With “Avengers: Endgame” finally hitting theaters this week, the anticipation of who’s going to make it out alive is growing as we get near the end of Phrase 3.
Marvel Studios recently held a press conference in LA with some of the cast members as well as the directors and producers.
Naturally, NO ONE revealed anything regarding the plot but spoke generally about working together and how they had done over the year.
Blackfilm.com had the opportunity to speak with executive producer Trinh Tran about her role with the film. Tran has been with Marvel for over 10 years and has risen the ranks. She started as an assistant to Matt Finick and Charlie Davis on Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, an assistant to Louis D’Esposito onIron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers and a creative executive on Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War. She was also an associate producer on Captain America: Civil War and an executive producer on Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
As you’ve risen from position to position with these Marvel, what’s the most important thing you’ve learn as you continue to grow?
Trinh Tran: Not to do two of the biggest Marvel movies back to back. I think that has been the most rewarding and challenging part of my journey here at Marvel was that we decided to take two massive movies and make them together. To be able to shoot these two films for the entire 2017 year was a really challenging, grueling feat but we were able to get through it. That fact that I was able and fortunate to work with great collaborators like the Russos for the last four movies since Winter Soldier and watch them and grew with them. More importantly to watch Kevin Feige, who has been here since the start, and learn from him because he has brought this universe to life from Day 1 of Iron Man in 2008.
How is it that you got to work of the some of the Marvel films but not all of them?
Trinh Tran: Well, as a creative producer at Marvel, we start from the beginning to the end on one specific project. Usually, it takes about 2 1/2 years on a project and in this case, Endgame took me four years, so for that four Infinity and Endgame were the only two projects I focused on. So within the four years, we had like five other Marvel films that came out that I wasn’t a part of because my time was solely spent on these two movies. That’s why there are other Marvel films where you will see that we have skipped a few because we have been on one particular project from its inception to the release date.
Do you have an answer why the film is at three hours?
Trinh Tran: By the time we are finished talking, this film will be at six hours. (laughs). This is ending a chapter to Phase 3. We’re always trying to tell the best story we can tell in order to do that it doesn’t really matter in the sense of how long it was going to take, but most importantly, are we telling the right story and we getting everything in the right duration, which is over 2 1/2 hours. It seems that they are embracing the fact that it doesn’t matter how long it takes as long as we are giving them a fullfilling journey when they experience it for the first time in the theaters.
How much of a Marvel fan were you prior to working with them?
Trinh Tran: I’m one of the few people who grew up not reading comics, but I do have to say that when I started working at Marvel, my knowledge of the comic world wasn’t as much as I wanted it to be. I remember sitting in post-production watching Iron Man for the very first time as we were testing the sound and being absolutely mind blown by that product and by what Robert (Downing Jr.) created in Tony Stark. That movie in itself and walking out of it made me a fan and embrace these characters for the last ten years. I went through that same journey, and since I’ve been at Marvel I knew this is where I want to stay as long as I can so I can tell these stories.
Will Endgame have any references to the comics that fan will be happy about?
Trinh Tran: Maybe, Maybe not. Without spoiling anything, I think you will have to see it in the theaters.
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