Earlier this week, Joss Whedon, Samuel L. Jackson, Clark gregg and Tom Hiddleston took part in a Global Fan Chat to answer fan questions about The Avengers [opening May4, 2012]. Here is a transcript of that chat. Enjoy.
The #Avengers Global Fan Chat is about to begin! Get your questions ready for Joss Whedon, @twhiddleston, @clarkgregg and @samuelljackson!
Don’t forget: Immediately following our #Avengers fan chat, we’ll show you a tease of our Super Bowl XLVI commercial. It’s almost time!
Use #Avengers to ask your questions and direct to one of the participants. Use “For JW” if you have a question for Joss!
Here we go, @SamuelLJackson, @twhiddleston, @clarkgregg! Here’s Joss! Send through your #Avengers questions!
Here a mughuqqa is at da @Avengers twitter rest!
Question:
For @SamuelLJackson , do we get to see some cool interaction with you and Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) a few times??
Answer:
all the time, but it’s sorta contentious.
Question:
To Mr. Whedon, how many #Avengers comics did you read as reference for this movie?
Answer:
"I had already read them all."
Question:
@twhiddleston @SamuelLJackson What was your biggest challenge in playing Loki and Fury in the #Avengers?
Answer:
losing the weight to fit my costume & keep it off.
CG with the Whedon Wizard at @avengers tweet chat
Very diff dynamic in IM, Thor and Avengers, diff heroes, more layers to Coulson’s world/powers revealed
Question:
For JW: Is the movie’s plot going to reference any classic Avengers stories or be a more "ulitmate-ized" story?
Answer:
"It’s a combo platter: classic, Ultimate, plus a little "Richie Rich" & "Mastering the Art of French Cooking."
Question:
For JW, was there an Avenger you wanted to put in the movie but couldn’t make it work for whatever reason be it budget or time? #Avengers
Answer:
"I’m a fan of the Wasp. She’s goofy and sting-y."
Question:
@twhiddleston Were the stunts more difficult this time around in The Avengers as opposed to Thor & how’d u prepare for them?
Answer:
More stunts. More training. Day in, day out. Running, jumping, flying, twisting. We worked like athletes. It was really fun.
Question:
@SamuelLJackson How much of your portrayal is based on comics Nick Fury and how much of Nick Fury is based on you?
Answer:
there’s a lot of Nick Fury in me already.
Question:
@twhiddleston @SamuelLJackson What was your biggest challenge in playing Loki and Fury in the #Avengers ?
Answer:
The biggest challenge was magnifying his menace without losing touch of his emotional truth. Keeping his chaos honest!
Question:
@SamuelLJackson Will we get to see any background on Fury?
Answer:
not yet.
Question:
For JW: what about the Spiderman cameo in #Avengers?
Answer:
"There is no Spider-Man cameo. But the Avengers do turn off the dark."
"Coulson’s the fan dubbed chuck norris of @avengers" due respect, but Coulson crush walker tex ranger…w/ a bag of flour
Question:
@SamuelLJackson did the eyepatch throw off your depth perception?
Answer:
not at all, there was a new memory factor involved.
Question:
@twhiddleston You’ve said that in you listened to Prodigy for Loki. What did you listen to this time to get rdy for the #Avengers?
Answer:
"Archangel", by a band called Burial. And not a little of Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack compositions.
In all honesty, yes. Sometimes you wake up feeling warm and sunny, but the scene requires hatefulness and spite.
Question:
@twhiddleston what kind of relationship do you have with other actors on the set of "The Avengers"?
Answer:
Nothing but love… It wasn’t called Group Hug for nothing!
You have to reach deeper. And stay aware of the fact that the emotions are true, but they’re not mine.
Question:
@SamuelLJackson are we going to see you kick some ass?! Maybe @twhiddleston ass?
Answer:
Fo Sho!
Question:
For JW: Most Difficult and Best things about filming (part) of The #Avengers in NYC?
Answer:
JW: "Who gets the last bagel."
Question:
@clarkgregg @SamuelLJackson @twhiddleston funniest moment on Avengers set?:-)#Avengers
Answer:
Getting the giggles when the Hulk smashed. Joss got the giggles too. I was hopeless.
