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In particular,Harrison Fords Red Hulk/Thaddeus Thunderbolt Ross character created uncomfortable political resonances.
Marvel and Onah declined to comment; a representative for Ford did not respond to Vultures request for comment.
A source close to the production said there is no truth to allegations that Fords behavior was unusually challenging.
I worked on the reshoots.
I think everyone on the crew knew this is probably not going to be a good film.
Some of the action sequences were not believable.
We had a lot of frustrations on set.
It was on, then it was off, then it was on again.
Thats very expensive to do.
When the studio had its test in front of an audience, it didnt respond.
Maybe they dont want to see anything political in an election year?
Maybe they were divided on who they were voting for?
General Ross reads as an allusion to Trump.
Hes this very powerful general who becomes kind of a fascist and turns into a raging Red Hulk.
They know youre going to lose a lot of your audience that way.
People are conspiracy theorists.
Some people think the original titleNew World Ordermeans Jews launch the world and now theres a war going on.
Harrison Ford was one of the crankiest performers I ever dealt with.
But he was very much a diva.
I dont know if you remember, but he got in aplane crash.
He couldnt even raise his left arm above his chest.
We have to suit up 80-something Harrison Ford in these motion-capture dots.
To me, it seemed like he hated it and didnt want to do it.
And when Harrison was done, he was done.
Everyone was trying to scramble to make him happy.
That made for a very awkward work environment.
Reshoots are a part of making any movie like this with a big budget.
But this isnt Marvels first rodeo.
Entire sequences we shot wont make it into the film, and thatsveryexpensive.
Im not going to say the director was not equipped to handle that production.
Basically, dealing with A-list egos was the issue.
It was mainly just Harrison Ford.
So that was a little disappointing.
At the end of the day, it was the most tense Marvel shoot Ive ever worked on.
Everyone kind of felt their buttholes tightening a little bit.
Its like,Ugh.
