifficult and exhausting,” he added.
Joe was happy to begin the press tour of “Avengers:Endgame” with India.
“We insisted for India to be the first stop of ourpress tour because of the incredible response to ‘…Infinity War’. We had beenwanting to come here for a long time. We have heard so much about India,”Joe said at the launch of Marvel anthem, which has been created byOscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman, here on Monday.
Opening up about the anthem, he said: “I havegoosebumps every time I watch this anthem. The song is in Hindi but goes sowell with the emotions in the film… The song embodies the film’sspirit.”
He feels the world of Marvel Cinematic Universe will getmore diverse soon.
“I don’t run Marvel, but I can say that storytelling isbecoming diverse. That’s the future of Marvel. The reason I am here is becausethe audience from across the world has reacted to us. I am certain thatdifferent cultures will start seeing themselves represented on screen and willstart identifying with characters on screen,” he said.
Joe also claimed that “Avengers: Endgame” marksfinal cameo appearance of late comic legend Stan Lee.
He said: “I wouldn’t be standing here without him. Ibelieve one of his final cameo is in ‘…Endgame.’ I don’t remember if he waswell enough to do the ‘Spider-Man’ cameo. But it was incredible working withhim.
“I grew up on his comic books. Stan Lee was my idolwhen I was a kid. To be able to have the opportunity to not only work on thematerial that he created but to work with him is a childhood dream cometrue.”
Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Endgame”, starringRobert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson, isslated to release in India on April 26 in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.