AUDIENCE MEMBER: Hello, I was part
of the Coulson Lives movement.
And my first experience with The Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
was in San Diego Comicon, hall 20,
for the first premiere episode.
And watching you, Clark, come out
on stage with all of us chanting,
Coulton lives, and you crying.
I was crying along with you.
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And not only is this a really important trip to me,
because it's my first D23--
yesterday was my first time ever at Disneyland.
But to be able to spend it with you,
seeing the beginning-- and now, unfortunately, the end
of S.H.I.E.L.D., it just--
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And now I'm shaking really, really bad right now.
Thank you, Clark.
My question is, what has this meant, really,
for you for seven years, being this character
that fans said no?
And I don't think we'll ever see something like Coulson again.
And not only was he the everyman even in the comics--
I mean, my favorite hero is Hawkeye.
And there's a lot of connection in the comics between Coulson
and Hawkeye, and how dedicated you were, like, to find him
when Loki was being a [MUTED].
But like, being the everyman that every one of us can--
we're all fans.
We're all fan boys and fan girls.
And to see one up there, what does us being a fan of you
mean to you?
OK, how much time do you guys have?
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First of all, I just have to thank you.
It's so moving to hear someone say that.
We live in a little bit of a bubble
of some soundstages that may be gone by now, I don't know.
But I just--
I loved this stuff when I was a kid.
And so when the guy down the street, Jon Favreau, said,
we have a little part for you in the Iron Man
that I had seen coming together, going, oh--
I was thrilled.
And I'm really glad you asked the question.
It's just one more case of--
of me kind of getting my experience through you.
Because it's just been such a big part of my life
for 11 and 1/2 years now, this guy who I connect with.
And that I forget sometimes, how crazy it is, what it became
and what happened.
And I think it's because--
because there was a need for somebody who wasn't
super other than his heart.
And the writers and directors made that happen.
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And, um-- and the fans connected with it.
And the really cool guys and women who run Marvel cinematic
got it immediately and improvised,
and started adding him/me.
And-- and then Joss got that he was a fan boy.
And I just have to say, watching,
we don't see any of this stuff, watching
701 for the first time.
What these guys have done in terms of, they just got--
they got all the things that you're talking about
are right there, you know?
And to go into things like, you know, what am I now?
It's just-- it's Blade Runner.
I get to do everything cool.
And it's-- it's just one--
I don't-- you know, it's just been one of the greatest things
that's ever happened to me.
And probably the best part about it is the connection I have
wherever I go with people like you.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Thank you.
So thanks
AUDIENCE MEMBER: That was probably just-- you running up
to me is probably the best thing that's ever happened
to me, so thank you very much.
Next?
There he is.
BRIAN: I'm Brian of Coulson and Kids.
And you guys-- you know what the show has meant, I think,
to me and my family.
Clark, I know you know.
And I just want to say, thank you.
Thank you.
I want to ask about the creative process, though.
When you guys were renewed for two more seasons,
I'm curious if you guys just kind of opened up the writer's
room and for any ideas.
Like, did somebody say, hey, let's
have the team fight zombies?
And you guys, yeah, let's figure out a way to do that.
That's exactly our process.
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I think you nailed it perfectly.
I have to give a shout out to George
Kitson, who's somewhere in the audience, who
wrote that episode. - George, where are you?
Can you stand up, George?
George, you here?
George, stand up.
Yeah, George.
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You know, we get to sit up here and take all the credit,
and sit in front of all of you.
But there are so many people behind the scenes
who work on the show.
And writers are just an example.
What you just said is exactly what happens.
We go, OK, they want more.
Any ideas?
And we have brilliant people in the room who help
us come up with those ideas.
And then it enters into this giant machine
that is production.
And we just finished wrapping with everybody.
But everybody brings their best.
I mean, if you look at that street, 1930th Street,
every department is on display--
the visual effect to extend the street, the horse that Jeff
Bell wanted, those costumes, you know, everything
is just on display.
And so--
I want to say, a big part of our process, though,
was when we ended season five, we
really felt that was the end.
And we wanted to give--
we always knew Coulson would end up going to Tahiti
with the women he loved.
And so when they gave us season six,
we didn't want to cheapen that or buy that back.
We didn't want to just magically say it wasn't true.
So that's why season six, we had Sarge and Pachakutia,
and all that, which I think was fun for Clark
to play the opposite of Coulson and have
the team wrestle with that.
But for all of us at the very end of season six,
when the Coulson LMD showed up, we all got chills.
And we were all very happy.
