“The Red Hulk is the cherry on the sundae,” producer Nate Moore tells EW.
Gotta love a Wakanda-made vibranium wingsuit.
That will somewhat level the playing field.
Harrison Ford as Red Hulk in ‘Captain America: Brave New World’.MARVEL
“I say ‘somewhat’ because it’s a Red Hulk,” Moore notes.
“What are you going to do?
We’re very conscious of not having the movie feel disingenuous.
Harrison Ford as Red Hulk in ‘Captain America: Brave New World’.MARVEL
So, giving Sam equipment to survive is different than giving Sam equipment to succeed.”
And what a big character he is.
“The Red Hulk in the comics is not entirely a monster.
Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford in ‘Captain America: Brave New World’.MARVEL
He has more of a human personality to him,” Meinerding says.
“He was very excited to come back, to be quite frank,” the producer says.
The actordied at the age of 71in March 2022, which forced the team to reevaluate.
Harrison Ford in ‘Captain America: Brave New World’.MARVEL
“When he passed, it was a surprise,” Moore continues.
“You figure out if it’s worth proceeding with the story you have or trying something else.
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“We didn’t assume anybody would be game,” Moore says.
For Ross to now become the very thing he once loathed felt like meaty material.
It also served the narrative between Sam and Ross.
Moore points to theSecret Empirecomic book arc.
“It wasn’t just a color change,” Cox says.
“It’s a whole different character.”
There was even potential for a mustache with Ross' transformation.
“They do exist, yes,” Meinerding says of those early concept art designs.
“It’s Thaddeus Ross, right?
He’s military, he is trained.
Julius gave us the reference of a bear in terms of how he poses himself on all fours.
Cox’s team at Weta also scanned Ford’s face to enhance the visual effects.
“The nose is Harrison’s.
The mouth is predominantly Harrison’s.
It’s just scaled proportions.”
They even got the 82-year-old Ford in a motion-capture suit.
“Lemme tell you, he was all in that morning,” Cox recalls.
“The last thing you want is to be the person that hurts Harrison Ford.
At one point, I needed him landing and thought we can have the stunt guy do it.
He’s like, ‘No, no, no!
I’ll do it.’
I put up an apple box that’s about two feet off the ground.
The sequence isn’t confined to one setting, either.
It tracks across multiple different environments.
It came down to Sam’s new wingsuit and, of course, his Cap shield.
“You’ll see it in the action sequence; it’s not fun when he gets hit.”
