While breaking down their filmography in a YouTube video for GQ, the Russos lamented the huge production of “Infinity War” and “Endgame,” with Anthony Russo speaking on the laborious procedure of such a massive undertaking:
“It’s bad for your health, that’s for sure. It was hard. I remember everybody at the end stated, “Oh, we’ll never ever shoot two motion pictures like that, back-to-back, ever again.”
However challenging it was, the filmmakers still discovered a silver lining, detailing the advantage of shooting 2 tasks in tandem:
“It truly did permit a huge interaction in between what we were doing in the two movies and for us to be returning and forth artistically. And I believe that was a substantial, really distinct, innovative sort of chance that you do not frequently have in storytelling.”
The phrasing “a chance you don’t frequently have” is appropriate, as “Infinity War” and “Endgame” were the product of a decade-long story informed through more than 20 films. The accumulation to those final 2 movies in what would later on be called “The Infinity Saga” is an unbelievable cinematic event that has yet to be duplicated. While the process might have been traumatic for the Russos and something they would not fast to do again, at least it was creatively satisfying.