Question:
@twhiddleston Might we see a more mischievous (rather than mostly just evil) Loki in the #Avengers ?
Answer:
ENTIRELY. More mischievous. More evil. More hubristic. More delusional. More damaged. More badass.
Question:
For @SamuelLJackson Who’s your favorite Avenger?#Avengers
Answer:
Black Widow is my pick!
Question:
For JW: Everyone always asks what the hardest part of directing the movie was. What was the easiest? #Avengers
Answer:
JW: "Controlling the meat puppets…I mean, actors."
Question:
@clarkgregg @twhiddleston @SamuelLJackson Care to share the best of the #Avengers bloopers with us? 😉
Answer:
JW: "Not when @SamuelLJackson says them."
Question:
@SamuelLJackson How much of your own stunts did you do? How did you prepare for all the physical work? #avengers
Answer:
As much as the insurance company allowed. I prepped by working out a bit?
Question:
My question is for Clark Gregg. What do you like most about playing Agent Phil Coulson #Avengers
Answer:
Every single part of it.
Question:
For JW what was ur first reaction to getting the chance to direct the #Avengers
Answer:
JW: "What moron would take a job that hard? Show me this moron, so that I may mock him."
Question:
For JW Any big lessons learned from filming/one thing you wish you could do over? Also, Clark Gregg/Joss Whedon TV series? Please? #avengers
Answer:
Great idea. Asking him now. Joss????
Question:
#ForJW: will the female characters, esp. Black Widow, remind the boys how strong they are, and how?
Answer:
JW: "The females will spend their time whimpering and baking and being befuddled by math." #sarcasm
Question:
Has the ante been upped on Easter Eggs? And if so, how attentive will movie goers have to be to stop them? #Avengers
Answer:
"There will be actual dyed eggs. Try to find them all!"
Question:
For @clarkgregg: Agent Coulson is one of my favorite characters! In the #Avengers do we get to see a lot more of him in action?
Answer:
Oh hell yes…
Question:
JW: can we expect some bromance Between captain america and iron man?
Answer:
"Not as long as there’s two of them and only one bagel. Heroes need carbs."
Question:
@Avengers Clark Gregg: Love your Character… Are you going to see more action in the Avengers?
Answer:
Everybody sees more action in the avengers, hell, the audience even has to fight bad guys
Question:
JW- Can you enjoy #Avengers without seeing all the other films? @Avengers
Answer:
"You don’t need to see any @Marvel movies to enjoy #Avengers! But you need to see Steel Magnolias, like, six times."
Question:
@SamuelLJackson, who was your first favorite superhero? #Avengers
Answer:
The Flash
Question:
@twhiddleston in Thor Loki was looking for Odin’s attention and approval, now is he looking for revenge? #avengers
Answer:
He doesn’t want revenge so much as identity. Belonging. Purpose. Self-esteem. Through delusional dreams.
Question:
@ SamuelLJackson Eye patch did not interfere during the filming? # Avengers
Answer:
Not a bit. Makes me feel cool!
The most badass tweets on twitter come from one place: @godofbadassery. Yes I am talking to myself.
Question:
For JW: How long did it take to shoot the movie?
Answer:
"I started when I was 12 and should be done by May 3rd at 11:59 pm."
Question:
@clarkgregg Will we see you with flour bags again?
Answer:
Coulson never kills with the same cooking ingredient twice
JW: "Heading back to editing. You are all now my very best friends."
Question:
@SamuelLJackson @clarkgregg @twhiddleston What do you consider your character’s theme song for The #Avengers?
Answer:
Born Free/ Hendrix.
Question:
Who was the jokester on the set? There is always one on every movie shoot. #Avengers
Answer:
JW: "I had the jokester put down on day 3."
Question:
@twhiddleston Loki’s costume looks great, but so terribly intricate. How long did it usually take getting everything on? #Avengers
Answer:
About forty-five minutes to an hour, depending on how energetic I am feeling. Kudos to Bob Moore Jnr.
