Joss Whedon over The Avengers

Joss Whedon kan zich sinds kort officieel de regisseur noemen van The Avengers. Hij gaat het de komende maanden waanzinnig druk krijgen met het beantwoorden van vragen met betrekking tot het enorme project. Tijdens Comic Con werd hem gevraagd naar de casting van Jeremy Renner als Hawkeye en Mark Ruffalo als de Hulk. Tegen MTV zei Whedon het volgende:

The thing about Hawkeye, he’s got his bows and arrows, you need somebody who’s very very down to earth, who’s very grounded, and who’s going to be the kind of guy who, you see him, and you understand why he likes to be far away from things and then shoot at them.

Mark was my first and only choice for Bruce Banner. I’m stunned that we landed that, just stunned. He has what I remember loving about the show, that quality of, you just look at him and you go through it with him, he invites you in in a way that [no] other performer has since Bill Bixby. He is a guy who’s been beaten up by life, but not defined by that. That’s what I want from Bruce Banner, is a guy who’s still getting it done, even though he has his problem.

The Avengers draait vanaf 3 mei 2012 in de Nederlandse bioscopen.