In the last seven years I’ve had the opportunity to interview Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus about all their contributions to the Marvel Cinematic Universe — including Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Captain America: Civil War — and that streak continued this past weekend during the Avengers: Infinity War junket.
Sitting down with the screenwriters for a two-on-one interview, one of my first questions out of the gate was in regard to how the film ties up loose ends within the franchise.
Their answer suggested that earlier cuts of the blockbuster participated in this activity a lot more, but that many “loose end satisfiers” didn’t necessarily make the finished cut of the film.