FILM · 2015 · USA
Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Directed by
- Joss Whedon
- Runtime
- 141 min
- Studio
- Marvel Studios
345 archived facts 8 topics 2 sources Last reviewed Sep 2026
When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.
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251 Interesting Facts About Avengers: Age of Ultron
- #002
Aaron Taylor-Johnson was asked to lose weight, particularly muscle mass, because he generally looked too strong to play a slender runner.
- #003
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Thanos was considered as the next villain, but Joss Whedon decided against him in favor of Ultron: "We have to stay grounded. It's part of what makes the Marvel Universe click, its relationship to the real world. Thanos is not outside of that mix, but Thanos was never meant to be the next villain. He's always been the overlord of evil and darkness." Instead, Thanos appeared in a mid-credits scene and would go on to appear as the main villain in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
- #004
On James Spader's first day on set, the cast was so impressed by his performance that they applauded and cheered him after his first take.
- #005
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(At about 1 hour 23 minutes) The scene in which Ultron orders his drones to fly down in Seoul and lock themselves onto the truck took three hundred and sixty days to complete. Only one animator did the work, and after the scene was finished he received a party and a bottle of champagne for his efforts.
- #006
In the comics, Ultron was created by Dr. Hank Pym (Ant-Man). In this film Ultron is an inactive project developed by Tony Stark, while in Ant-Man (2015) Pym gets his own separate story.
- #008
James Spader was initially going to be only the voice of Ultron, but he told the producers he deserved to do more than provide the voice for a main character, and so he began performing Ultron through motion capture.
- #009
Quicksilver's role in the film led to extensive debate about his place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The character had previously been discussed as a potential character in both X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and The Avengers (2012), but legal complications caused his absence from both. In May 2013, however, Marvel Studios and Twentieth Century Fox announced that a solution to such issues had been reached and that Quicksilver would appear in this film, but only under certain parameters: no reference would be made to his relationships with the X-Men or with Magneto (the character's father), and no reference could be made to Quicksilver's membership in the Avengers. This went so far that the character could not be called a "mutant" in any Marvel film. Other disputes between Fox and Marvel also led to two different versions of the same character appearing, each presented in two separate series.
- #011
Joss Whedon said he wanted Spider-Man and Captain Marvel to appear in the final sequence, but they could not include them in the film because of scheduling and rights issues.
- #012
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(At about 2 hours 5 minutes) At the end of the film, Thor admits he is worried about the emergence of four Infinity Stones. Because of his vision while in the Pool of Sight, Thor knows that the Guardians of the Galaxy took the Orb from Ronan.
- #014
According to Mark Ruffalo, his portrayal of the Incredible Hulk was inspired by Peter David's Hulk comics, in which the Incredible Hulk and Bruce Banner were a case of split personality: "Something really beautiful happens in the film: Banner is as afraid of the Hulk as the Hulk is of Banner. These two are obviously the same man and they somehow have to make peace with each other, and that conflict develops throughout this film."
- #015
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(At about 28 minutes) During the party where people try to lift Mjölnir, everyone fails except Steve Rogers, who is able to move it slightly (you can see Thor's smile quickly disappear when he does). This is a nod to the fact that Rogers is one of the few humans worthy of wielding Thor's hammer, which he does in one of the comics. In an interview, Joss Whedon implied that Rogers is capable of lifting Mjölnir but claimed otherwise to spare Thor's feelings. This proved true in Avengers: Endgame (2019), where Steve fully lifts and wields Mjölnir.
- #016
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(At about 1 hour 35 minutes) When Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) goes to upload his new artificial intelligence, there is another drive labeled "JOCASTA" alongside F. R. I. D. A. Y. In the comics, JOCASTA was an artificial intelligence created by Ultron, whose mind and body were modeled on Janet Van Dyne (the Wasp). She would eventually turn against Ultron and join the Avengers.
- #017
James Spader uses his natural speaking voice for Ultron. The voice was later processed to give it a more metallic, machine-like quality.
- #018
Joss Whedon cast Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch because he thought their powers would be great to use in a film: "Their powers are visually very interesting. One of the problems I had in the first one was that everyone basically had strong powers. Quicksilver has super speed, Scarlet Witch can do magic and get inside your head with a bit of telekinesis. Those are good things they can do, it will help keep it fresh."
- #020
In the first 24 hours after the trailer was released, it was viewed 34 million times on YouTube. This broke the record previously held by Iron Man 3 (2013).
- #021
James Spader described Ultron as selfish and immature: "He sees the world from a very strange, biblical point of view, because he is brand new and very young. He is immature but still has a comprehensive, broad knowledge of history and precedent, and in a very short time he has created a rather warped worldview."
- #022
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Quicksilver's first and last lines were "You didn't see that coming?", and he said it to Hawkeye each time.
- #023
In The Dirty Half Dozen (2015), it is Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) who enters a H.Y.D.R.A. base. He finds the base and Loki's (Tom Hiddleston's) scepter. He could then contact Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) to inform the Avengers to go to Sokovia and retrieve it, as they do at the beginning of this film.
- #025
Stan Lee's appearance as a War Veteran at Thor's farewell party is a sly inside joke, because Lee actually joined the Army but never went to war. Lee's writing experience for Timely Comics (before it became Marvel) was instead used for the Army's medical division, where he came up with slogans for posters drawn by Theodore Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, aimed at preventing the spread of venereal disease.
- #026
Aaron Taylor-Johnson's favorite superhero actor among the Avengers is Chris Hemsworth. Taylor-Johnson was impressed by Hemsworth and said: "Hemsworth is the only one who has an ethereal superhero physique. The size of his arms is like the size of my hips. Just to be an actor and transform his physique and body to that level, he is actually a god. Everyone in the cast is fascinating and intelligent, but you look around the room and say 'this guy is definitely a superhero.'".
- #028
Bruce Banner's creation that houses the extra Hulkbuster parts is named Veronica, a joke based on the Archie comics. Archie Andrews is always torn between two women who love him, Betty and Veronica. Banner already had a girlfriend named Betty Ross, so the armor was named Veronica as the counterpart to Banner's alternate personality, The Incredible Hulk.
- #029
The first trailer was scheduled to air after the October 28, 2014 episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013). A low-quality version of the trailer leaked online on October 22, 2014. In response, Marvel released the high-resolution version of the first trailer on its official YouTube channel the same day. Marvel's official Twitter account announced the official trailer with a sarcastic statement blaming Marvel's villainous organization H.Y.D.R.A. for the leak.
- #031
In an interview with Empire Magazine, writer-director Joss Whedon said he wanted to extend Thor's pool scenes and vision, but the executives issued an ultimatum stating that it could be extended only if it replaced Hawkeye's farm scenes. Whedon chose to keep the farm scenes.
- #033
In the comics, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are mutants by birth. In this film, they gained their powers through H.Y.D.R.A.'s experiments on them. This change relates to Twentieth Century Fox holding the rights to the X-Men film series and the entire mutant concept. The purpose of the change was therefore to sever the film's connection to the X-Men film series in order to avoid legal issues.
