JOSS WHEDON: In this film,
the Avengers have to deal with the issue
of their being a global entity.
And they really get booted into the real world
in ways that they hadn't really expected.
KEVIN FEIGE: We'll be shooting on more distant locations
than we ever have on any of our other films.
When you can have a shot of your actors
come out onto a real street in a real location,
it adds that much more to grounding a film
as outrageous and as fantastical as a Marvel film.
It's a different playing field.
We're dealing with these situations on a global level.
As much as it could be,
it's a much bigger film than the first Avengers,
just visually where we're going.
WHEDON: We're in Italy.
We're shooting bits of the opening and the final battle.
MAN: Action!
(GUNSHOTS)
Mass destruction, check.
Superheroes, check.
A beautiful location, check.
There's a depth and a texture and a worldview
and a scope to this film that the first one just didn't have.
Seoul is not something that's been seen a thousand times.
It's incredibly technologically advanced.
It's got an incredible cityscape, and incredible architecture.
Incredible people.
The idea that we could go to a city
that's not really been on film before is so exciting.
We're gonna shut down huge parts of Seoul,
close off major intersections.
CHRIS EVANS: Very enthusiastic fans.
And they're very welcoming,
letting us take over their streets for a few days.
WHEDON: We've never had a set or a place to shoot like London.
It's huge and it's got so much character
and the guys did such a great job dressing it
and we did such a great job destroying it.
I think it's some of the best truly visceral comic book stuff I've ever shot.
I just looked at those frames and I said,
"This is it, come to life even before we've added a single effect."
And that was really thrilling.
It's been a great place for us to shoot.
I think it's gonna give the movie
the kind of epic scope that it's supposed to have.
We've brought Eastern Europe to London,
and we were lucky to be able to do so.
ALL: Welcome to South Africa, Avengers.
WHEDON: We wanted to look at the Avengers,
see the effect they have on the whole world.
For them to come to places like Johannesburg,
take with them the inevitable trouble that follows them,
how's that gonna affect their perception of each other
and the world's perception of them?
ULTRON: You want to protect the world
but you don't want it to change.
We've gone to far more locations than we have ever before
and covered more ground.
So aesthetically everything has just been dialled up.
STARK: Avengers, time to work for a living.