10 Behind The Scenes Reasons For MCU Characters' Quirks
6. Pepper Walking Around Stark Tower Barefoot
Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) appears for a few brief scenes in The Avengers, showing up for a date with Tony Stark in Stark Tower and then helping him remodel the tower at the very end of the film.
In both of these scenes, you might've noticed that Pepper is barefoot, which might initially seem like an indication that she's extremely comfortable in Tony's lab-slash-abode, but considering how cold those marble floors surely are, that's not what director Joss Whedon was actually playing at.
Apparently, this was a production choice intended to mitigate the height difference between the actors, what with Gwyneth Paltrow being an inch taller than Robert Downey Jr.
Instead, to achieve the wider shots of both actors that Whedon wanted, Paltrow had to ditch the shoes, while Downey famously wore platform lifts to make him a few inches taller than Paltrow when they were stood close together.
While it's possible Tony might've sprung for underfloor heating in Stark Tower, there's still more to Pepper's barefoot traversal than merely feeling at home.