Until last Friday, we all were desperately waiting for the release of this year’s most-anticipated movie, ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ (an amalgamation of more superheroes, more superpowers, more capes and more deaths). Today, we are reeling from the emotions (read shock) the movie’s ending has left us with.
I am sure there were people who left the movie hall feeling empty inside. After all, it was one movie that turned 10 years of bottled-up expectations, a journey that started in 2008 with ‘Iron Man’, into a 2-and-a-half-hour film. While, some of us have moved on from the ‘Infinity War’ fever to other superhero movies like ‘Ant Man and The Wasp’ and ‘Deadpool 2’; others are busy looking at these revelations related to our superheroes, which are blowing our minds away like nothing else.
And the recent superhero to join the bandwagon is Tom Holland, who plays Spider Man. Now, folks, I don’t want to be blamed for giving away spoilers without any warning. So, if you still haven’t seen the movie, just STOP right here.
Still here? Okay, scroll down at your own risk.
© Marvel Studios
In the finale, Thanos manages to complete his gauntlet by collecting all the Infinity Stones and uses it wipe out half of the MCU universe. Watching characters like Bucky Barnes, Groot, Spider Man, Dr. Strange, T’Challa, Mantis, Falcon and Scarlett Witch fade away into thin air gave us all kinds of feels.
© Marvel Studios
In fact, one of the most heartbreaking scenes was Tom Holland’s character Peter Parker’s death, in front of his mentor Tony Stark. Right before he begins to slowly fade away like dust, he says “I don’t feel so good Mr. Stark” and then the more heart wrenching “I don’t want to go, please I don’t want to go Mr. Stark. I am sorry, Tony, I am sorry.” This was one scene where even the toughest of us couldn’t control our emotions and were left teary-eyed.
According to Joe Russo, the man who directed the movie, those lines were completely improvised by Tom. Russo revealed this while talking about the characters, at the University of Iowa.
© Marvel Studios
A Reddit user who was attending the session shared this piece of information on social media. He even added that Valkyrie survived the mass death scene. In fact, when Russo was asked why Dr. Strange gave the Time Stone to Thanos, he said “this is the only way”, dropping subtle hints that he probably ‘gave the stone to achieve victory.’
After knowing this, we guess Tom Holland deserves a huge round of applause for improvising and delivering such a fabulous performance.
Source: https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/tom-holland-improvised-the-darkest-line-in-infinity-war/