MCU: 10 Fascinating Facts Behind Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

1. The Victims Were Chosen For Maximum Impact

When it came to choosing who would die in the snap, the decision wasn't merely about picking the new guys to let the old Avengers have their swan song in Avengers: Endgame. That DID play a part in proceedings, but it was a more complex process than that, according to the directors.

They revealed that they chose the victims because of the drama of their deaths and what they meant to the people they left behind:

"In terms of our choices about who Thanos would end up eradicating with his snap, it was very story focused. How do we pay off each individual character's storyline most profoundly? The first person to go is Bucky Barnes, and it's shot from Captain America's perspective. You know, we're watching Cap go through the experience of watching [Bucky] go away. We're watching Okoye, whose number one mission it is in life is to protect the king. She watches the king go in front of her. And to see those characters react in those situations is very powerful and resonant."

The same logic clearly applies to Rocket watching Groot die (since Groot's last words, now infamously, were "Dad") and Tony Stark watching Peter Parker, who is basically his surrogate son, die.

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