- #034
In separate interviews, Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth claimed that Joss Whedon initially did not tell them the plot, and Evans said he did not even know the film's title until the official announcement at Comic-Con. Hemsworth and Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill) also admitted that they did not know who Ultron was.
- #035
When Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Taylor-Johnson learned that their roles as Wanda and Pietro Maximoff would be based on the "Marvel Ultimates" versions, they read and studied every issue to prepare for the role.
- #036
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The film sets up future Marvel films. The existence of Ulysses Klaue and the fictional country of Wakanda set up Black Panther (2018). Thor's apocalyptic visions of Asgard and the Infinity Stones laid the groundwork for Thor: Ragnarok (2017). The new Avengers coming together and the departures of Tony Stark and Hawkeye set up Captain America: Civil War (2016). Thanos taking the Infinity Gauntlet sets up Avengers: Infinity War (2018).
- #037
The film takes its name from the 2013 Marvel comic book series "Age of Ultron." However, producer Kevin Feige stated that the comic in question would not be used as a story: "We found a few titles, but a new comic comes out every month and 'Age Of Ultron' is a great title. There were a few more 'Of Ultrons' but it was the best. So we're borrowing that title, but we're taking the stories from decades of Avengers stories."
- #038
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At roughly the 28-minute mark, Steve Rogers (Captain America) is the only Avenger besides Thor and The Vision who manages to move the enchanted hammer Mjölnir even slightly. In the comics, as seen most notably in the 2012 crossover event "Fear Itself," he succeeded in lifting it completely.
- #039
The "Marvel Ultimates" comics are famous for telling the controversial incest story between Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. According to Elizabeth Olsen, although that particular angle is not explicitly present in the film, she and Aaron Taylor-Johnson "played around" with it in certain parts: "Whenever you see a picture of them, they're always holding each other's hands and looking over each other's shoulders. They're always very close, it's almost uncomfortable. Aaron and I just play around with that kind of imagery for ourselves."
- #040
In the comics, Black Widow was a former ballerina who was subjected to mental conditioning and experimentation. Scarlett Johansson describes this part of her past as critical to her role in this film: "She realizes that she never made an active choice, that she's a product of other people's imposition. That's going to catch up with her. It's going to have a huge effect. It has to be a result of that awareness. You'll see her actively making some choices in her life, for better or worse."
- #041
Hugh Jackman, who played Wolverine in the X-Men film series, said he wanted to play Wolverine in the Avengers sequel despite the rights issues over X-Men between Marvel and Twentieth Century Fox. Jackman stated that he wanted to see Wolverine fight Iron Man. Recently, however, rumors spread that Twentieth Century Fox and Marvel had met to discuss an unknown deal. This could potentially involve a deal similar to the one between Sony and Marvel that gave Marvel the ability to bring Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Wolverine first appeared in the comics as an enemy of The Incredible Hulk. During the Avengers vs. X-Men comic event, he was a rival to Captain America.
- #042
Elizabeth Olsen described Scarlet Witch as unbalanced: "She has so much information that she can't learn how to control it. No one taught her how to control it properly, so it affects her in the best way. It's not that she's mentally insane, it's just that she's overstimulated and can connect to this world and parallel worlds at the same time."
- #043
Aaron Taylor-Johnson explained that his approach to Quicksilver was inspired by the "Marvel Ultimates" comics: "He and his sister were abandoned by their parents and grew up in Eastern Europe defending and looking out for themselves and each other. His sister is really his guide, she's the one who looks after him emotionally, and vice versa. He's physically overprotective, he doesn't want anyone to touch her."
- #044
Joss Whedon described the film as "Smaller. More personal. More painful. The next thing that needs to happen to these characters isn't a repeat of what worked the first time. A theme that is completely fresh and organic unto itself."
- #045
The opening of this film takes place in the mid-credits scene of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).
- #046
Elizabeth Olsen worked with a dance choreographer to make her movements more graceful in the action scenes.
- #047
Hawkeye's new uniform combines elements of the original Marvel Comics costume, the Ultimate Marvel costume and the Ronin identity.
- #048
About two hundred small-town German cinemas boycotted the film after its release, following Disney's announcement that it was demanding fifty-three percent of ticket sales as film rental without taking into account the smaller size of small-town venues.
- #049
At roughly 1 hour 17 minutes, in Thor's vision, a brief glimpse of the four Infinity Stones revealed so far comes together to form sixty-six percent of the spiritual image of the Infinity Gauntlet (including the Orb, the Scepter, the Aether and the Tesseract). In this shot, it is revealed that the Aether and the Tesseract are actually a kind of vessel for the Infinity Stones inside them. The Tesseract is shown shattering to reveal a more egg-shaped blue gem, and the Aether disperses to reveal an egg-shaped red gem.
- #050
The Hulkbuster armor is shown to have at least 9 arc reactors: 3 arc reactors at the front (one on the chest and one on each knee) and 6 at the back (4 on the back and one on each calf). Not counting the arc reactor of the suit worn underneath the Hulkbuster, we can easily say that 9 arc reactors are needed to power the giant suit.
- #051
The opening sequence, in which all the Avengers fight together and support each other in Sokovia, was the last scene of the film to be completed.
- #053
Character screen times: Captain America = 50:25 Iron Man = 45:34 Black Widow = 33:07 Quicksilver = 26:43 Bruce Banner/The Incredible Hulk = 23:55 Scarlet Witch = 20:59 Hawkeye = 19:56 Thor = 14:18 The Vision = 8:41.
- #054
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The boy Costel (Isaac Andrews), saved by Hawkeye and Quicksilver at the end of the film, is the same boy who initially appears looking at one of the Iron Legion drones in the market in Sokovia (specifically, the first body Ultron occupies after his birth).
- #055
Writer and director Joss Whedon described Ultron as the perfect villain for the Avengers: "There's a bee in his bonnet, he's always trying to destroy the Avengers. He's not a happy guy, which means he's an interesting guy. He's in pain."
- #056
Klaue is seen wearing a clawed necklace. The comics state that he obtained it by killing T'Chaka, King of Wakanda and father of the current Black Panther (2018), T'Challa.
- #057
In an interview, Elizabeth Olsen said she was happy that her character's costume was not faithful to the comics, because it would not have been suitable for fighting.
- #058
(At about 1 hour 35 minutes) While Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is choosing a new artificial intelligence, one of the chips says "Tadashi," a reference to the chip in Baymax from Big Hero 6 (2014), another Disney feature based on Marvel Comics.
- #059
In the comics it was the Wasp who gave The Vision his name, and she was shocked when she first saw him. In this film he takes his name from Thor and Ultron. Thor refers to him as a "vision" received in the form of a prophecy, and Ultron refers to him as the object of a "vision" for the future.
- #060
(At about 25 minutes) In his cameo, after getting drunk, Stan Lee says "Excelsior," the same expression he used to close his weekly "Stan's Soapbox," which appeared in every Marvel comic.
