24 Facts From Avengers: Age of Ultron

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    Landmark - Joss Whedon wanted to get a "number of different looks and textures and moods" to give the film a different and fresh aesthetic from its predecessor, so he shot in different locations around the world, including South Africa, England, Italy, and South Korea. FAL
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    Photo caption - Aaron Taylor-Johnson was asked to lose weight (muscle mass in particular) because he looked too strong to portray a runner, who is usually trim.
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    Text - When Stark is picking a new A.I., of the chips says Tadashi, in reference to the chip that's in Baymax, from Big Hero 6 (2014), another Marvel propertys
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    Fictional character - If Marvel Studios had the rights, this film would feature the three strongest fictional metals in the Marvel universe: vibranium (Cap's shield), uru (Thor's hammer), and adamantium (Ultron's original body), but because 20th Century Fox owns the rights to everything related to the X-Men, admantium is never mentioned in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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    Architecture - Large portions of the film were shot at Hendon Police Training College in North London. The bronze statue visible in the town square, is that of Sir Robert Peele, founder of the modern police force (and the reason police officers are know as Bobbies and Peelers) which could not be removed for filming Instead, it was redressed to appear as Lenin.
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    Text - Thanos was considered to be the next villain, but Joss Whedon decided against him, in favor of Ultron: "We have to stay grounded. It's part of what makes the Marvel Universe click, their relationship to the real world. Thanos is not out of the mix, but Thanos was never meant to be the next villain he's always been the overlord of villainy and darkness."
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    Photography - Elizabeth Olsen worked with a dance choreographer to make her movements more graceful for action sequences.
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    Movie - CHRIS EVANS ROBERT DOWNEY JR. JAMES SPADER To keep production a secret, the working title for the film was "After Party MARVEL AVENGERS THE AGE CE LILTRON SUMMER 2015 IN 3D AND reaLD)3D TheAvengers.co.au
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    Action-adventure game - In an early script, Ultron was created by the government to eliminate the need ofthe Avengers, but Ultron turns on its creators, and the Avengers again team up to stop him. However, this draft was changed.
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    Motor vehicle - Quicksilver's running visual effects were created by first filming with an ultra-high-speed camera, and then filming Aaron Taylor-Johnson running in the same scene at regular speed, and then digitally splicing the two scenes together
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    Photo caption - During the party in which people are attempting to lift Mjlonir, everyone fails except Steve Rogers, who is able to move it slightly (you can see Thor's smile quickly disappear when he does). This is a reference to the fact that Rogers is one of the only humans who are considered worthy to wield Thor's Hammer, and does so in one of the comic books. L7WORLD.COM
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    Male - In an interview with Empire magazine, Joss Whedon said that he wanted to lengthen the scenes with Thor at the pool, and his vision, but executives issued an ultimatum, stating that it could be lengthened, but it would be in place of Hawkeye's farm scenes. Whedon chose to keep the farm Scenes.
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    Photo caption - Shooting in South Korea occurred in the Gangnam district, the area that originated the popular song "Gangnam Style". The cašt and crew danced to that song during breaks.
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    Tire - Ouea Be Live The motorcycle Black Widow rides in the trailers, and in the movie, is the Harley-Davidson Project Livewire. An electric prototype. It is real, and on tour in the U.S. to test market-demand.
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    Snapshot - Scarlett Johansson was pregnant during filming, so many of her scenes were scheduled early in filming, before she began to show, To help hide her pregnancy later in filming, three stunt doubles were hired. This caused a lot of confusion amongst the other actors since, according to them, all of the stunt women looked very similar to Johansson. Chris Evans stated that it got to the point where he would say hello, and start a conversation with one of them, only to realize midway, that th
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    Sky - Hawkeye's line: "Nobody would know. Nobody. The last I saw him, an Ultron was sitting on him. U... yeah, he ll be missed. That quick little bastard. I miss him already. was improvised LPians by Jeremy Renner.
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    Text - STARK According to Ben Snow, the cyberspace sequences were based on a planetarium: "The Internet grows from nothing to these forms that are massive amounts of glass cubes with colored data in them. Things formand then break away and form another structure, they're like moving sculptures."
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    Camera operator - Because Ultron was eight to nine feet tall, the 5-foot 10-inch James Spader had to wear an antenna-like contraption made out of a thick piece of wire, with two red balls attached to the top, that went up his entire back and three feet above his head, This was done, so that the actors that shared scenes with him, would have a reference point for where his eyes would be; the two red balls represented the placement of Ultron's eyes.
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    Text - The scene where Ultron commands his drones to fly down and latch themselves onto the truck in Seoul, took 360 days to complete. It was handled by only one animator, who upon completion of the scene received a party, and a bottle of champagne for his efforts.
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    Fictional character - When The Vision rescues Scarlet Witch, and carries her away, they have a 'moment' In the comics, the two end up married.
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    Fictional character - Bruce Banner's creation that houses the extra Hulkbuster parts, Veronica is named that, as an in-joke, based.on the Archie comics. Archie Andrews is always ton between the two women that love him, Betty and Veronica. Banner aiready had a girlfriendy Betty Ross, so this armor was named Veronica, as a contrast to Banner's alternate personality, the Hulk. APARTMENS
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    Movie - When Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Taylor-Johnson learned that their roles Wanda and Pietro Maximoff would be based on their "Marvel Ultimates" version, they both read and studied every single issue, in order to prepare for the role.
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    Movie - As the Vision, Paul Bettany wore a scalp and head prosthetic, that was attached from his forehead around the ears, down to his neck and shoulders along with a small chin piece, and then had his face and neck airbrushed in cranberry-purple.
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    Personal protective equipment - James Spader was originally just going to be Ultron's voice, but he told the filmmakers that for a main character, he deserved to do more than provide a voice, and so he took on performing Ultron through motion-capture.
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