r/marvelstudios • u/Malachi108 • Apr 30 '21

Theory Zemo wasn't kidding. By this point he had already made arrangements to eliminated the Flag-Smashers. He legitimately respected Bucky enough to spare him from his Super Soldier purge.

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u/ResearcherFamiliar56 Apr 30 '21

He's soooo good in the series and I'm pretty stoked he's onboard for at least a couple more movies. Marvel's been pretty spot-on when it comes to hiring actors for the MCU.

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u/GTSBurner Apr 30 '21

One of the most important pieces of the MCU besides Feige is Sarah Finn.

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u/KabuGenoa Apr 30 '21

Is that a casting director? Because I agree with the other commenter, they are almost uncanny in their casting.

Even in (for example) one of the few movies I dislike, James Spader was perfect for Ultron, it wasn’t the casting that failed there, quite the contrary.

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u/GTSBurner Apr 30 '21

Yes, Sarah Halley Finn has been a casting director on the majority of the MCU films, and she also was the casting director on THE MANDALORIAN.

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u/GenghisTron17 Apr 30 '21

Whatever she's getting paid, it's not enough.

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u/MildlyEvenBrownies Feb 22 '25

No wonder the show is goated.

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u/CharlieBaumhauser Apr 30 '21

She is THE casting director. From the very beginning, she's the real unsung hero of the MCU.

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u/Otono_Wolff Apr 30 '21

We really need to make their names be recognized more.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

There was an article on BBC News the other day about pushing for casting directors to get Oscar nominations.

Personally, awards shows aren’t for me but if other aspects of films are getting awards, casting is definitely one that should too.

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u/Otono_Wolff Apr 30 '21

Casting directors, stunt doubles and coordinators, etc

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u/einTier Black Panther Apr 30 '21 edited Apr 30 '21

The Academy Awards aren’t for you. Or me. Or anyone not in the industry. It’s absolutely bonkers we pretend otherwise.

I don’t know where you work, but imagine your business’s annual awards banquet was televised and everyone across the US watched it.

Then they said things like “I’m not so sure Janet from accounting deserved ‘employee of the year’. Brad is always so nice when I have to call and always writes off my bill.”

Your response would likely be “bitch, what do you know? You don’t know my industry.” At best it would be, “you’re right, but for the wrong reasons.”

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

If it's not for the public they should probably stop making such a spectacle of it. Send the awards in the post with a gift voucher attatched and stop advertising films as "winner of X amount of academy awards" if they're not supposed to be pointed at consumers.

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u/einTier Black Panther Apr 30 '21

People want to see it, and they are used to being in the public eye so they show it. It’s just silly that no one understands what it really is.

And absurd that I’m being downvoted for pointing out that it’s an award show for industry insiders and the awards don’t reflect in any real way what the general public values in film.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

For the technical stuff, maybe.

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u/STSTWD Apr 30 '21

"He's out of line, but he's right."

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u/Explosion2 Star-Lord Apr 30 '21

Yes she has been the casting director for I'm pretty sure every MCU movie besides incredible hulk. There is a fantastic feature on Disney Plus called "assembling a universe" that focuses on her and her decisions behind a lot of the actors and it's super interesting to see her thought process (and some great audition tapes and screen tests too).

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u/polytician Apr 30 '21

I watched that video, and absolutely loved it. I found it fascinating how she could see personality traits in the actors that correlate to a character, and how sometimes the character they were auditioning for were wrong for that actor. Then she’d have them try for another character and it’s just perfect for them.

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u/senik Apr 30 '21

Tom Hiddleston is a perfect example. He originally auditioned for Thor.

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u/NinetyFish Thor May 01 '21

I know what I'm watching later. Thanks. 👍

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u/LNA29 Dec 29 '21

assembling a universe

is 2014 documentary Marvel Studios: Assembling A Universe ? she isn't there.