- #061
Although Ultron and The Vision appear to have two different personalities, they share the same origins. Both came from the Mind Stone. Ultron was born from an inert intelligence inside the Mind Stone, while Vision was born from the rest of the Stone's contents. So in a sense they are the "good" and "bad" of the Mind Stone, which suggests that the other Infinity Stones may have their own kinds of intelligence and personality.
- #062
With over 3,000 shots, this film has more visual effects shots than any other Marvel film to date. Previously Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) held the record with 2,750 shots.
- #063
Neither Quicksilver nor Scarlet Witch is called by a superhero name in this film. They are referred to as "the Enhanced," "the Twins," or by their full names, Pietro and Wanda Maximoff. However, during his fight with The Incredible Hulk, Tony Stark calls Wanda "witch."
- #064
Apart from Tony Stark's cameo in The Incredible Hulk (2008), this film marks the first Marvel Cinematic Universe appearance without Pepper Potts. It is also the only Iron Man or Avengers film in which Pepper Potts does not appear.
- #067
In The Avengers (2012), Banner is shown as The Incredible Hulk but is never shown returning to Banner. In this film, Banner is never shown becoming The Incredible Hulk, but he is shown returning to Banner.
- #068
To give the film an aesthetic that was different and fresh compared to the previous one, Joss Whedon wanted to get a "number of different looks and textures and moods," and for this reason shot in different parts of the world, including South Africa, England, Italy and South Korea.
- #070
According to visual effects supervisor Ben Snow, The Incredible Hulk was redesigned to be closer to Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner). This was achieved by programming a muscle system onto Ruffalo's existing muscles: "I don't want to see a Hulk who comes in and has no muscles and deforms in a smooth way. When you flex a muscle, it retains its volume, it can become tighter, its shape changes. Using research, we made the muscle not just squash but actually change shape in a movement like bending an arm. In the end we moved toward something much more physical and accurate; there was a three-dimensional mesh driving a two-dimensional sliding skin mesh and then a soft spring mechanism connecting them."
- #071
The first word spoken by an Avenger in the film is "shit."
- #072
Robert Downey Jr. described Ultron's creation as a process of becoming aware of limitations: "The downside of self-sacrifice is that if you come back, you're somewhere in there, you get turned over a few times and you feel a little burned and traumatized. Tony Stark has done this at least nine times by now, so he wants to take a break from saving the world. So his focus is more on how we can achieve this so that there's no problem in the first place. You know, there's a sentry on the string of our planet, that's the big idea."
- #073
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(At about 2 hours 5 minutes) Hawkeye's newborn son's middle name is "Pietro." This is in honor of Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver), who saved Hawkeye's life.
- #074
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(At about 2 hours) When The Vision rescues Scarlet Witch and carries her away, they have a "moment" in the comics, and later in WandaVision (2021) the two marry.
- #075
Cobie Smulders described Maria Hill as someone shocked by Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014): "We come into a film where we don't really know who the good guy is and who the bad guy is, and she's trying to figure that out throughout this film. She doesn't sleep at all, she does all the work. She doesn't have the kind of manpower she had at S.H.I.E.L.D."
- #077
(At about 1 hour 3 minutes) Clint Barton is called "Hawkeye" by his wife Laura only once in the entire film.
- #079
Although its name is mentioned for the first time and it plays an important role in the plot, this actually marks the second time the fictional kingdom of Wakanda appears in a Marvel film. Wakanda could be seen as one of the hotspots on Nick Fury's map in Iron Man 2 (2010). In the comics, Wakanda is ruled by T'Challa, better known as Black Panther (2018), who would make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Captain America: Civil War (2016).
- #080
In the footage presented at Comic-Con 2013, the dialogue of Iron Man, Captain America, Bruce Banner, Nick Fury and Maria Hill was taken from The Avengers (2012), but Thor's was taken from a deleted scene from Thor: The Dark World (2013).
- #081
According to visual effects supervisor Paul Butterworth, the hologram design of J.A.R.V.I.S. is based on an orrery, that is, a clockwork device. Ultron's hologram was designed to be more complex and unstable: "It has a lot of biotech shells and strange directional spheres that curl, move and fold. Sometimes it can be like a rhombus, and sometimes like a sphere."
- #082
Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen worked back to back; first they played husband and wife in Godzilla (2014), and now brother and sister in this film.
- #083
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(At about 11 minutes) The detailed sculpture depicting the Avengers fighting Ultron on a rock, as seen in the title sequence, resembles the same rock Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) sees in his vision, with all his comrades lying dead or dying on it.
- #084
Robert Downey Jr., Jeremy Renner, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Scarlett Johansson were called in to do several reshoots three months before the film's premiere.
- #085
In the comics, the supervillain Ulysses Klaue was manipulated into fighting the Avengers by the Crimson Cowl, an alias of Ultron. That event is introduced in this film, but it leads into Black Panther (2018), where Klaue becomes the hero's enemy.
- #086
Pietro and Wanda Maximoff's general costumes in this film are a tribute to their appearances in X-Men: Evolution (2000), where Pietro wore blue jeans and sports shirts and Wanda wore a black dress and a red jacket.
- #087
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Thanos, briefly introduced in this film's end credits sequence (his mission is to wipe out half of all life in the universe), is based on Thanatos, the rarely mentioned and even more rarely seen Greek personification of death.
- #088
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At around the 45th minute, Ultron cuts off Ulysses Klaue's (Andy Serkis) hand. In the comics, his hand was cut off by Black Panther and replaced with a sound emitter made of vibranium.
- #089
Joss Whedon drew inspiration from The Godfather Part II (1974): "It's a very different film from the first one and tons of stuff happened in between, but you don't need any information. What has happened since then, what's different, and why this is a different film, why it's a different structure and why it's darker, is in the film. It's all there, you're in the vernacular of the first film and you're ready to settle into this new place, and hopefully that's the case with my film too."
- #090
In the comics, Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes (War Machine) served on three different Avengers teams: the main Avengers, the West Coast Avengers (led by Hawkeye) and the Secret Avengers (led by Captain America). Here, all three Avengers members are on the same team.
- #092
Twin sisters Imogen Poynton and Isabella Poynton play Clint Barton's daughter Lila Barton in Age of Ultron. A year earlier, they had also played the daughter of John C. Reilly's character Corpsman Rhomann Dey in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).
- #093
The visual effects team designed Ultron's main body inspired by a Swiss watch: "He is the perfect robot, he's elegant, beautiful, and sophisticated."
- #095
Joss Whedon describes Ultron as having a mission: "Ultron sees the big picture and decides to implement a violent and terrifying radical change to make everything better. He wants to save us."
- #097
In Iron Man 3 (2013), if you look closely at the scene in which Maya, Tony and Pepper discuss the giant plush rabbit in the living room, you can see that Tony has hung a stocking for J.A.R.V.I.S. The stocking is in the same colors (red, green and yellow) as the android The Vision, into whom Tony and Bruce put J.A.R.V.I.S. in this film.
