Paul Bettany Says Marvel Movies’ Success Is Because The Cast And Crew Are All Fans

Marvel's managed to create a strong cinematic universe with films that not only rake in the dough at the box office but earn great reviews from fans and critics as well.

Though there's definitely a lot of reasons behind Marvel's success, Vision actor Paul Bettany says that the reason why the Marvel Cinematic Universe manages to succeed time and time again is because the people behind Marvel's movies are all genuine fans of the characters in the films.

Sitting down to speak with Screen Rant during an Infinity War set visit, Bettany claims that the passion that Marvel's cast and crew has behind the scenes is actually one of the biggest reason why the MCU's flourished.

"I think the success of the Marvel films comes from the fact that they're made by fans. They really love those characters. When I first came out dressed as Vision, Kevin Feige nearly cried. I didn't grow up reading comics but they make you fall in love with your character. They really do. Their love for these stories is really infectious and you become really invested, and there's a lot of invested people beyond the financials of it all. They really want to do a good job, and I think fans really trust that if they bend things that they're in safe hands — that the story is in safe hands because I guarantee you it's made by geeks. This movie is made by geeks. They love them, they feel it when they're talking about it."

Bettany has a point. While some would attribute Marvel's success to its winning universe-building formula, starting with standalone films to introduce characters and then bringing them together in team-up films, one of the biggest reasons that these films work is that the cast and crew understand the characters and the story they're trying to portray. The MCU wouldn't be the same if the directors and the writers and the production team didn't quite understand what fans wanted to see on the big screen. It really helps a lot that the people working on Marvel's films are big fans of the franchise themselves.

Bettany is set to appear in Avengers: Infinity War on April 27.

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