We recently wrote about Katherine Langford and her supposed role in Avengers: Endgame but not being able to spot her in the movie itself. We speculated whether her parts were eventually cut or if she was just a random background character in the movie, after all. Well, now that the spoiler ban has lifted directors Joe and Anthony Russo are giving us the answers to all our questions.
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In a podcast interview with HappySadConfused‘s Josh Horowitz they reveal that she actually had quite the significant role: Tony Stark’s daughter, Morgan. Except, of course, she was the grown-up version. They planned to have a scene where Tony and the grown-up Morgan would meet in a metaphysical world just after he snapped his fingers but before he died. Sound confusing? Test audiences thought so too.
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Joe Russo explains: “There was an idea that we had that Tony was going to go into the metaphysical waystation that Thanos goes into when he snapped his fingers [at the end of ‘Infinity War’]. There was going to be a future version of [Tony’s] daughter in that way-station. We showed it to a test audience and it was really confusing for them.”
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The directing pair wanted to draw a direct reference to what Thanos experienced at the end of Infinity War when Gamora appears and asks him innocently “what did it cost?”. Thanos famously replies “everything”. In theory, the parallel sounds like a sweet note to add but it just wasn’t as good off-paper.
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Anthony Russo expounds on this with: “What we realized about it was that we didn’t feel an emotional association with the adult version of his daughter. It wasn’t resonating with us on an emotional level, which is why we moved away from it. The intention was that his future daughter forgave him and gave him peace to go.”
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Ultimately, the Russo brothers along with their creative team believe that this final version of Endgame they created was truly the best iteration. While there was so much more they could put in, they understood that restraint might be more valuable action here.
What do you think about this deleted scene?