- #098
At the end of this film, Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) wears a new costume based on her "Uncanny Avengers" uniform (a low-cut blouse and trousers, with a jacket over them).
- #099
Ultron takes various Iron Man armors for his body. This is a reference to Tony Stark designing a sentient armor in the comics that lost its morality and tried to kill Stark. That, meanwhile, was the work of this Ultron. He had developed an android named J.O.C.A.S.T.A., which eventually rebelled against its master and became an Avenger and Tony Stark's mechanical assistant, but suffered from being programmed to rebuild Ultron.
- #100
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019) were announced before this film's premiere.
- #101
For this film, production designer Charles Wood and his team built a massive new Avengers Tower set, the largest set ever built for a Marvel film. Much of the film takes place there, on many different levels. A large window opens onto a view of New York City, and the Quinjet's hangar can also be seen. All of the multiple environments are connected, with the ability to move from the lower floor to the upper floor and from the lower floor upward.
- #102
As the Vision, Paul Bettany wore a scalp and head prosthesis attached from his forehead around his ears, down his neck and to his shoulders, along with a small chin piece, and then cranberry-purple paint was applied to his face and neck.
- #104
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At the end of the film (around the 2-hour 7-minute mark), Natasha receives a video of Barton's son wearing a onesie reading "Nathaniel Pietro Barton." This shows he was named after the two people who saved Barton's life: Natasha (Black Widow) and Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver).
- #106
The Black Widow motorcycle used in the trailers is a Harley-Davidson Project Livewire in the film — an electric prototype that is actually touring the United States to test market demand.
- #107
To keep the production secret, the film's working title was "After Party."
- #108
At around the 1-hour 27-minute mark, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) wears a Bruce Lee T-shirt. Downey holds a black belt in Wing Chun.
- #109
In the comics, Ultron was an android with glowing eyes and mouth. His final body in the film has these features as a nod to his comic-book appearance.
- #112
The fictional Eastern European country of Sokovia is Fort Bard and the Aosta Valley in Italy (on the border with France and Switzerland), with Cyrillic letters covering the local storefronts.
- #113
Ultron and the Vision were designed to share features with the general Iron Man armor design.
- #114
The Avengers tower seen in the film had been introduced in The Avengers (2012), but it appeared as an Easter egg in a scene in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). When the Helicarriers are activated, before Rogers shuts them down, you can see the completed Avengers tower alongside a picture of Tony Stark.
- #115
Unlike his other roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Incredible Hulk does not speak a single word in this film.
- #116
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(At about 1 hour 40 minutes) During the kiss between Black Widow and Bruce Banner, before Bruce is pushed off the cliff, the orchestra theme that swells and suddenly stops was removed from the Kingdom Hearts video game series.
- #117
Andy Serkis considers his role to be more of a cameo than a real role in the film.
- #118
In the big fight scene, Ultron uses a sentry to ramble at Captain America, and Captain America pierces it with his shield and throws it off the bridge. At the end of the film, Vision finds a sentry wandering the forest trying to escape. They are one and the same.
- #120
(At about 3 minutes) Henry Goodman (Dr. List) appears in a scene at the beginning of the film in which the H.Y.D.R.A. base is attacked by the Avengers. He played the same character in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013). He also appeared in the mid-credits scene of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).
- #121
The sound effect used for Vision (Paul Bettany) using the Infinity Stone is the same as the sound used for Rey's (Daisy Ridley) blaster in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015). The sound for both films was done by Skywalker Sound.
- #122
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(At about 1 hour 45 minutes) Foreshadowing Quicksilver's death, Captain America tells Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, "If you get hurt, hurt 'em back, if you get killed, walk it off." Cap says all of this while cutting between showing the three characters he is speaking to. When he says "if you get killed, walk it off," Quicksilver is shown.
- #123
This film has additional music composed by Danny Elfman. This was Elfman's fifth superhero venture, after Tim Burton's Batman films, The Flash (1990), Sam Raimi's Spider-Man films and Ang Lee's Hulk (2003).
- #124
In this film, all of the original Avengers except Hawkeye are manipulated in some way by Scarlet Witch. Hawkeye was the only Avengers member under Loki's mind control in The Avengers (2012).
- #125
Joss Whedon said that although directing this film was exhausting, he would still be interested in directing other superhero films in the future, and that Spider-Man and Batman were even discussed as interesting projects to take on.
- #126
Falcon's friend Redwing appears for the first time in the film. In the comics, Sam Wilson has a real falcon companion named Redwing; he had a psychic bond not only with that bird but with all birds, which allowed him to see and hear through them. The root of Wilson's superhero name Falcon is also this connection with Redwing; the wing harness that lets him fly later came with the permission of King T'Challa, also known as Black Panther. In this film all of this was simplified by turning Redwing into a small mechanical aerial drone that Falcon can use for reconnaissance via an audiovisual link.
- #127
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During the events of WandaVision (2021), Agatha Harkness theorizes that the reason Stark's missile/bomb did not explode was that Wanda already had some kind of power and unknowingly cast a probability spell to prevent it from exploding and killing her and her brother.
- #128
In this film, Quicksilver/Pietro Maximoff is played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson. In X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019), Quicksilver/Peter Maximoff was played by Evan Peters. Both actors appeared in Kick-Ass (2010).
- #129
In South Korea, filming took place in the Gangnam district, where the popular song "Gangnam Style" originated. The cast and crew danced to this song during breaks.
- #131
Large parts of the film were shot at the Hendon Police Training College in North London. The bronze statue seen in the town square belongs to Sir Robert Peel, founder of the modern police force (and the reason police officers are known as "Bobbies" and "Peelers"), and could not be removed for filming. Instead it was altered to look like Vladimir Lenin.
- #132
If Marvel Studios had held the rights, this film would have featured the three strongest fictional metals in the Marvel universe: vibranium (Cap's shield), uru (Thor's hammer) and adamantium (Ultron's original body). However, because Twentieth Century Fox owns the rights to everything related to X-Men, adamantium is never mentioned in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- #133
As of this film, eight different MCU actors shared the same birthdays but were born in different years. February 9: Tom Hiddleston (Loki), born in 1981, and Michael B. Jordan (Killmonger), born in 1987. June 13: Stellan Skarsgård (Dr. Erik Selvig), born in 1951; Chris Evans (Captain America), born in 1981; Kat Dennings (Darcy Lewis) and Elizabeth Olsen's real-life sisters Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen, born in 1986; and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Quicksilver), born in 1990. November 22: Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner), born in 1967, and Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), born in 1984.
- #135
This film takes place immediately after the nineteenth episode of the second season of Agents of S. H. I. E. L. D. (2013).
- #136
One of the highest-grossing opening days ever for any film, it reached approximately $85 million on its first day.
- #137
Thor and The Incredible Hulk would not be seen again until Thor: Ragnarok (2017).
- #138
Ultron sets out as a peacekeeping force. This serves as a tribute to Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010), from which he shares a similar origin.
