What if you missed a scene that could have changed a lot of things? We tell you more about Avengers Infinity War and this content that was removed at the last moment.
A cutscene in a movie is nothing new, and it’s clearly not Marvel who invented the concept. However, in the case of the film Avengers Infinity War, we’re talking about one less scene that’s still 45 minutes long. Certainly a first in the history of cinema that can attract attention. We tell you everything there is to know about it.
Avengers Infinity War 45 minutes deleted scene
As reported by Media Collider’s YouTube channel Almost new condition who specializes in comics had the opportunity to interview Jim Starlin, the creator of Thanos in the comics. Undoubtedly one of the most famous villains in the Marvel Universe. So much so that he’s the main antagonist of the last two films avenger. As we can learn during the interview, Thanos could have had a 45 minute scene, but it was ultimately cut in the edit.
A very expensive scene to complete
Actually in the movie Infinite WarThe feature film begins with the destruction of the Asgardian ship carrying Thor, Loki and Hulk. The three heroes face an overpowered Thanos, who already possesses an Infinity Stone. More specifically, the Power Stone that we can see in the film Protector of the Galaxy on the planet Xandar. The 45 minute scene was supposed to show how Thanos came into possession of this stone with the methodical annihilation of the planet and the protection of the Nova Corps. The scene was actually shot, but due to budget concerns and not wanting to make the film too long, Joe Russo (one of the two directors) wanted to delete it. IIt has to be said that 45 minutes in a Disney/Marvel movie starts to cost in terms of special effects.
Jim Starlin says:
A month before the film was released, I received an email from Joe Russo stating, “We had to cut the 45 minutes of Thanos at the beginning of Infinity War.” They filmed it, but they didn’t want to spend more money to add the special effects and they didn’t want the movie to be as long as Endgame. You didn’t think Infinity War would be such a hit.
This famous scene could have made it possible to learn more about Thanos and, above all, to better understand how the great evil got hold of one of the stones so quickly. It’s always a shame to hear about the removal of such a long scene, especially since it doesn’t feature at all in the film’s bonuses and nobody had mentioned it before.
For your part, what do you think of the deletion of such an important scene from an already huge film?
