Joss Whedon (writer and director of both Avengers films) has decided to close his Twitter account. The reason is believed to be due to backlash from those that feel Black Widow was too much of a damsel in distress in his latest film Avengers: Age of Ultron.
His final tweet doesn’t actually confirm this, but there has been a negative reaction towards Black Widow getting captured at one point in Age of Ultron. What must be noted though is that Scarlett Johansson was pregnant during filming, which most likely explains Black Widow taking a backseat to the action and mostly being relegated to a romance subplot with Bruce Banner.
Before signing off, Whedon chose to thank all of his Twitter friends with this message: “Thank you to all the people who’ve been so kind and funny and inspiring up in here.”
Whedon will not be coming back to write or direct the upcoming 2-part Avengers: Infinity War, citing that fatigue for helming these massive projects has set in. It will be interesting to see what he does next.
Avengers: Age of Ultron is out now and sees Joss Whedon directing a cast that includes Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Mark Ruffalo (The Incredible Hulk), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Paul Bettany (JARVIS / The Vision), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Quicksilver), Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter), Idris Elba (Heimdall), Anthony Mackie (Falcon), James Spader (Ultron), Stellen Skarsgard (Erik Selvig), Thomas Kretschmann (Baron Strucker), Josh Brolin (Thanos), Claudia Kim (Dr. Cho), Andy Serkis (Uylsses Klaw), Henry Goodman (Dr. List), Julie Delpy (Madame B) and Linda Cardellini (Laura Barton).
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Originally published May 5, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