- #140
When it is jokingly suggested that Tony could be king of Asgard, he says he would reinstate "prima nocta." This was an ancient practice in which kings were reputed to claim the right to be the first to have sex with any of their newly married subjects.
- #141
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When Thor has his first vision of Asgard, Heimdall refers to Thor as "first son of Odin" rather than "firstborn" or "eldest son of Odin." This foreshadows Hela's emergence as Odin's first child in Thor: Ragnarok (2017).
- #142
Specialist Cameron Klein (Aaron Himelstein), who in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) refused to side with HYDRA and launch the Helicarriers, is on the bridge of Nick Fury's Helicarrier.
- #143
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Quicksilver dies while saving Hawkeye and the Sokovian child. In X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Quicksilver moves so fast that bullets appear almost motionless to him. There is evidence in this film that Quicksilver could be as fast as his "Days of Future Past" counterpart (for example, he is able to try to catch Mjölnir in mid-air). This led to some debate among fans who believed Quicksilver should have been able to dodge the bullets at the end of this film. A partial explanation lies in the licensing agreement between Marvel Studios and 20th Century Fox, under which no reference may be made in a Marvel film to Quicksilver's relationship with the X-Men, or vice versa. Additionally, the writers of this film deliberately reduced the scope of Quicksilver's power, which served to further distinguish him from his X-Men counterpart.
- #145
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At the start of the film, Thor and Cap perform a move in battle in which Thor strikes Cap's shield with his hammer and lightning, which is then redirected at their enemies. This effect was first shown in the first Avengers film, during the fight between Thor, Iron Man and Cap. However, when Thor tried to shatter Cap's shield with Mjolnir and saw the resulting destruction, the explosion caused them to stop fighting and come together.
- #146
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The first two Avengers films have mid-credits scenes about Thanos that in some way express his wrath toward Earth and the human race. This sets up Avengers: Infinity War (2018).
- #147
The title card does not appear until twelve minutes into the film.
- #148
During the fight between Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, The Incredible Hulk was initially going to turn grey, as a tribute to the original color chosen for The Incredible Hulk when he first appeared in Marvel Comics.
- #149
In the comics, The Vision was created by Ultron to kill the Avengers. In this film he is created by Ultron, given a mind and core ideals by Bruce Banner and Tony Stark, and then brought to life by Thor to help the Avengers.
- #151
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Nick Fury is seen cutting a sandwich diagonally in the kitchen of Hawkeye's farmhouse. In Captain Marvel (2019), Carol Danvers asks him to prove he is not a Skrull by naming "a detail so bizarre a Skrull can never fabricate it," and Fury says he "can't eat toast if it's cut diagonally." In the final title sequence scene of Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019), it is revealed that the Skrull Talos was hired to impersonate Nick Fury from time to time, as Fury prepares to oversee various operations aboard a Skrull spaceship.
- #152
This is the fifth installment of Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- #153
War Machine (Colonel James Rhodes) did not appear in any trailer until the eighteenth TV spot, aside from the scene in Avengers Tower where the Avengers try to lift Mjolnir. There he clearly lacks the Iron Patriot color scheme, which was most likely scrapped between the events of Iron Man 3 (2013) and this film. Even so, he still puts on the same warning display against Iron Patriot as seen in Iron Man 3 (2013).
- #155
Saoirse Ronan was considered to play Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch).
- #156
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In the mid-credits scene, Thanos (Josh Brolin) takes the Infinity Gauntlet in his left hand and says, "fine, I'll do it myself." This gauntlet is the real Infinity Gauntlet. In the comic published in 1990, after Thanos is ordered by Mistress Death (the personification of death in the Marvel Universe) to wipe out half the population of the entire universe, he uses the Gauntlet to reunite the six Infinity Stones in order to increase his power. Although this is the Gauntlet Thanos will use, the Marvel Cinematic Universe contains two Gauntlets, including the one shown in the vault in Thor (2011). That is why in Thor: Ragnarok (2017), when Hela (Cate Blanchett) visits the vault, she claims Asgard's Gauntlet is fake.
- #158
Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) and Anthony Mackie (The Falcon) both appeared in The Hurt Locker (2008).
- #159
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During the wood-chopping scene with Steve and Tony at Clint's house, Steve is consistently harsh with Tony about not saying anything. This is somewhat hypocritical, because during the events of the previous Captain America film, Zola told Steve that H.Y.D.R.A. and the Winter Soldier were responsible for the deaths of Tony's parents, and Steve learned that Bucky Barnes was the Winter Soldier. Steve also failed to tell the rest of the team that he was trying to find Bucky, as shown when Sam and Steve talk at the party and Sam tells Steve he is still working the missing persons case. This major omission by Steve is the main cause of the disagreement between Steve and Tony during the events of Civil War, and its consequences play out in the following two Avengers films.
- #161
Falcon's costume seen at the end of this film differs slightly from the one in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). Although it is still primarily based on his Ultimate Marvel counterpart, some red and white was added to the flight suit as a nod to the original red-and-white Falcon-themed costume from the mainstream comics. This became the standard costume design for Falcon in his later Marvel films.
- #162
At around the 45-minute mark, during Ultron's rage at being compared to Tony Stark, the discs and plates forming his cheeks appear to vanish, then return when he confronts Thor, Captain America and Iron Man. It is possible that when he is angry these cheek plates retract to allow greater articulation of his jaw, mainly to express speech and possibly as a nod to Ultron's open-mouthed face in the comics.
- #163
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When Cap confronts Strucker at the start of the film and calls him one of Hydra's thugs, Strucker points out that he is technically a thug for S.H.I.E.L.D. Cap replies that this technically means Strucker has been unemployed since Cap brought down S.H.I.E.L.D. in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). What Cap does not know is that S.H.I.E.L.D. still exists, because in the first-season finale of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Fury appointed Coulson Director and tasked him with rebuilding it; in fact, Coulson is the one who discovered Strucker's hiding place and Loki's scepter and sent the information to Hill so the Avengers could retrieve it. This also means Fury was technically telling the truth when he told Stark he was not in charge of anything, since he had handed that task to Coulson.
- #164
During Ultron's first attack on the Avengers at Stark/Avengers Tower, Mark Ruffalo burying his face in Scarlett Johansson's cleavage as they scrambled frantically for cover was completely unintentional. Both kept their composure as best they could throughout the scene, but a few seconds later they began laughing hysterically. There was still enough footage for it to be included in the film's final cut, which amused them.
- #165
In the comics, Ultron was built by Dr. Hank Pym (Ant-Man) as a peacekeeping force. The character was left out of this film, however, because he was to be a major character in Marvel Studios' next film: Ant-Man (2015). Despite being a founding member of the Avengers and the main character of the Age of Ultron story, this is the second Avengers film to leave out Dr. Hank Pym.
- #166
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Both Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are recruited for the Avengers, as in the comics. Captain America brings them onto the team after seeing the good in them.
