AVENGERS: ENDGAME - Everything That Was Cut From The Marvel Movie According To The Filmmakers

Avengers: Endgame is an amazing three-hour epic, and we've now rounded up details on every deleted and alternate scene that was either scrapped at the scripting stages or ultimately cut/reshot by Marvel...

By JoshWilding - May 17, 2019 07:05 AM EST

Filed Under: Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame is a huge movie, and while it may have ended up being three hours long, that doesn't mean Marvel Studios could squeeze in every single scene that was shot.

In recent weeks, we've been treated to countless interviews with the people who worked on the film and they've all mentioned alternate scenes which were either scrapped early on, reshot because they needed to be changed, or simply deleted as there wasn't room for them. Some of those will never see the light of day, while others will almost certainly wind up on the Blu-ray.

In this feature, we compile a list of every single "deleted" scene from Avengers: Endgame, including a scrapped battle in Asgard, battlefield moments cut for time, and alternate time heists that would have been downright awesome to see play out.

We also reveal how likely it is that we'll get to see them down the line, and whether they actually got past the scripting stages. Plus, if they were cut, why was that the case and what replaced them?

For the answer to that and more, all you have to do is click on the "View List" button below.

An Awkward Goodbye For Thor And Valkyrie

At the end of Avengers: Endgame, Thor leaves New Asgard in the capable hands of Valkyrie, but their farewell was originally going to play out quite a bit differently. According to Anthony Russo, she was going to put her arm on the God of Thunder's shoulder, something he would have misread as a sign to lean in and kiss her!

"[She] goes, 'What are you doing?' And he goes, 'Oh, I thought that the touch–', and she's like, 'It's a goodbye tap I'm giving you'. It was a really funny beat, but we cut it," he reveals.

This was actually shot, so there's a good chance it will make it on to the Blu-ray as a deleted scene. As funny as it would have been to see, it was clearly one joke too many for the movie's closing moments and it's thought that the MCU's Valkyrie is supposed to be gay.

Black Widow's New Job

Avengers: Endgame had a lengthy running time of three hours, but the Russo Brothers still had to cut a lot of content in order to tell the story they wanted. That included scrapping plans for Black Widow to be running an organisation based in Washington DC that would have seen her helping the orphans left behind by the snap.

In terms of character development, this obviously makes a lot of sense, especially as Natasha was also orphaned as a child. However, the filmmakers scrapped the idea early on and instead decided to have her leading the remaining Avengers. Had they had more time, though, this would have made a very interesting plot thread.

Iron Man Vs. Heimdall

It's hard to complain about the way this movie revisits the Marvel Cinematic Universe's past, but we missed out on what sounds like an amazing sequence. Apparently, early ideas for Avengers: Endgame had Iron Man and Thor travelling to Asgard in 2013 in order to retrieve both the Power and Space Stones.

During that adventure, Tony Stark would have donned a stealth suit and gone head to head with Heimdall (who would have been able to see the Armored Avenger thanks to his unique abilities).

Thor, meanwhile, would have spent a little more time with Jane Foster. None of this got past the scripting stages, so don't expect to see any of this when the Blu-ray is released a little later this year.

More Alternate Time Heists

For quite some time, Avengers: Endgame's writers shied away from heading back to the events of The Avengers and that meant they looked at other key moments in the MCU for ideas on where the team could go in order to get their hands on the Infinity Stones.

At one point, we were set to see them break in to S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters during the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, a confrontation in the Sanctum Sanctorum with Doctor Strange, and some sort of underwater battle on Morag (which would have been a result of the team going too far back in time and getting to the planet long before Star-Lord did).

"Love You 3000"

Another very real possibility for the eventual home video release of Avengers: Endgame, it was recently revealed that 13 Reasons Why star Katherine Langford shots scenes for the movie as an older Morgan Stark. After Iron Man used the Infinity Stones, he would have visited that mysterious Soul realm where Thanos saw Gamora and got to interact with his daughter as a grown woman.

"What we realised about it was we didn't feel an emotional association with the adult version of his daughter," Anthony Russo explained. "So it wasn't ringing to us and resonating with us on an emotional level." It's a shame we didn't get to see this in the final cut of the film but you can see why casual moviegoers struggling with the concept of time-travel might have been confused.

Battlefield Reunions

Avengers: Endgame's final battle is massive, and you'd best believe that a lot of scenes were shot that sadly ended up on the cutting room floor. Among them were a series of reunions which saw Earth's Mightiest Heroes take a breather from the fight to catch up and attempt to formulate a plan.

"It didn’t play well, but we had a scene in a trench where, for reasons, the battle got paused for about three minutes and now there’s 18 people all going, ‘What are we going to do?’ ‘I’m going to do this.’ ‘I’m going to do this.’ Just bouncing around this completely fake, fraudulent scene," writer Stephen McFeely explained, expressing his regrets regarding reunions we didn't see.

Ultimately, you can see why they didn't want to have the action too bogged down in conversations such as this, but we'll hopefully get to see it in the form of some deleted scenes.

Returning To 2012

Once the filmmakers decided that they would return to the events of Avengers: Endgame, they then needed to figure out at what moment Earth's Mightiest Heroes would arrive in 2012.

Well, editor Jeff Ford recently revealed that things kicked off with Iron Man flying through the Leviathan, a scene that was shown to test audiences but once again proved to be too confusing.

