![]() ![]() Ultimately, Cretton shot Ruffalo and Larson’s part of the post-credits sequence as one of the last elements of additional photography on “Shang-Chi” earlier this year. All I know is I pitch ideas, and the only time that ideas get kicked back is if it doesn’t make logical sense to other ideas that are percolating for those characters.” And I’m not even totally aware of what they’re dealing with. “I mean, it obviously helps that we ended up landing on hologram versions of these characters so they can just step away and get back into whatever crazy stuff they’re dealing with. “We talked about it being Brie, but we did not know that it could make plausible sense that Brie could be there,” Cretton said. But Captain Marvel’s base of operations is on the other side of the galaxy, so for a time, it wasn’t clear how she could pop up on Earth for a quick confab about some unusual jewelry. ![]() “It was so dependent on what those characters are doing in the MCU around that time.”Ĭretton’s personal preference was for at least one of those characters’ to be Larson’s Captain Marvel, given that the Oscar-winning actor had starred in the filmmaker’s three previous movies: 2019’s “Just Mercy,” 2017’s “The Glass Castle,” and 2013’s “Short Term 12” - the film that launched Larson’s career. Post-credits scenes “go through so many tweaks and updates depending on what’s being developed in other shows and movies in the MCU,” Cretton said. What Cretton didn’t know until the film was late in post-production was which Avengers would join Wong in his analysis of the rings. “But we weren’t sure it was actually going to work until we shot it.” “I knew I wanted them all to be sitting ‘Hotel California’ together,” Cretton said. Once they decided to bring Wong back for the fight club sequence, for example, Cretton also wanted the character to return for the post-credits scene - and then get pulled by Shang-Chi and Katy into a round of drunken karaoke. In truth, Cretton said that “renditions” of that scene were in the works early on. “Right before the premiere is what it feels like,” he said. When asked about when he knew how that scene was going to unfold, “Shang-Chi” co-writer/director Destin Daniel Cretton gave his own knowing smile. Before he hangs up, however, Bruce fixes Shang-Chi and Katy with a knowing smile, and says, “Welcome to the circus.” They’re all stumped, especially by the mysterious signal emanating from within the rings - no doubt leaving these questions to be resolved in another MCU title in the future. Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), to consult via holographic FaceTime. As a dazed Shang-Chi and Katy look on, the camera reveals that Wong has called on Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) and Carol Danvers, a.k.a. Quite literally: With the help of Wong’s teleportation sling ring, Shang-Chi and Katy step from a San Francisco restaurant into Wong’s sanctum to discuss the mystifying, ancient origins of the powerful rings that are now in Shang-Chi’s possession. the fake Mandarin from 2013’s “Iron Man 3.”īut it’s not until the very end of “Shang-Chi” - in one of Marvel’s hallmark post-credits scenes - that the movie fully steps inside the MCU. Later, when the duo first walk into an illegal fight club operating in a half-finished skyscraper in Macau, Wong (Benedict Wong) from 2016’s “Doctor Strange” is in the middle of a friendly sparring match with the Abomination from 2008’s “The Incredible Hulk” - a teaser for the latter’s expected appearance in Marvel’s 2022 Disney Plus series “She-Hulk.” And, of course, there’s the delightful return of Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery, a.k.a. As Shang-Chi ( Simu Liu) and his best friend Katy (Awkwafina) navigate through modern San Francisco, they walk past posters signifying the aftermath of the “Blip” from “Avengers: Endgame,” when half the world’s population suddenly rematerialized. Throughout “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” there are only a few small signs that the 25th feature film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is actually a part of it. SPOILER WARNING: Do not read this story if you haven’t seen “ Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” currently playing in theaters. ![]()
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