- #167
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Marvel said the title of the fourth Avengers film in the MCU had been mentioned before. While explaining his reasons for trying to create Ultron, Tony of course refers to the hardship he experienced in the previous Avengers film, which parallels the events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). All three Avengers films feature a "hostile invading alien force." Tony then points to the sky/the void and tells the assembled Avengers, "That right there is the endgame." The fourth Avengers film is, of course, titled "Avengers: Endgame."
- #168
As of May 17, 2015, it became the third Marvel Cinematic Universe film to pass $1 billion worldwide in only 24 days.
- #169
Robert Downey Jr. and James Spader appeared together in Tuff Turf (1985) and Less Than Zero (1987). Tuff Turf (1985) even has a scene in which Spader leaves a party and there is graffiti reading "The New Avengers" on a brick wall.
- #170
This is the first full film since Iron Man (2008) in which Tony Stark does not have an arc reactor in his chest (the arc reactor had been removed in the post-credits scene of Iron Man 3 (2013), when Tony visits the ruins of his house).
- #171
In the comics, Helen Cho is the mother of Amadeus Cho (Mastermind Excello), the seventh-smartest man in the world. Marvel recently announced that Amadeus Cho would become the new Hulk (Totally Awesome Hulk) starting in December 2015.
- #173
Cap's nightmare is his fear that he cannot live in a world without conflict. In the extended version of the scene in which Maria Hill tells Rogers what Ultron has been doing since the attack, Hill senses this after suggesting the theory that Ultron may have done what needed to be done by killing Strucker, and Cap says that if Ultron thinks he will bring world peace, he will hang up his shield. Hill says that "Would you?" casts doubt on Rogers' statement.
- #174
Although the Avengers' slogan is "Avengers Assemble," the word assemble is never used in this film. At the end of the film, when Captain America looks at the New Avengers and says "Avengers," it is mocked by cutting to a black screen.
- #175
Robert Downey Jr. and Aaron Taylor-Johnson both played incarnations of Charlie Chaplin. Downey played him in Chaplin (1992), and Taylor-Johnson played a younger version of Chaplin in Shanghai Knights (2003).
- #176
Aaron Taylor-Johnson's costumes were deliberately made up of "sporty, long-sleeve, cycle top, compression t-shirts and things like that" and "give an idea and sense of it," so that his physique could be shown.
- #177
In this film Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow) is thirty years old and is one year older than Steve Rogers (Captain America), who is (biologically) only twenty-nine. In real life, Scarlett Johansson is three years younger than Chris Evans.
- #178
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Ultron turns to evil just one minute after his creation.
- #179
Long before the film's premiere, Joss Whedon had said that Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch would not be close allies of the Avengers.
- #180
According to visual effects supervisor Ben Snow, the cyberspace sequences were based on a planetarium: "The Internet grows out of nothing into these forms made of a huge amount of glass cubes with colored data inside them. Objects form, then shatter and form another structure; they're like moving sculptures."
- #181
Vision's creation in this film shares many parallels with Frankenstein's monster, including the debates surrounding his creation and the lightning Thor summons to finish the process and bring him to life.
- #182
Black Widow's high-tech costume was influenced by Tron: Legacy (2010).
- #183
Tony Stark can be said to be both the hero and the antagonist of this film. He creates Ultron to defend and protect the Earth, but Ultron, who carries Stark's personality, turns to evil, sees humanity as a greater threat to peace and sets out to wipe out the human race.
- #184
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At the end of the film we can see The New Avengers: Scarlet Witch, Vision, Falcon and War Machine.
- #185
Although this was Joss Whedon's first directorial sequel, his first theatrical directing credit was Serenity (2005), which served as a follow-up to the television series Firefly (2002).
- #186
(At around the 39th minute) When Pietro tells Ultron how he and his sister lost their parents, Wanda's eyes glow red as she says "Stark." They also glow when she uses her powers.
- #187
The scene between Banner and Romanov at the start of the final battle was a last-minute affair, and the actors were not available at the same time. Mark Ruffalo performed opposite one of Scarlett Johansson's stand-ins, while Johansson performed opposite Sean Maher, who has appeared in many Whedon projects.
- #188
Right after Vision emerges from the cradle, Stark stands next to a crate. EMC2 can be seen on it. This may be a reference to Einstein's equation E=MC squared, the equivalence of energy, since Thor's intervention was needed to apply a massive amount of energy to complete Vision's birth process.
- #190
(At around 20 minutes) At the start of the film, as the Avengers return from Sokovia, Bruce Banner is listening to an aria from the opera "Norma," "Casta Diva." It is about a priestess who loves the proconsul Pollione and also loves another priestess, Adalgisa. Similarly to Bruce Banner, Black Widow loves him but also loves Betty Ross.
- #191
Vision was not shown until the third trailer.
- #192
This is the second comic book film Andy Serkis shot after working on The Adventures of Tintin (2011).
- #193
Bruce Banner was portrayed by the same actor in two consecutive films for the first time since the three made-for-television films based on the Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno version. Thanks to motion capture, CGI and animation, The Incredible Hulk was never portrayed in both his human and Hulk forms by the same actor.
- #194
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All four of the Avengers who have solo films are grabbed by the throat in this film. Iron Man is choked by Thor, The Incredible Hulk is choked by Iron Man, and Thor and Captain America are choked by Ultron.
- #196
This is Aaron Taylor-Johnson's fourth comic book film, after Kick-Ass (2010), Kick-Ass 2 (2013) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).
- #197
In the comics and cartoons, Ultron created The Vision to help him defeat the Avengers. In this film, The Vision was meant to be Ultron's next form rather than his most powerful servant.
- #198
(At around 1 hour 8 minutes) Although the phrase "Earth's Mightiest Heroes" is used in a line of dialogue in the film, none of the characters actually says the word "Assemble." Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010) and Avengers Assemble (2012) are two animated series adaptations of the Marvel comic.
- #200
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Captain America and Iron Man mention that Howard Stark (Tony's father) extracted all of the vibranium in Wakanda several decades earlier. In Black Panther (2018), it is revealed that Wakanda possesses an unlimited reserve of vibranium from a meteor that fell to the country several thousand years ago.
- #202
Many of Quicksilver's scenes were shot outdoors to give his running style a sense of vitality and freedom.
- #203
In the film's final battle, Ultron attacks the fictional Eastern European country of Sokovia. In the Avengers comic book story "Ultron Unlimited," Ultron destroys the fictional Eastern European country of Slorenia.
- #204
The phone Black Widow uses at the end of the film is a Samsung Galaxy S6. Marvel and Samsung ran numerous campaigns for the joint promotion of the film and Samsung's latest flagship.
- #205
The Ultron Sentries are largely based on a comic book variation of Ultron. Their eyes and mouths glow blue, but when Ultron takes control of a body its eyes turn red and it closely resembles Ultron's comic book counterpart.
- #206
When Thor loses control of the lightning in his vision, a bolt striking an Asgardian turns him to dust, foreshadowing the coming of 'The Snap' in Avengers: Infinity War (2018).
