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>> IRONMAN DECIDED TO JOIN US
FOR THIS NEXT SEGMENT BECAUSE
WE ARE TALKING TO THE MEN WHO
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MASSIVE
SUCCESS OF THE MARVEL MOVIE
SERIES, DIRECTORS JOE AND
ANTHONY RUSSO.
ANTHONY RUSSO. WELCOME BACK TO "GREAT DAY
WASHINGTON."
WASHINGTON." >> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE.
DID YOU EVER THINK WHEN YOU
STARTED WORKING ON THIS SERIES
THAT IT WOULD BE THE GLOBAL BOX
OFFICE SUCCESS THAT IT IS?
>> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. AT
>> NO. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE JUST
FOCUS ON TELLING THE BEST
STORIES THAT WE CAN.
WE'RE, YOU KNOW, GEEKS AND
COMIC BOOK FANS AND GREW UP
READING COMIC BOOKS AND PLAYING
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS AND
VIDEOGAMES AND GOING TO THE
MOVIES FIVE NIGHTS A WEEK.
SO WE ARE POP CULTURE FANATICS.
SO JUST BEING ABLE TO WORK ON
THESE MOVIES IS REWARD ENOUGH
FOR US.
FOR US.
FOR US. >> OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF
PRESSURE WITH THIS MOVIE.
YOU KNOW, SO WHAT WAS THAT
LIKE?
LIKE?
LIKE? WAS
LIKE? WAS IT -- DID IT SEEM A LITTLE
MORE THAN NORMAL THAN THE LAST
MOVIE, THE CAPTAIN AMERICA
MOVIE?
MOVIE?
MOVIE? >>
MOVIE? >> CERTAINLY, THE ORDER FOR
THIS MOVIE WAS TO SORT OF BRING
TO A CLOSE THE 22-MOVIE RUN UP
TO THIS POINT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF
RESPONSIBILITY WITH THAT.
BUT JOE AND I HAVE SUCH A
PASSION FOR THE MATERIAL, THIS
IS OUR FOURTH MARVEL MOVIE NOW.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH MOST OF
THESE CHARACTERS ALREADY.
SO I THINK WE WERE IN THE RIGHT
SPOT TO EXECUTE IT AND CARRIED
THROUGH THE PROCESS BY OUR OWN
PASSION.
PASSION.
PASSION. >> YOU HAVE SUCH A DEEP
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FANS, AND
I'M ONE OF THE FANS.
I FOLLOW YOU GUYS ON TWITTER.
UM, AND -- AND YOU WROTE A
LETTER BECAUSE YOU KNEW -- YOU
HAD A FEELING.
>> THEY DID.
>> A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT
THIS WAS GOING TO BE A SUCCESS.
SO YOU WROTE A LETTER TO FANS
SAYING, DON'T DO ANY SPOILERS.
WE RANDOMLY BROUGHT ALL OF
THESE ACTION FIGURES TO THE SET
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. SO
TODAY. SO NO SPOILERS HERE.
BUT, UM, TELL ME ABOUT YOUR
RELATIONSHIP -- BECAUSE THE
MOVIE ALONE IS A SUCCESS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME AND SIT
ON THE "GREAT DAY" COUCH.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TALK TO THE
FANS, BUT DO YOU.
>> WELL, WE WANT TO END GAME
THEM BECAUSE WE WERE FANS AND
WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE
AND THE EXCITEMENT BEHIND IT.
IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY,
SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE MASSIVE
DRIVER, A GLOBAL CONVERSATION.
WE LIKE TO REACH OUT TO THE
FANS AND HAVE FUN WITH THEM.
WE TEASE THEM.
WE POST ABSTRACT IMAGES.
>> YOU TEASE WHEN YOU STARTED
FILMING TWO YEARS AGO YOU SAID
LOOK HARD.
LOOK HARD. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> AND EVERYBODY IS LOOKING.
DO THE FANS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO INFLUENCE YOUR WORK AS
YOU'RE FILMING AND TWEETING
WITH THEM?
WITH THEM? >> IT'S HARD BECAUSE THE FANS
ALL WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> SO IF YOU GO ON A CHAT BOARD
PEOPLE ARE ARGUING ABOUT WHAT
SHOULD HAPPEN, WHO WANTS WHAT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY BECAUSE
WE'RE SUCH BIG FANS, WE TRY TO
MAKE THE MOVIES THAT EXCITE US
AND THEN WE HOPE THAT THEY
EXCITE EVERYBODY ELSE, TOO.
>> I ALSO THINK, ULTIMATELY
FANS DON'T WANT -- THEY WANT TO
GO INTO THE MOVIE THEATER AND
BE SURPRISED.
BE SURPRISED. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANT
WHAT THEY THINK THEY WANT.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
I THINK THE MOST BIGGEST THRILL
THEY GET OUT OF THE CINEMA
EXPERIENCE IS DISCOVERY AND
SURPRISE.
SURPRISE.
SURPRISE. >> I THINK IT'S AMAZING, TOO,
JUST THE DISCUSSIONS THAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE
CHAT BOARDS.
CHAT BOARDS. WHAT A MOVIE THIS FRANCHISE HAS
CREATED.
CREATED.
CREATED. IT'S CONSPIRACY THEORIES,
IDEAS, THIS PERSON IS COMING
BACK, THIS PERSON ISN'T COMING
BACK.
BACK.
BACK. IT
BACK. IT BROUGHT US TOGETHER IN A WAY
TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT FICTIONAL CHARACTERS,
WHICH IS CRAZY.
IT'S CREATED THIS WHOLE LITTLE
WORLD THAT IF YOU DIDN'T READ
COMICS AS A KID YOU'RE NOW PART
OF.
OF.
OF. >>
OF. >> CRITICAL THEMES OF THE MOVIE
ARE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
IT'S A DIVERSE GROUP OF
ENTITIES COMING TOGETHER TO
FIGHT A COMMON THREAT, A LESSON
FOR TODAY'S WORLD.
>> GROWING UP FILM GEEKS AS
MUCH AS WE LOVED GOING TO
MOVIE, WE LOVED THE DIALOGUE
AROUND THOSE MOVIES WHICH
PRIMARILY TOOK PLACE BETWEEN US
AND THEN EXPANDED TO ANYBODY WE
COULD FIND.
COULD FIND. THE MIRACLE OF TODAY IS THAT WE
NOW HAVE A GLOBAL COMMUNITY
THAT CAN HAVE A DIALOGUE ABOUT
THESE MOVIES WHICH IS AN
AMAZING THING I THINK OF REALLY
HOPEFUL AND INSPIRING AND
EMPOWERING THING SO WE ARE
HAPPY TO BE PART OF IT.
>> WE HAVE TO GO TO COMMERCIAL
BUT WE'RE HOPING YOU'LL STICK
AROUND.
AROUND.
AROUND. I
AROUND. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
FROM FANS WHO