Anthony Russo, the co-director of Avengers: Endgame, says that he is “almost disappointed” by the film’s incredible box office success.
Avengers: Endgame is performing massively at the box office, so much so that is almost becoming a bigger talking point than the film itself, with records and vast quantities of cash continuing to pile up as it now sits in second place behind Avatar in the list of the highest-grossing movies of all time.
This is something that Anthony Russo, the co-director of Endgame is taking umbrage with, telling the ReelBlend podcast that he kind of wishes it wasn’t doing so well so that the film and its story would take centre stage. Anthony said he was “almost disappointed that the movie did so well, because it’s like, the box office story is literally dominating the conversation and it’s not the most interesting part of the story.”
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While ‘almost’ is most certainly the keyword here and everyone is surely delighted with the results, one can see where the director is coming from. Perhaps discussion will soon ebb away from the box office and return to the film itself in the coming days and weeks.
Avengers: Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Josh Brolin (Thanos), Brie Larson (Captain Marvel), Paul Rudd (Scott Lang), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther), Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier), Anthony Mackie (Falcon), Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Benedict Wong (Wong), Chris Pratt (Star-Lord), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Dave Bautista (Drax), Bradley Cooper (Rocket), Vin Diesel (Groot), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Pom Klementieff (Mantis), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Gwyneth Paltrow (Pepper Potts), Evangeline Lilly (The Wasp), Letitia Wright (Shuri) and Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie).
Originally published May 7, 2019. Updated May 8, 2019.
