Anthony Russo initially turned down the idea of directing ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’.
Anthony Russo didn’t want to direct Avengers: Secret Wars at first
The filmmaker is returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) with his directing brother Joe Russo and screenwriter Steven McFeely for ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ and its sequel ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’, though Joe has revealed Anthony initially wasn’t a fan of the idea of helming the follow-up blockbuster.
Joe told Empire magazine: “There were ideas that we were trying to wrap our heads around that preceded this one, and we just never found the story.
“I remember calling Steve and said, ‘Hey, crazy idea. What do you think if we all go back and do ‘Secret Wars?’
“[Anthony] was like, ‘F*** no. Absolutely not.’ And then you hung up. And the next morning at 7:30 you called and were like, ‘Alright, I have an idea.’”
Anthony added he and Joe “stumbled upon an idea” that got the wheels turning on ‘Secret Wars’.
He explained: “Really what happened was, we ended up stumbling upon an idea that activated all of us.
“You couldn’t see it coming until it came, and once it came it was like, ‘Well, that’s a story we need to tell.’”
The directing siblings started their MCU journey in 2014 with ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’, and went on to helm its sequel ‘Captain America: Civil War’, as well as ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ before exiting the franchise following 2019’s ‘Avengers: Endgame’ and they weren’t planning to return to the series for the upcoming projects.
Anthony noted: “‘Endgame’ was the end, and it took a little time for us to begin to think about it as something…
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