Joe Russo, director of world famous Avengers' franchise, in a startling revelation stated that one of his Avengers movie had a scene that was almost inspired by South Indian film star Rajnikanth's movie 'Robot'.
Russo, while promoting his latest offering Avengers Endgame in India, said that his 2015 film Avengers: Age of Ultron had a scene "inspired directly" by Rajnikanth's 2010 film Enthiran (released as Robot) in Hindi.
Joe Russo said that they filmed a scene in Age of Ultrons, in which several Ultrons unite to form a larger version of Ultron, just like in the finale action sequence Robot when several robots combine to form one large robot.
He said: "Robot almost influenced the climatic moments in Avengers: Age of Ultron."
Russo added: "In one of the final scenes all the Ultrons were supposed to form a large Ultron and Avengers were set to fight that but the sequence got cut for time. It was this close. I was inspired directly by Robot."
Not just this, Russo also commended Salman Khan's mega blockbuster film Dabangg and termed it as 'interesting'.
"I'm an action director so I saw Dabangg many years ago. I still have to see Dabangg 2. I thought the camera work was great in those movies. The tone and the energy is also great. So, I certainly know Salman Khan," he said.
Joe Russo has co-directed the Avengers series with brother Anthony Russo.
The last instalment of the franchise Avengers Endgame will see the light of day on April 24.
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