And so to see it here, season seven,
I think you get a taste of some of the stuff
we get to do in season seven.
But it really is the writers coming up with new things
for the actors to keep them--
new fun things to play with, and for us to write that.
I also just want to add, for the love for Clark and Coulson
right now, when we shot that scene
where he wakes up at the end of season six,
they see him every day.
I mean, like, Chloe sees him, you know, three times a week,
every day.
And then he walked out in the suit.
And everybody's like, oh!
You know?
They're like, you're back!
He's like, it's me, guys.
I just had breakfast with you.
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Thank you.
BRIAN: Thank you.
I think we have time for one or two more-- two more.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Hi, Clark.
Hi.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: I just have a quick question of, what
was more difficult to play?
Like, Sarge or Coulson?
Um, that's a really good question.
Sarge, Sarge really made me nervous because all
I knew was his name was Sarge.
And he was stone cold evil.
But I knew there were secrets.
And there was a little bit.
But really, it needed to be a secret.
So it was very freeing.
It was really fun.
I had no idea where it was going.
But it was really a blast to get that break and get
to not care about any of the stuff
that Phil cares about for a bit.
And then it was really nice to put the suit back on
and get to come play with my friends
in the last season in a more familiar skin,
even if someone had assembled that skin in a factory.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Also, Wrinkles, write her back.
- Oh. - Yeah.
Thank you.
I think that's coming.
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AUDIENCE MEMBER: Hello, and just, thank you.
It's just a pleasure to hear you guys talk and share with us.
Jeff, I was delighted you were in season six.
I honestly-- at the end of five with the empty room,
I thought that meant, like, poof from history.
So did I. AUDIENCE MEMBER: Right?
I mean--
I didn't know if I was fired.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: I-- even with Endgame,
I don't get time travel.
I just don't get it.
The question is, for each of you, favorite episode?
Except for season seven, except for episode one.
The hundredth-- the hundredth episode is important to us.
I mean, it's hard for us to pick because we
care a lot about a lot of them.
But that was emotional for a lot of reasons.
It had stuff we wanted to do story-wise.
But also, it was sort of a nice celebration for all of us,
and a nice milestone.
So that is in there.
It's in the mix.
I don't know.
I agree.
All right.
That was an easy--
that was like the go-to answer.
Number 100.
That would have been number--
Maurissa?
I think we collectively share that one,
because we wrote it together. - I mean, we wrote it together.
So that's why.
So that made it even more special.
I love--
I love Deke's Company.
I love that one.
Oh, I like that one too.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Shocker.
But I actually-- the hundredth I also love,
because there's a scene with Clark, Ian, and I
in the elevator that, um--
--that you barely got through.
Yeah.
That was-- I was going to say, it was the first time
I ever made Clark laugh.
And it was the greatest day of my life.
So that was a really fun scene.
I love that episode.
I have a couple.
I'm going to say that there's one coming up
in this season, directed by a cast member whose name is not
Clark, that I found very, very thrilling, incredibly
well-written, and very, very thrilling.
You're going to really enjoy that.
The other one that I think of-- and there's really so many
of them, but there's one in season one--
and I won't know the number--
where Raina-- and they've captured Coulson.
And she's been torturing him in this mind reading thing,
and with the incredible Ruth Negga.
And he's rescued by Skye.
And they end up-- the team ends up back together.
And it felt-- our journey has been
very parallel as people, and as actors,
and as these characters.
And there was just this moment of all of us kind of standing
together on the plane, having--
and this person that he grabbed from being a hacker
and made a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent has just saved him,
and saved everyone.
And there just was a moment where suddenly, as a cast,
we felt like a team in exactly the same depth and emotionality
that we did as S.H.I.E.L.D. members.
And the worlds collided.
It was weird.
I just have to say one quick thing, which is just,
I don't know many more chances we'll
get to do stuff like this.
But Phyllis Liu and Jeffrey Kolo have
been our press conduits, and Raina Schwartz,
and Mike Tushula.
They've been with us every step of the way.
And the way we're able to connect with our fans
and keep you guys apprised is because of them.
So I just wanted to give them a shout out and say thanks.
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And I think that's going to bring us to an end.
I just want to end the way that we began, which is to say thank
you to everybody in this hall, and to everyone
who's listening however they're listening to this.
And that this is a show that was made for the fans,
that was kept alive by the fans, and will always
be appreciated by the fans.
And we had no bigger fans than the folks at ABC,
everyone at Marvel, and everybody who
had a hand in making the show.
And so once again, good night, and thank you.
Thank you.
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