But what was the recipe for their success?

Well, the pair recently sat down to answer exactly that.

You know, we were huge fans ourselves.

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We just kept focused on, How do we surprise ourselves?

How do we challenge ourselves?

And how do we find the most satisfying version of the story for ourselves?

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Theres so many directions it’s possible for you to go in that storytelling; infinite possibility.

Youre always gonna piss somebody off.

And we learned very early on that, you know, the fans were always gonna be contradictory.

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And sort of lets you forget all the sort of manufactured divisiveness thats in the world today.

At its core,Avengers: Endgamewas a celebration for the fans.

But the Russo Brothers thought differently.

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Avengers: Endgameis available to stream now on Disney+.

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