- #207
It was the first film released in the new IMAX Laser 3-D format.
- #208
Scarlett Johansson and Robert Downey Jr. appear in the same film for the fourth time, while Johansson and Chris Evans acted together for the fifth time.
- #209
A satellite that Iron Man calls "Veronica" launches a capsule containing the Hulkbuster Armor, which deploys around Iron Man so he can use the Mark XLIV (Hulkbuster). During their fight, another capsule is deployed to follow the Hulkbuster. The compartment below holds spare and attachment parts for the Hulkbuster.
- #210
Nearly every Marvel Cinematic Universe film before this one featured product placement by a car manufacturer (the main exception being Thor: The Dark World (2013), which is set primarily on another planet). Acura signed a placement deal for The Avengers (2012), but Audi took over this time. Audi had previously secured placement in three "Iron Man" films to promote new models not yet on sale in the US. The new Audis shown in various scenes in this film are the S3 Cabriolet and the redesigned 2016 Audi A6 and R8.
- #211
Ultron displays a limited ability to control and manipulate matter. It is possible (though unlikely) for him to integrate Gravitonium into a metal form. Gravitonium is a rare, high-atomic-number element with gravitational properties. With it, one can primarily "harness and manipulate gravity" within or around an object. Gravitonium is explored more extensively in the series "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," which Coulson and his team encounter many times.
- #213
In the script, Ultron's first (crushed) body is called "Ultron Mark I," his second body "Ultron Prime," the Vibranium-coated Prime body "Ultimate Ultron," and his drones "Ultron Sentries." None of these are ever mentioned on screen.
- #214
The Mark XLV Iron Man used in the final battle is said to be the famous Heroic Age or Bleeding Edge Armor that he mainly uses in the comics.
- #215
The Lego sets for this film spoiled parts of the film, such as the Hulkbuster Lego set in which Scarlet Witch causes The Incredible Hulk to rampage.
- #216
After Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), it is the third film in history to cost 300 million dollars or more.
- #218
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When Tony talks with Fury in the barn at Clint's house and tells him about the nightmare Wanda initially showed him, Fury realizes that Tony's greatest fear is everyone dying, while he survives and has to live with the guilt of being the only one left. This is partly true in Avengers: Infinity War (2018), in which Thanos succeeds and wipes out half of all life in the universe. However, in Avengers: Endgame (2019), Tony sacrifices his life so that he dies and everyone else lives.
- #219
Paul Bettany created the personification of J.A.R.V.I.S., and James D'Arcy played Edwin Jarvis in Agent Carter (2015). They also both appeared in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003).
- #220
(At about 29 minutes) Ultron's first body (called Ultron Mark I) resembles a worn, heavily damaged Iron Legion drone with an internal skeleton. However, its limbs appear asymmetrical. This is because Ultron created the first body from disassembled Iron Legion Drone 03 and also used other parts, producing a patchwork look. The robotic bodies seen earlier and later becoming Ultron's drones share this asymmetrical aesthetic. In fact, the only form of Ultron with a symmetrical appearance is the body called "Ultron Prime," which he has when he meets Wanda and Pietro Maximoff in Sokovia.
- #221
Like The Avengers (2012), Jane Foster does not appear in this film and is not seen with Thor at the party at Avengers headquarters. In both films she is only mentioned.
- #222
(At about 48 minutes) Thor declares that he is "mighty." One of Thor's titles is "The Mighty Thor."
- #224
When Ultron reveals himself after Tony's party, the large ring-like device visible in the background is a Cicolette stationary exercise bike. They are very expensive, costing more than 15,000 dollars, which is probably why Tony has one. The bike also bears a faint resemblance to the Q-ships Thanos later uses in the Avengers films.
- #225
As of Summer 2015, it holds the record for the largest share of weekend box office revenue, accounting for 84.5% of the total taken by the twelve highest-grossing films in its opening weekend.
- #227
At the 1:09:11 mark of the film, Steve Rogers (Captain America) and Tony Stark (Iron Man) are chopping wood in front of Clint Barton's (Hawkeye) house. Steve Rogers is wearing a blue shirt with textured details on the shoulders, which seems to evoke the classic comic-book look in which Captain America's uniform has a scale/feather texture in the same area.
- #228
Sir Idris Elba and James Spader appeared in The Office (2005).
- #229
Excluding deleted scenes, Quicksilver has thirty-five lines in the entire film. One of his lines is repeated.
- #230
It is the first Marvel film score to have two composers.
- #231
Tony Stark, the creator of Ultron, was heavily influenced by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Tony Stark built the Ultron android to defend the world, but Ultron's artificial intelligence becomes corrupted and sets out to destroy the human race.
- #232
While Tony tries to restrain the Hulk, several soldiers climb out of khaki-colored vehicles. These are Casspir armored personnel carriers. They have served in South Africa for decades, and their high, V-shaped undercarriage was designed to provide protection against land mines.
- #234
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The creation of Vision, the Battle of Sokovia, Quicksilver's death and the Sokovia Accords are the consequences of Tony Stark's act of creating Ultron.
- #236
It is the first Avengers film not to feature Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, a role she played in The Avengers (2012) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018). It is also the first film in which she does not appear alongside Tony Stark.
- #237
When Captain America encounters Quicksilver, he says: "I've never seen anything like it." In the comics, two of his teammates during World War II were in fact fast: The Whizzer and Spitfire.
- #238
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Ulysses Klaue loses his hand because of a disagreement with Ultron. He also has a brand on his neck reading "THIEF," which he rubs anxiously while talking about the Vibranium he "acquired." In some cultures, thieves have their hands cut off for the crime they have committed.
- #240
Andy Serkis (Ulysses Klaue) appeared with Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff) in The Prestige (2006), with Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner) and Jennifer Garner in 13 Going on 30 (2004), and with Paul Bettany (Vision) in Inkheart (2008). In all of them, Serkis appears in rare non-motion-capture roles.
- #241
After watching Iron Man 3 (2013), which ends with Iron Man blowing up his suits, Joss Whedon reportedly said, "Now what am I supposed to do now? What am I going to do in Avengers 2?"
- #242
In the German dub, Ultron has the same voice actor as Edward Norton in The Incredible Hulk (2008).
- #243
Elizabeth Olsen plays Wanda Maximoff, the twin sister of Quicksilver. Olsen is one year older than Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
- #244
(At about 1 hour 11 minutes) There is a vintage metal sign for Gillette razors in the Bartons' barn. Bruce Banner is also seen shaving with a Gillette razor (Fusion Proglide).
- #245
The film was released three days short of exactly three years after The Avengers (2012) (The Avengers: 5/4/12, Avengers: Age of Ultron: 5/1/15).
- #247
This is the film that allowed the MCU to overtake Harry Potter as the highest-grossing film series.
- #248
It became the first Marvel Cinematic Universe film to sell more than ten million tickets in South Korea.
