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>>> WELCOME BACK TO "GREAT DAY WASHINGTON."
WASHINGTON." WE HAVE THE DIRECTORS OF
MARVEL'S "AVENGERS: END GAME."
WELCOME BACK, RUSSO BROTHERS.
FIRST, I READ, IS IT TRUE THAT
ROBERT DOWNEY, JR., WHO PLAYS
IRONMAN WAS THE ONLY CAST
MEMBER TO READ THE SCRIPT FROM
BEGINNING TO END?
>> I THINK THAT'S TRUE.
>> WHAT HAPPENED WITH EVERYONE
ELSE?
ELSE?
ELSE? >>
ELSE? >> ANOTHER FAN ASKS, THIS IS SO
AWESOME, THE BOX OFFICE NUMBERS
ARE OFF THE CHARTS.
BUT WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST AH
MOMENT THAT YOU HAD DURING THE
MAKING OF THIS PROJECT AND
WHICH OF THE STARS WERE YOU
MOST AFRAID WOULD BREAK THE
REQUEST FOR SILENCE AND
SPOILERS?
SPOILERS?
SPOILERS? >> OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL START WITH
THAT QUESTION.
THAT QUESTION. MARK RUFFALO AND SPIDER-MAN
FROM THE LAST MOVIE. BUT WE
CONTROLLED HIM AND JUST FEED
HIM HIS LINES ONSET.
>> IT IS VERY HARD TO KEEP
SECRETS.
SECRETS.
SECRETS. AND IT'S ESPECIALLY HARD WHEN
YOU KNOW YOU SPEND YOUR WHOLE
DAY EVERY DAY FOR A VERY, VERY
LONG PERIOD OF TIME MONTHS OR
YEARS DOING SOMETHING THAT YOU
CAN'T TALK ABOUT.
IT'S DIFFICULT.
IT'S DIFFICULT. WORKING FOR THE CIA.
>> AND IT DOES HAVE THE MOST
INCREDIBLE FIGHT SCENE AND I
WAS GIVEN THIS BY ONE OF OUR
COLLEAGUES, FRANCIS THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. ONE OF OUR COWORKERS WAS THERE
WITH HER HEART RATE MONITOR AND
HER HEART RATE WAS AN AVERAGE
OF ABOUT 50 TO 100.
HER HEART RATE WAS ABOUT TO
135.
135.
135. SHE
135. SHE ALMOST GOT A LITTLE
CARDIOEXERCISE DURING THE
MOVIE.
MOVIE.
MOVIE. >>
MOVIE. >> NOD BAD.
>> IT WAS INTENSE AND LONG AND
JUST EXCITING.
JUST EXCITING. >> ARE YOU RECOMMENDING THAT
PEOPLE DO THIS ONCE OR TWICE A
DAY?
DAY?
DAY? >>
DAY? >> SURE.
>> SURE.
>> SURE. ONCE OR TWICE A DAY.
>> THAT'S AMAZING.
THIS MOVIE GETS SIZED UP BY A
LOT OF METRICS BUT I NEVER
HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE.
>> SO HERE'S SOME FUN TRIVIA.
I READ THAT THE CAST INCLUDES
19 OSCAR NOMINATED ACTORS.
THAT'S A LOT.
>> IT COULD, YEAH.
I MEAN, LOOK, THE CAST ON THESE
MOVIES IS INCREDIBLE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT A CAST OF
THIS QUALITY HAS EVER BEEN
ASSEMBLED ON THIS SCALE BEFORE.
YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW? AND NO PUN INTEND, WE MARVEL AT
IT EVERY TIME WE GET TO SET.
YOU GET TO WORK WITH THE BEST
IN THE BUSINESS EACH DAY YOU'RE
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>
THERE. >> AS THE MOVIE GOES ON, YOU
SEE FACES AND LIKE YOU'RE
REMINDED OF WHO IS INVOLVED IN
THIS FRANCHISE AND JUST THE
QUALITY OF ACTORS THAT ARE PART
OF IT.
OF IT.
OF IT. >>
OF IT. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
IT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE
GREATEST ASSETS OF THAT.
>> IT'S SUCH A GIFT TO JOE AND
ME AS DIRECTORS TO BE ABLE TO
WORK WITH ACTORS LIKE THAT.
IT'S AMAZING.
IT'S AMAZING. >> I DO WANT TO SAY AND I DON'T
THINK THIS IS A SPOILER BUT
THERE IS A SCENE WHERE THE
WOMEN ARE THE POWER.
THE WOMEN ARE THE ONES STANDING
UP AND FIGHTING AND NEEDING TO
BE STRONG SO THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> 100%.
>> 100%.
>> 100%. >> ESPECIALLY BEING THERE WITH
MY TWO TEENAGED DAUGHTERS TO
SEE THIS GROUP OF POWERFUL
WOMEN.
WOMEN.
WOMEN. >>
WOMEN. >> WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM A
WOMAN FAN.
WOMAN FAN. LAURA ASKED AS TWO PEOPLE
RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING A
FRANCHISE TO THE END, WHAT DO
YOU THINK IS THE BEST SERIES
FINALE OF ALL TIME?
HOW DO YOU ANSWER THAT AND NOT
GIVE AWAY END GAME?
MAYBE --
MAYBE --
MAYBE -- >> UM, SO WHAT'S THE QUESTION?
>> WHAT'S THE --
>> THIS IS AN END, YES.
IT'S DEFINITELY AN END.
END GAME.
END GAME.
END GAME. >> I THINK MARVEL WILL WRITE
ANOTHER BOOK WITH OTHER
CHARACTERS AND, YOU KNOW, BUT
FOR THE ORIGINAL SIX AVENGERS,
THIS IS IT.
>> WE HAVE DONE FOUR MOVIES NOW
FOR MARVEL, AND EVERY, SINGLE
ONE PRIOR TO THIS, WE WERE
ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THE
FUTURE WHERE THE STORY CAN GO
MOVING FORWARD.
MOVING FORWARD. THIS MOVIE WE DIDN'T LOOK
FORWARD.
FORWARD.
FORWARD. THIS WAS ALL ABOUT HOW DO WE
BRING TO A CLOSE THIS TEN-YEAR
JOURNEY, 22 MOVIES.
>> THE LIFE TOO MANY OF SOME OF
YOUR YOUNGEST FANS.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. EXACTLY.
EXACTLY.
EXACTLY. >> PEOPLE HAVE GONE THROUGH
WHOLE LIFE CYCLES WITH THIS.
>> THAT'S THE BEST PART OF IT
WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS TO YOU, I
WAS 10 WHEN I STARTED WATCHING
THIS AND NOW I'M 21 AND ALL MY
CLASSMATES, WE ALL GOT TOGETHER
AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO GO SEE
IT NOW.
IT NOW.
IT NOW. IT BECOMES A BIG FAMILY
EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE, TOO.
YOU KNOW, WHERE PARENTS GET
INTRODUCED TO IT LIKE YOU WERE
SAYING EARLIER THROUGH THEIR
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. GRANDPARENTS, ET CETERA.
>> REAL QUICK, DO YOU TWO EVER
LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND JUST
SAY, THIS IS CRAZY?
WE'RE PART OF THIS.
>> WE NEVER HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO
DO THAT.
DO THAT.
DO THAT. >> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. >>
>> NO. >> PROBABLY SO.
>> THANK YOU FOR --
>> IT IS CRAZY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT MOMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR
CREATIVE GENIUS WITH US.
WE'RE SUCH FANS.
I'M A FAN THROUGH MY SON AND
KRISTEN AND I