Question:
@twhiddleston Loki’s costume looks great, but so terribly intricate. How long did it usually take getting everything on? #Avengers
Answer:
@xoxogossipthor Bob Moore Jnr. from the costume department. Dressing was a two man job. But we had a great playlist & we laughed a lot.
Question:
For Clark Gregg. What do u like best about Coulson?
Answer:
the bulletproof dolce suits
CG with the Whedon Wizard at @avengers tweet chat
Question:
@Avengers JW: I’m assuming #Avengers will be a masterpiece of wit and sarcasm. Which character got the most snark? @clarkgregg perhaps?
Answer:
That’s a toss up, an awful lot of Avenger-snark to go around…
Question:
For @SamuelLJackson Nick Fury or Mace Windu?
Answer:
Jedi or mortal? You be the judge!
Question:
@twhiddleston what did you do to get into character for #Avengers ?
Answer:
Learn lines. Run five miles a day. Get dressed and go through the works. Turn up on set. And play.
Here’s a photo of @twhiddleston tweeting away for the #Avengers fan chat!
Samuel L. Jackson @SamuelLJackson
Here a mughuqqa is at da @Avengers twitter rest!
Question:
@avengers @SamuelLJackson @twhiddleston @clarkgregg Feels like every question has already been asked…so how was catering on set?
Answer:
JW: "I stayed away from catering. But it smelled good from far away."
Question:
@clarkgregg — does that mean that he’s moving on to vegetable oil and paprika?
Answer:
@ramdonomo I’m sorry. I cannot disclose SHIELD approved lethal ingredients.
Question:
@clarkgregg @Avengers Funniest experience with a fan?
Answer:
May have signed some large boobs at NYCC
Samuel L. Jackson @SamuelLJackson
Nick Fury OUT MAVENGERFUQQAS!
Question:
@Avengers @twhiddleston Scariest moment on set? Any injuries?
Answer:
I smashed my elbow when facing down the great green incarnation of rage. I guess the Hulk really does smash.
Joss is back to editing #Avengers. @SamuelLJackson @clarkgregg & @twhiddleston are wrapping up. Super Bowl XLVI commercial tease coming!
Question:
@twhiddleston Who was the funnest #Avenger to fight?
Answer:
Brother-to-brother is intense. Hemsworth is a giant, but we trust each other implicitly as actors…
Question:
Shakespeare quote to describe Loki?
Answer:
"O beware my lord of jealousy, it is the green eyed monster that doth mock the meat it feeds on" (Othello)
Question:
@twhiddleston Who was the funnest #Avenger to fight?
Answer:
#Avengers which means we can really commit to the physicality of the choreography, and imbue it with emotion.
Question:
@ Clarkgregg, please tell me what happend Can With The wasp? thank you.
Answer:
Coulson and Wasp broke up. It was very painful.
Question:
@twhiddleston Five years ago, would you have believed that you would play the most badass villain in superhero movie history?
Answer:
Bless you. And no!
Question:
@twhiddleston Shakespeare quote to describe Loki?
Answer:
"Stand up for bastards!" (King Lear)
Question:
@clarkgregg Where does Coulson buy his suits? #Avengers
Answer:
@Reggicidal assembling late night in the ABQ
Question:
@clarkgregg Will you have an action figure released? If not, are you jealous. #Avengers
Answer:
No coulson action figure, very jealous
@clarkgregg Where does Coulson buy his suits?#Avengers – Dolce has a SHIELD outlet
@twhiddleston @samuelljackson @clarkgregg Have you ever wanted to wear Iron Man suit ?#avengers — wearing it now
Question:
@twhiddleston Will we see you pole dancing again in #Avengers? just like we did in Thor:)
Answer:
Ahem… (clears throat)… er… well… I don’t think so. Joss?
Meeting some skrull friends for lunch. Thanks for the all the support! Coulson out!
Thanks for assembling in the #Avengers Global Fan Chat! Here’s a sneak peek at our exclusive Super Bowl XLVI commercial
By the way… IN THE END, IT WILL BE EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF.
Photos courtesy Paramount Pictures/Marvel.