Ultron, Im very proud of, Whedon told the audience.
And I think that did a disservice to the movie and to the studio and to myself, ultimately.
It was not the right way to be, because I am very proud of it.
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I know you have Joaquin Phoenix on speed dial.)
But Whedon and Ruffalos wide-ranging discussion didnt just focus onThe Avengers.
Here are some of the biggest highlights from Whedon and Ruffalos discussion.
Whedon loves writing strong women because of his own fascination with power.
From Buffy Summers to River Tam, Whedon is known for creating complex, kickass women.
Its a topic hes been asked about almost countless times before and one Ruffalo also brought up.
Its something that Ive been trying to answer, Whedon replied.
Why is my avatar an adolescent girl with super powers?
Why do I tell that story over and over and over again?
I still dont really know.
I knew I was on my own, and I had no fing skills, he said.
I had no idea how to survive.
I got mugged every time I left the house.
People were waiting in line.
One in six New Yorkers has, in their lifetime, mugged me.
Why they were always female?
Im still not sure.
He has no interest in indie family dramas.
Im always doing something large and dire in my scripts and in my ideas, Whedon told the audience.
Theres always some big concept I can build off of.
The world is often threatened or the lives of people.
Its not very Sundance-y.
Nobodys going to go on a road trip and talk about family.
Unless its an evil road trip.
People who discover they need each other, as opposed to people who are related to each other.
He cites comics and the classics as his biggest inspirations.
But according to Whedon, Spider-Man and Shakespeare arent all that different.
Theres no way that Stan Lee and those guys werent influenced, Whedon said.
Shakespeare, hes everywhere.
He has invented a lot of the structures and rhythms that we understand and that weve built off of.
Lets humanize this and tell stories about ourselves and pretend that theyre kings and queens.
He was working on a musical untilHamiltonand Lin-Manuel Miranda ruined everything.
I can only hear him.
Whedons keeping his next project under wraps but hes pretty sure itll make you cry.
The valet guy came to me and then just turned around and went the other way.
I couldnt stand up.
