Directing a Marvel Studios movie sounds like it would be challenging enough without massive shifts in one’s own personal life.
He told the story to CinemaBlend’s official podcast, ReelBlend.
But it sounds like Marvel came up with a win-win solution for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton when his wife went into labor with their second child while he was on set.
There are so many balls to juggle with regards to the enormous crews (on any blockbuster film, if we’re being honest) that if you are distracted by a personal development, it could drastically affect the production schedule.