That means this was shot and could easily find its way on to the Blu-ray. Another option was reportedly the moment The Hulk smashes Loki, but it sounds like that was also too late.

Hank Pym And Janet Van Dyne Join The Fight

According to the movie's writers, they did seriously consider having Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne join the fight on the battlefield but with so many other characters to think about, they ultimately decided to leave them on the sidelines which is a genuine shame.

There have been reports that had Robert Redford been unwilling to reprise his role as the villainous Alexander Pierce, Samuel L. Jackson and Cobie Smulders would have instead confronted Tony Stark as Nick Fury and Maria Hill in a bid to regain the Tesseract.

Smart Hulk's Lab Time

Avengers: Endgame's writers have revealed that there was a time when Bruce Banner was going to transform into Smart Hulk during Avengers: Infinity War's final battle in Wakanda. That ultimately changed, and when it came time to figure out how they would introduce this new version of the Jade Giant in the sequel, they struggled to find a way to make that happen.

Apparently, one possibility was to actually show the Green Goliath in his lab, figuring out how to combine his intelligence and strength. It doesn't sound like those scenes got past the scriptwriting stage, and they later decided to cut straight to his new persona in that diner while he tucked into breakfast alongside Captain America, Black Widow, Ant-Man, and some big fans!

Hawkeye's Sacrifice

Originally, it was going to be Hawkeye who sacrificed himself on Vormir in order to get the Soul Stone but the writers quickly realised that that was the wrong direction to take things in, especially after a number of women working on Avengers: Endgame expressed their disappointment with the idea to take such a big moment away from Black Widow.

Interestingly, the entire sequence was actually going to be very different, and the one we saw in theaters was a result of reshoots.

The original would have seen Thanos arriving on the planet to try and take the heroes out, with them then forced to try to fend off his soldiers while also battling each other to make that leap.

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GhostDog - 5/17/2019, 7:52 AM

"At one point, we were set to see them break in to S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters during the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier"

Endgame Cap versus TWS Cap would've been WILD

knocturnalzen10 - 5/17/2019, 8:07 AM

@BlackBeltJones - just that one film made me go back and read captain america comic books ..... that film was so impactful

GhostDog - 5/17/2019, 8:19 AM

@knocturnalzen10 - very impact. TWS arc in the comics really gave Cap a different feel, but this movie took that and did it times ten imo. Modernized Cap in such a cool way and made him very real.

MyCoolYoung - 5/17/2019, 8:19 AM

@BlackBeltJones - endgame cap would've gotten his ass handed to him even more than America's ass cap gave it to him

knocturnalzen10 - 5/17/2019, 8:21 AM

@BlackBeltJones - yes and the fight scene are the best to me in the entire MCU of course aside from IW and EG . i think those are different spectrum's , but TWS gave you that fill of each fight cap maybe killed with one slip up . the highjacking scene was shot so beautiful ...... it's so hard for me when trying to figure out which one is better between this and IM1

JonC - 5/17/2019, 11:51 AM

@MyCoolYoung - Yeah, why is it that "ass cap" was better than endgame cap? Endgame cap should have known way more skills in combat. He had to use tricks like "bucky's alive" to get the upper hand.

OmegaBlack13 - 5/17/2019, 12:32 PM

@JonC - That bugged me too. Maybe he hadn't fought for 5 years and got rusty?

MyCoolYoung - 5/17/2019, 12:39 PM

@JonC - I think it's because endgame cap was trying to fight to subdue and/or get his mission accomplished while 2012 cap was fighting to kill maybe?

I mean he thought it was loki who just released an army and he had the scepter again. Both caps were thinking "whatever it takes" but for different reasons

BringFFtoMCU - 5/17/2019, 8:01 AM

Josh continues to fish for clicks.

Reeds2Much - 5/17/2019, 8:32 AM

@BringFFtoMCU - Why stop when you keep reeling them in?

KWilly - 5/17/2019, 8:02 AM

“There have been reports that had Robert Redford been unwilling to reprise his role as the villainous Alexander Pierce, Samuel L. Jackson and Cobie Smulders would have instead confronted Tony Stark as Nick Fury and Maria Hill in a bid to regain the Tesseract”

Smart backup plan. I was surprised to see Redford back, especially since he supposedly retired from acting.

MyCoolYoung - 5/17/2019, 8:21 AM

@KWilly - in the grand scheme of things, it wouldn't of made sense. Nick fury said "we just didn't argue with the God that did" while talking to the world council

Chewtoy - 5/17/2019, 8:23 AM

@KWilly - Yeah, That was quite a surprise... I’m certainly glad that they got him, for multiple reasons, not the least of which is that Fury trying to take back the Tesseract would have seemed odd in light of everything, including his exchange with the World Security Council at the end of “Avengers” when he tells them that the Tesseract is off-world where it belongs.

“That wasn’t your call to make.”
“I didn’t make it. I just didn’t argue with the god who did.”

Evansly - 5/17/2019, 8:04 AM

Although a lot of these would be cool they made the right decisions with the final cut

IKidYouNotMan - 5/17/2019, 8:13 AM

This movie is such a double edged sword. I’m hoping Feige and Marvel find their next Russo brothers soon.

knocturnalzen10 - 5/17/2019, 8:19 AM

@IKidYouNotMan - are they done directing Marvel films ?

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