Avengers: Endgame‘s writers reveal why, despite being one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s more compelling villains, Thanos’ backstory was ultimately cut from the films.
While speaking to Backstory Magazine, Avengers Endgame‘s writers talked a bit about the scrapped background scenes for Thanos. In it, Christopher Markus that it revolved around him trying to make his case on Titan:
“We wrote some scenes, sort of flashbacky scenes of a young Thanos on Titan trying to make his case.”
He then compared the scene of Thanos’ backstory to Jor-El making his case on Krypton in the Superman mythos:
“[Part] of the reason it went away is it got a little too Jor-El on Krypton making his case, you know?”
He then went on to say that it was the kind of thing that you could imply and not actually have a full scene revolve around it:
“It was the sort of thing you could imply without having to see.”
From the look of things, the Avengers: Endgame writers realized that they didn’t have to show all of Thanos’ backstory in order to make him a compelling character!
What do you all make of this? Would you like to have seen more of Thanos’ backstory in Avengers: Endgame or Avengers: Infinity War? Let us know what you think in the comments below!
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.
Avengers: Endgame is now available on Digital HD and will be released on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on August 13.
Source: Comicbookmovie.com
