Whedon moved into a rented home in Burbank near the facility where Age of Ultron was being edited. The rough cut achieved the rare feat of uniting the East Coast and West Coast Marvel executives: They all agreed that the movie was a ponderous mess. The middle act, as Whedon conceived it, features Thor and Dr. Erik Selvig (Stellan Skarsgård) searching for more information about the Infinity Stones, while the rest of the Avengers recuperate at Hawkeye’s farmhouse but are subjected to individual nightmares, courtesy of Wanda. “The dreams were not an executive favorite,” Whedon said. “The dreams,
...more