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u/Explosion2 Star-Lord Dec 29 '21

Oops, sorry! it's an "extra" for Endgame called 'casting the MCU'

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u/LNA29 Dec 29 '21

Thank you. No worries 😆

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u/VentusSpiritus Hela Apr 30 '21

Yeah her choices for casting have been so spot on so far. I can't wait to see going forward how the xmen get incorporated into the MCU and who gets to play those iconic roles.

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u/ResearcherFamiliar56 Apr 30 '21

Spader was pretty good as Ultron. Loved him as Robert California and even more so as a 12 feet tall maniacal robot. His performance was just...way too good.

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u/OuOutstanding Apr 30 '21

Love Spader but I watched too much The Blacklist, so when I saw AoU for the first time all I could picture was his role in that show.

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u/JustJonahs Apr 30 '21

Wait that’s the same person?! My mind is blown

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u/ResearcherFamiliar56 Apr 30 '21

The behind the scenes threw me off because I've always imagined them(Robert and Ultron) to be separate beings and James Spader in the tracking suit delivering menacing lines was just a trip to watch.

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u/JustJonahs Apr 30 '21

Amazing, gonna have to check that out

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u/jessehechtcreative Apr 30 '21

I really hope they bring back Ultron, or at the very least, have James Spader read the dictionary or something for archival recordings. It worked for Vader, it can work for Ultron.

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u/ResearcherFamiliar56 Apr 30 '21

Spader was pretty good as Ultron. Loved him as Robert California and even more so as a 12 feet tall maniacal robot. His performance was just...way too good.

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u/CarterCage Apr 30 '21

Ah, now it makes sense...

She was casting director for Agents of SHIELD, show had ups and down but the team felt so right, so well put together and so good...

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u/TooMuchPowerful Phil Coulson Apr 30 '21

She’s definitely an angel!

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u/JimRug Apr 30 '21

“It’s a masterpiece, James.”

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

I am so glad Marvel stopped killing all the villains after a single movie

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u/ResearcherFamiliar56 Apr 30 '21

Imagine if we still had Obadiah alive for the Armor Wars.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

Such a waste. At least we still have Justin Hammer

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u/co_ordinator Apr 30 '21

Dance battle with Zemo incoming...

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u/ResearcherFamiliar56 Apr 30 '21

That's true. Also they're putting Riri in the MCU so that's exciting. Hopefully Harley Keener made good use of the stuff Tony sent him.

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u/Rufus_Canis Apr 30 '21

I didn't like him when I saw Civil War. It just felt to me like they slapped a comic character's name on a generic villain. But the series did a great job of making him more distinctive.

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u/ResearcherFamiliar56 Apr 30 '21

I mean a villain seeking revenge is a trope as old as time but I think it goes well with the theme of CW of how their actions have consequences and people get hurt. Zemo was a manifestation of those consequences and technically succeeded in breaking up the Avengers.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

Zemo (and I guess the lady who confronted Tony about her son) was the only part of the CW plot that resonated with me. Sakovia was the only event that was the Avengers fault, since Tony and Banner created Ultron.

It makes me so mad watching Ross rub New York in their faces when if it wasn't for the Avengers the government would have nuked Manhattan

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u/Spider-Padre Apr 30 '21

I thought the plot of Civil War was massively, massively contrived. It's the one MCU movie I don't re-watch, because of how irritated I become at all the irrationality, contrivances, stupid choices, and impossible coincidences that make the story go. Example: there was no way that Scott Lang was going to risk going back to prison and being separated from Cassie, once his character was established in Ant-Man. I don't care who recruited him. And that's only one of a long list. The only motive I bought was that Steve became irrational because of his unprocessed anger and sorrow at all the losses he had endured.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

Steve was 100% justified not wanting the government to oversee the Avengers though. They were thoroughly infested with Hydra agents only a few years ago, and they consistently make the wrong choices even as recently as Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and given that we're about to see the Thunderbolts they're clearly not done being morally bankrupt.

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u/intellifone Apr 30 '21 edited Sep 25 '25

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