After Katherine Langford (13 Reason Why) was cast in Avengers: Endgame, a lot of fans were wondering who exactly she would be playing. The most popular fan theories was that she would be playing Kate Bishop or Cassie Lang. It had to have been an important character, but then to everyone’s surprise, Langford never showed up in the movie!
We now have answers to who she was going to play in the film, thanks to directors Joe and Anthony Russo. They reveal that she was cast as an older teenage version of Tony Stark’s daughter, Morgan. While talking to MTV’s Happy Sad Confused podcast Joe Russo explained:
“There was an idea that we had that Tony was going to go into the metaphysical way station that Thanos goes in when he snapped his fingers. And that there was going to be a future version of his daughter in that way station.”
That “way station” Joe is talking about is that scene where Thanos comes face to face with a young Gamora, who he sacrificed to obtain the Soul Stone. It has previously been described as “not a physical place, it’s not a memory, even… It just seems like an internal moment of reflection.”
Anthony went on to explain why they opted not to include the scene in the movie saying that it would have confused audiences:
“What we realized about it was we didn’t feel an emotional association with the adult version of his daughter. So it wasn’t ringing to us and resonating with us on an emotional level.”
Joe added:
“The intention was that his future daughter, because these films are dealing with magic, his future daughter forgave him and sort of gave him peace to go. And the idea felt resonant. But it was just too many ideas in an overly complicated movie.”
I can see why they didn’t end up including the scene, but at the same time, I think it would have been nice. I don’t think it would have confused audiences at all. In the end, though, I don’t think fans will complain about the scene not being included. Who know, maybe it’ll show up on the special features of the Blu-ray.
What do you think about Langford playing Stark’s daughter? Do you think that she will show up to play her in a future Marvel film?