Joss Whedon explains why he had to do unspeakable things to one character in The Avengers
Now that most of the planet has seen The Avengers, we're going to freely talk about one of the more tragic aspects of Joss Whedon's movie. So if you wish to remain spoiler free stop reading here!
Spoilers ahead...
We've already analyzed why Whedon always kills the characters we love most — but now we want specifics. What made him want to kill Agent Coulson off? And wasn't he worried that killing off this beloved agent, the "character-killer" stigma would stick to him worse than ever?
At the junket for The Avengers we asked Whedon, and he responded that is just simply had to be done... and totally wasn't his idea.
Are you worried about perpetuating the "Joss Whedon kills your favorite character" stigma, with what you did to Agent Coulson in The Avengers?
Joss Whedon: In our first meeting Kevin Feige said, this is what we're gonna do and I said, "Oh but you have to go out there and tell everybody that it was your idea because this is going to get me so much shit. Because they are all going to be like, "Oh he did it again!" It was stipulated from the beginning, and I completely agree that it was the right thing to do, and so did Clark. Who said in the early days, when I was busy apologizing for it, "In a movie like this, with what's going on if there isn't some toll, it's just irresponsible story telling."
Full disclosure: Disney paid for io9's travel and expenses at this press junket.
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Although knowing you guys you would want it to shoot out weed and cats
Edited at 2012-05-10 01:10 pm (UTC)
smh @ you Agent Coulson. You disappointed me.
love him so freaking much :3
just him being deadpan and badass ~around the world~
It's typical Joss. But I'll follow him to the ends of the earth anyway.
And my bow.
And my weapon that I don't know what it does.
Poor Phil :'(
Broke my heart.
Im pretty sure my husband glared at me.
I was so shocked in the theater when...it it happened, I sat in stunned silence for about 5 minutes.
I shed a tear every time he was mentioned after that.
I'm pretty sure the guy sitting next to me cried.
I mean, I got spoiled for this death even before I saw it and it still punched me in the gut. Fuckin' Whedon.
wait
no
you can't
whedon
And my poor bb Wash. :(
I understand why they killed Wesley, but when Illyria says "do you want me to lie to you now" i completely lose it, every time.
Paul Ballard shouldn't of died on Dollhouse either!
i was also pissed off about topher dying on dollhouse for a long time. he was my favorite /sigh
Cordelia's death is the one that made me outright angry because of all the behind the scenes bullshit.
Joss is a dick.
We need like 2 daily round-ups or so to fit them all in one.
Read y'all later!
And Coulson = ♥
no puedo tomar el awesomeness
WHICH ONE DO I KEEP OPEN?! (all of them lbr)
And Natasha is flaw-fucking-free.
Cap and Thor were so great in their own movies but a little boring in avengers.
I AM FLAILING ALL OVER THE PLACE
Surely, surely someone (i.e. one of any of the upcoming MCU sequel writers/directors) has to take notice of the extreme wave of fan backlash and do something to get him back. I will be extremely disappointed if it doesn't happen. I'd even be willing to wait as long as Avengers 2 for it to happen.
But I'm also inclined to believe that he isn't dead. Because Agent Aunt Robin came up and was like, "Hey Fury, those cards were in Coulson's locker...so...." And Nick was like, "Yeah, but they needed the push."
So, since he lied about the cards, he could have lied about Coulson being dead. And we didn't see the black bag of death zip up either.
Hehehe. Kitties and Loki <3
MY BODY IS QUITE UNPREPARED ACTUALLY
And it's because he's a life-ruiner. He ruins people's lives. But let's acknowledge this here: that entire plot arc would never have worked if Clark Gregg wasn't so awesome and hadn't turned that relatively small role into such a beloved character. Without his charisma, it just would've been like "oh, that dude who popped up in the other movies a few times died. Huh. Well, that sucks." But because we love him, we could believe that the other characters would be profoundly moved & motivated by his death (or "death"...?). So basically, Clark is the man now, dog.
[/rose thinks she is a filmmaker]
I particularly enjoyed the part of Tony's speech to Loki when he said in the end "you also pissed off Phil"
I was flailing. Internally.
I REFUSE TO ACCEPT IT.