Talking with Jimmy Fallon on Friday’s Late Night show, Avengers 2 director Joss Whedon explained why he is so keen to bring the brother/sister superhero duo of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch to his sequel to The Avengers. "Aside from the fact that I grew up reading them, their powers are very visually interesting. One of the problems I had on the first one (Avengers movie) was everybody basically had punchy powers: 'I can hit!' 'I can also hit.' Coming into the second one, he’s got super speed (Quicksilver), she can weave spells, do a little telekinesis, get inside your head--there's good stuff that they can do that'll help sort of keep it fresh."
Quicksilver is quickly becoming one of Marvel's "most-wanted" cinematic characters. Just last week Bryan Singer announced that Evan Peters would portray Quicksilver in X-Men: Days of Future Past, which is slated to debut on July 18th, 2014 (see "Quicksilver in 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'"). Singer's announcement came just days after Whedon declared that he wanted lightning quick character for Avengers 2 (see "Whedon Confirms Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch in 'Avengers 2'"). With Whedon’s Avengers 2 slated to premiere on May 1st, 2015, could there be dueling Quicksilvers portrayed by different actors working for projects at different studios?
Whedon Spills on Fallon
Posted by ICv2 on May 28, 2013 @ 12:02 pm CT