You know, isn’t it enough that Thanos pretty much emerged out of Avengers: Infinity War as the victor? He snapped half of humanity out of existence. He brought Earth’s Mightiest Heroes to their lowest point and while that may all be changed in Avengers 4, Thanos had a pretty sizable goal that he managed to achieve. So what more could he possibly have? Well, he could’ve been the one talking us through the series of events. In fact, that was apparently once part of the plan, according to the Russo Brothers.
Earlier this week, the Russo Brothers participated in a Q&A with Collider during a screening of Avengers: Infinity War. Among the many topics discussed during this discussion, none of which had anything to do with Avengers 4, by the way, the Russos revealed that one of their three drafts for Infinity War, which came in at 250 pages, had Thanos as the film’s narrator. More than that, the film was nonlinear in structure and approach and would have provided backstory for the Black Order. May they rest in peace. Here, have a look:
“We did three drafts of this that were all radically different. One draft involved Thanos as the narrator of the film. It was non-linear in structure, it had backstories for the Black Order, and they were all introduced in very cool sequences. But it ended up being a 250-page script and we thought, ‘Alright, we can’t fit all of this storytelling.'”
But ultimately the directing duo, as well as writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, decided to change course, even though they did feel that having Thanos as narrator provided some introspection into his character:
“I think writing out Thanos’ narration gave us insight into who he was as a character and what we wanted him to do in this film. So then it was much easier once we started pulling all that out to make it subtext for him as a character, and to make a more linear structure.”
It would’ve been interesting to see how that original script would have played out, not just to see things further from Thanos’ point of view, but also provide some backstory to the Black Order as well. But at the end of the day, what viewers got was still a solid film, regardless of the film’s narrative structure. But would you have wanted to see Thanos serve as the narrator of Infinity War? Could that possibly be in play for Avengers: Untitled? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Avengers: Infinity War is available now on Digital HD, 4K, Blu-Ray, and DVD.
Source: Collider
