The Peyton Reed 2015 a was one of the best origin stories in the MCU. Did you know, though; that Reed wasn’t the original director picked for the Paul Rudd-led film? Edgar Wright, known for Baby Driver; was hired by Marvel back in 2006. He even had shot some test footage that debuted at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con. But, Wright walked away from the project in 2014 due to creative differences. Since then, Wright hadn’t spoken with Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige.
That is, until recently. Wright revealed he’s recently reached out to Feige:
“I’ll be honest, I had not spoken to Kevin since I walked off Ant-Man in 2014. You know, there wasn’t any real animosity or outright hostility between us, it was all very diplomatic at the time, but in that situation you go your separate ways and there was no reason to get back in touch. So I just had never spoken to him or vice versa. Aside from the movie itself, we had been friends, so it was a sad thing – aside from the professional aspect of it, we had been good pals.”
Wright continued:
“I thought it would be disingenuous of me to get through this article without mentioning the ‘M’ word once. So I did what I hadn’t done in six years – I just emailed Kevin. It was a really nice thing, and Kevin was really touched that I’d reached out to him directly and just said, ‘Hey.’ Also it was funny after six years of no contact to email him just saying, ‘Kevin, I need you to write something for me, and I need it tomorrow!’ So it was nice, we basically reconnected over this article and it was very sweet…I’m very glad I did it, and I was very happy that his response was so — he was really touched that I had reached out, and I feel what he wrote was great.”
What do you think about Wright and Feige finally burying the hatch?
Source: Slash Film | image via Gage Skidmore Wikimedia
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