James Wan Impressed Marvel Made Captain America & Thor Successful

James Wan praises Marvel Studios for being able to successfully adapt Thor and Captain America on the big CRT screen and make both character global icons . Gearing up for his own superhero project with Warner Bros. ‘Aquaman , the director offer some perceptiveness into what he believes are the MCU ’s most surprising hits in its first 10 year of existence .

crest off their monumental first decade with the release ofAnt - Man & The Wasp , the MCU has had an extraordinary class with the release of box - office break movies such asBlack PantherandAvengers : Infinity War . But while the franchise has release run into after hit in the last 10 old age , there are two characters that Wan is peculiarly imprint by , considering how Kevin Feige and his squad were able-bodied to bright read them from comics to the braggy screen .

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address withEWas part of the way out ’s feature tale onAquaman , Wan candidly partake that he believes Marvel Studios ' most surprising hits are Thor and Captain America . “I actually think the most unbelievable thing [ Marvel ] did is get Captain America and Thor approachable to the mainstream - especially outside of the United States . The moment you could make a character shout ‘ Captain America ’ work in Russia and China , then anything is possible,”he explain .

In hindsight , Wan has a breaker point . Bringing Captain America to the big screen considering his male child lookout man image from the comics was very tricky , particularly since DC ’s Superman - who is knight the epitome of the classic boy guide hero - already exists . Many were initially worried thatThe First Avengerwould be too silly in a world where he necessitate to rub elbow with a classic cool hero like Tony Stark / Iron Man . But after Marvel pulled off Steve Rogers ' origin history , they continue to evolve his character in a way that he now feels innovative without losing the essence of his character from the comics .

As for the God of Thunder , some may argue that it was n’t really until last year’sThor : Ragnarokthat Odinson finally discover his groove in the MCU . But before the mint that wasThe Dark World , Kenneth Branagh really craft a decent debut for the God of Thunder . Plus , it infix fan to the now tonic civilization icon , Loki , who is arguably one of the most fleshed out non - headlining MCU lineament to date . While Marvel obviously struggled to get hold the right-hand tone for Thor , things are now depend great for the Asgardian king as he ’s finally become a dealership - favorite thanks to Taika Waititi’sThor 3and eventuallyInfinity War .

With all these things said , perhaps what made pulling off Captain America and Thor a peck trickier compare to more obscure fictitious character like the Guardians of the Galaxy is the timing of the freeing of their movies . Both films were essential to Phase 1 ’s pencil lead up toThe Avengers , but it ’s loose to forget that at that time ofThor ’s tone ending , the MCU really only had one smash hit : 2008’sIron Man . HadThorandThe First Avengerflopped , it ’s not difficult to imagine that the whole franchise would ’ve collapsed even before it really achieve anything . role like Ant - Man and Doctor Strange had the backing of the Marvel Studios brand , which meant less atmospheric pressure to come through think the MCU had already been established by the sentence they rolled out in theaters .