“Avengers: Endgame” almost had a post-credit scene that would have created what became Disney + “WandaVision”, according to “The Vision” actor Paul Bettany.
“At one point, I would be in a tag, where you opened a kind of body bag drawer and there was Vision,” Bettany told “Wandavision” co-star Elizabeth Olsen in a “Ask Each Other Anything” video IMDb. “(Kevin Feige, Marvel Studios boss) kind of talked to me and said, ‘I have to find a way’ I was like, ‘Ugh!’ Because I really wanted this profit sharing. “
Bettany also goes on to explain that he thought Feige would fire him when he was called to his office. “And when the boss calls you and your contract ends and he calls you to the office, you kind of know exactly what it is about. And I thought I would be expelled from the case, ”added Bettany.
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Bettany was a good sportsman, however, and did not realize that he was called to the meeting to be presented at the “WandaVision” show.
“I walked in and didn’t want anyone to feel uncomfortable, so I said, ‘Look, it was a great race and I love you, no hard feelings’, and they said, ‘Wait, are you giving up?’ and I said, ‘No, aren’t you saying goodbye?’ and they said, ‘No,’ and I said, ‘Oh yes, I’m in,’ ”joked Bettany.
For Feige, “WandaVision” allows him to scratch a particular itch that the 24-film “Infinite Saga” was unable to achieve: episodic television. “Everything that influenced me as a child, as a fan and as a viewer is what is present in everything I worked on,” said Feige. “A segment of that, which I didn’t get, was an obsession with TV, television episodes and series as a child.”
Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff debuted in “Avengers: Age of Ultron”, as did Bettany’s Vision (although Bettany has been with the MCU from the start, providing the voice for Tony Stark’s AI, JARVIS). Despite their strange but cute romance, the two of them played out in much more detail in the comics, their plot was often relegated to the background, except when they were needed to provide an emotional punch. “Wanda and Vision are a unique couple who have gone through more trauma and change than any character in our films,” Feige recently told Tim Baysinger of TheWrap.
That’s why, when Feige was trying to figure out where the MCU was going after “Avengers: Endgame”, he couldn’t help but look at some of the duo’s classic comic covers that portrayed their stormy relationship. “They stayed at my desk for a long time, while I thought about what was coming next,” he explained, adding that he used to watch TV as a “comforting” factor while ending the emotionally heavy “Infinity War” Endgame. “