Fans have many things to be excited for with The Avengers: The Age of Ultron. Why only earlier today, we even got a new rumor that Elizabeth Olsen would appear as the Scarlet Witch.
Yet, the biggest bit of fan teasing remains the title. Clearly, Ultron is going to play a role in the proceedings. But why kind of part can a talking robot have, especially in a franchise where the villain needs to be bigger than life to challenge all our heroes to join forces once more?
Well our colleagues at EW got to discuss just that with Whedon when they posted this tidbit:
“I knew right away what I wanted to do with him,” Whedon says. “He’s always trying to destroy the Avengers, goddamn it, he’s got a bee in his bonnet. He’s not a happy guy, which means he’s an interesting guy. He’s got pain. And the way that manifests is not going to be standard robot stuff. So we’ll take away some of those powers because at some point everybody becomes magic, and I already have someone [a new character, Scarlet Witch] who’s a witch.”
Whedon goes on to describe the character as extremely pissed off, and one that will need to be thoroughly provoked, even if they ground some of his more fantastical elements. And did he just call Scarlett Witch, well, a witch? I guess we can deduce how they shall circumvent that whole mutant thing.