Ahead of Stan Lee's final cameo in 'Avengers: Endgame,' the stars and filmmakers at the world premiere shared their favorite memories with him on set, and the writing and directing teams shared a tease of what to expect from the latest movie.
at age 95, was on the minds of several stars and filmmakers attending the film’s first public screening in a custom-built 2,000-seat theater with a 70-foot screen.
“I just made a bee-line over to him and sort of fanboyed him,” Wong recalled. “I just said, ‘Stan you don’t know me —’ and he immediately interrupted and said, ‘You’re Wong. You’re great!’ And it was a big welling-up moment.” “He has that impact on all of us. Not just the fans, like the crew are his fans. We love him. We wouldn’t be here without him,” she said.Markus was “a little worried” that moviegoers would think the cameo was developed after Lee’s passing, though it was invented and shot prior to that — even before Lee’s appearance in the March release of “Captain Marvel.”“This is a unique cameo, and he was so in it,” writer Stephen McFeely chimed in. “He went for it. It was fantastic.
“It was one of the most beautiful cinematic experiences I’ve had in the Marvel universe,” Hargrave remembered. “He is Marvel. Without him, I’m not standing here.”“Endgame” picks up where 2018’s
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