Avengers: Endgame editor Jeff Ford discussed an alternate version of Iron Man’s reunion with Spider-Man.
One of the most heartbreaking moments in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe occurred in Avengers: Infinity War when Iron Man was forced to watch Spider-Man vanish from existence due to Thanos’ decimation. Fortunately, Iron Man and the rest of surviving heroes were able to reverse Thanos’ decimation and the billionaire genius reunited with Spider-Man during the climactic showdown against the Mad Titan.
The Iron Man and Spider-Man reunion scene was one of the more heartwarming moments of Avengers: Endgame, mixing both comedy and genuine drama. However, Avengers: Endgame editor Jeff Ford revealed that the Iron Man and Spider-Man reunion scene originally involved Pepper Potts before the filmmakers decided to focus the sequence exclusively on the two heroes:
“The first time we shot it, Peter and Tony reunite and Pepper’s nearby, and Tony goes, ‘Uh, Peter, do you know Pepper?’ ‘Nice to meet you!’ It’s one of those crazy meet-cutes in the middle of a fight. He hugs him and they have this thing, but it felt very incidental, like they ran into each other at an airport or something. We watched it, and they were both great in the scene, but it was like a comedy scene, so it had this schtick quality to it. By the way, we did not yet know how powerful Peter disappearing was [in Infinity War] when we shot that first version. We had shot it, I think, but we hadn’t tested it, we hadn’t lived with it and actually done the [effect] of [him] going away, so when the audience had that reaction, we’re like, this reunion is different now. It’s a different thing.”
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Here is the official synopsis for Avengers: Endgame:
The grave course of events set in motion by Thanos that wiped out half the universe and fractured the Avengers ranks compels the remaining Avengers to take one final stand in Marvel Studios’ grand conclusion to twenty-two films, “Avengers: Endgame.”
Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, Avengers: Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillan, Danai Gurira, Benedict Wong, Jon Favreau, Bradley Cooper, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Josh Brolin.
Source: Slash Film
