'Avengers: Endgame': Tony Stark's lakehouse is where Wakanda battle was shot for 'Infinity War', Russos reveal
There's something unforgettable about 'Avengers: Endgame' — a film that was a grand conclusion to 10 years of storytelling. Filled with bittersweet nostalgia, callbacks to the previous films, heartbreaking farewells and deaths, laced with trademark Marvel comedy, 'Avengers: Endgame' was every Marvel fan's dream come true.
In these difficult times, to bring cheer to their fans, the Russo brothers held a Quarantine Watch Party and provided bits and pieces of new information about different scenes in the film, while watching it. They shared delightful scenes of Chris Evans's and Robert Downey Jr's last day on set, as well as hilarious behind the scene shots. In one video, Evans is goofing around as old Captain America.
One interesting nugget of information was that Tony Stark's lakehouse was on the same property where the battle of Wakanda was shot. The Russo brothers tweet read, "Tony’s lake house was on the same property that we shot the Wakanda Battle from #InfinityWar — it all went down a few hundred yards from here… #AvengersAssemble."
'Avengers Infinity War' showed the grand battle of Wakanda, where a few of the Avengers were almost giving up the good battle, when Thor's electrifying entrance gave them hope. Unfortunately, this wasn't enough as Thanos still snapped his fingers and half the universe was reduced to dust. In 'Avengers: Endgame', the remaining Avengers conducted the complicated Time Heist and brought everyone home. This had heartbreaking consequences as Tony Stark died to save the universe. The film ended with his funeral. After that Steve Rogers, while returning the stones, decided to live out the rest of his life with Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell). And so, he bequeaths his shield to Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), who will be carrying on his legacy in 'The Falcon And The Winter Soldier', a Disney+ series.
The Russo brothers have been constantly tweeting throughout the watch party. One tweet was in full praise of Alan Silvestri's music. "This was the last piece of score delivered on the film. @SilvestriMusic’s breathtaking Portals cue. We all teared up when we saw it put to picture… #AvengersAssemble," they wrote.
They also revealed how excited everyone was when it was decided that Captain America would wield Thor's hammer. "It was early in development when we let him know he was going to pick up the hammer… needless to say he was psyched. The crew on these films are filled with comic book lovers, so you can guess how excited everyone was the day we filmed this," they wrote.
'Avengers: Endgame' was also Stan Lee's last cameo. Over the course of many years, fans have always been excited to see Lee make an appearance in the films. He died in 2018 and never got to see that 'Endgame' smashed records, becoming the highest-grossing film in Hollywood. Russo wrote, "We really miss Stan. It was always everyone’s favorite day when Stan came to set…"
'Avengers Endgame' surpassed the earnings of James Cameron's 'Avatar' and 'Titanic' to emerge as the highest-grossing film of all time.