- #249
About 29 minutes in, after the party at Avengers Tower, all the Avengers except Black Widow try to lift Mjölnir. According to Marvel Comics, the hammer bears the inscription "Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor," which makes Tony Stark's "fingerprint" theory partly correct.
- #250
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At about 17 minutes, while Hawkeye sits at a table to let his wound heal, he says the dressing will be made of plastic, and the doctor replies, "No Mr. Barton, it's made of you, even your own girlfriend won't know the difference." Hawkeye says, "I don't have a girlfriend." Later in the film we meet his wife, which proves this.
- #251
Although Vision's first live appearance came in the third trailer, his image had already appeared in the promotional art showing the Avengers fighting Ultron's army. He can be seen in the left background of the image.
- #252
In a 2015 interview, Joss Whedon said the pool scene with Thor was originally much longer but that he was pressured to cut it. He was given the choice of either cutting that scene or losing the scenes at Hawkeye's farm. He chose to keep the Hawkeye scenes.
- #253
Steve Rogers has no trouble drinking Thor's strong Asgardian alcohol at the party because his Super Soldier metabolism prevents him from getting drunk.
- #254
The Barton farm setting was written specifically for Jeremy Renner in case the writers had to write Hawkeye out if Renner chose to move on to other projects. However, the popularity of the character associated with Renner allowed him to sign a new deal.
- #255
James Spader plays Ultron in this film, a villain who feeds on Tony Stark's addiction to repairing and curiously exploring the Mind Stone despite his friends' objections. In Less Than Zero (1987), Spader also plays a villainous character who feeds on the drug addiction of Robert Downey Jr.'s character.
- #256
Robert Downey Jr. reported earning 40 million dollars from this film. That is 16 times the initial upfront salary he received for Iron Man (2008).
- #257
This film marks Hawkeye's second and, to date, last use of a firearm. He fires off-camera to shatter the glass floor Quicksilver is standing on. Meanwhile, the only other film in which he uses a firearm is also Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon.
- #258
Scarlett Johansson was paid 20 million dollars for Iron Man 2 (2010), 50 times the salary she received for that film.
- #259
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At around 1:20, Captain America, Black Widow and Hawkeye are attacking Ultron. Black Widow joins the fight from the Quinjet on a motorcycle, and that motorcycle was a Harley Davidson Livewire. Given the film's release date, this Livewire would have to be a prototype or concept design.
- #260
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In the second trailer, viewers will notice Black Widow carrying two rifles. When the film was released, she did not use those two rifles. Only one rifle was used by Bruce Banner (The Incredible Hulk) to help Black Widow escape from her prison cell.
- #261
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Originally Quicksilver was never going to die. We also would eventually have met Spider-Man and Captain Marvel with The New Avengers. However, they stayed faithful to the scene in this film.
- #262
When Ultron first appears in the first trailer, his head looked black with a pale gold face. With the release of the Hot Toys Iron Man Mark XVIII with a removable Ultron figure (called "Damaged" Ultron Mark I), it turns out his head is dark navy blue with a pale gold face. The black in the trailer is most likely related to the scene's lighting or to a color change in the figure or the CGI image.
- #263
Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) wears Adidas running shoes.
- #264
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Tony Stark responds to Dr. Cho's remark by confirming that his plan is to turn his suit to dust. In Avengers: Infinity War (2018) we see the debut of the Nano Suit made from his "dust-like" robots.
- #265
This is the only Avengers film not composed by Alan Silvestri.
- #266
This is the third Robert Downey Jr. film to feature music composed by Danny Elfman. The others are Back to School (1986) and Weird Science (1985).
- #267
The Helicarrier's appearance is accompanied by the same music composed by Alan Silvestri that plays during the takeoff in The Avengers (2012). Alan Silvestri's Captain America theme also appears in the car chase scene.
- #268
Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr. and James Spader worked with Molly Ringwald in Not Another Teen Movie (2001), The Pick-up Artist (1987) and Pretty in Pink (1986), respectively.
- #272
The South African accent Andy Serkis used was so convincing that even some South African moviegoers thought Serkis was South African. Serkis was born and raised in England.
- #274
While Wanda is messing with the Avengers' minds, after she affects Thor he immediately retorts: "No one can influence me, for I am Mighty!" The title of the Thor comic book was "The Mighty Thor."
- #275
Before this film's premiere, people wondered why The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man (wearing the Hulkbuster armor) were fighting. One popular theory was that they were simply arguing to see who was stronger. In the final cut, they fight because Scarlet Witch manipulates The Incredible Hulk.
- #276
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Both this film and the first Avengers film share a joke in which someone is attacked before they can finish speaking. In the previous Avengers, Loki says "Listen well, brother" before Thor throws him off a cliff, and Loki's earlier line "I'm listening" is delivered as he leans forward and snarls at the empty space where Thor had stood moments before. In this film, during the bridge fight, Thor tosses a falling woman to the Captain to save, and when an Ultron bot attacks the Captain saying he can't save everyone, the Captain cuts it off by impaling it on his shield, then calls it back and throws it off the edge of the flying city, shouting, "You didn't finish!" The joke makes sense because both films were written and directed by Joss Whedon.
- #277
This is not Thomas Kretschmann's first villain role in a Marvel-based film, as he had previously played a villain in Blade II (2002).
- #278
In this film, Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch) has a twin brother. In real life, Olsen has two twin older sisters: Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen.
- #280
Brian Tyler's main theme from Iron Man 3 (2013) appears several times in the music, and part of his score from Thor: The Dark World (2013) can be heard briefly when Thor saves a woman from a falling car in Sokovia.
- #281
In the comics, Iron Man at one point wears a black-and-gold suit with red eyes and thrusters instead of blue while opposing Ultron. In this film, however, none of his suits carry that color scheme. The only outfit resembling the armor in question is the Mark XLI (Bones) armor seen in Iron Man 3 (2013).
- #282
Aaron Taylor-Johnson was considered to play Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).
- #283
(At around 1 hour 50 minutes) In The Judge (2014), Judge Palmer mentions Robert Downey Jr.'s wife "playing hide the pickle." Here, Downey says that Black Widow and Bruce Banner are "playing hide the zucchini."
- #284
Elizabeth Olsen, Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Brolin all appeared in Oldboy (2013).
- #285
The famous proverb "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" had previously been quoted by another comic-book villain, the Joker in The Dark Knight (2008). The Joker, however, replaced "stronger" with "stranger."
- #288
In the comics, Baron Strucker is the father of the supervillains Andrea and Andreas Von Strucker, who appeared as unrelated characters in The Gifted (2017).
- #290
Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch have Russian accents.
- #292
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In 2013, Latino Review claimed the film ended with the Hulk being sent off Earth by the Illuminati, setting up an adaptation of the "Planet Hulk" story in a future film. Apart from the Illuminati's involvement, the rumor turned out to be true, and "Planet Hulk" was adapted as Thor: Ragnarok (2017), which directly continues the Hulk's story from this film. The Illuminati appeared in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022).
- #294
The plot closely resembles the Star Trek Original Series episode The Changeling.
- #295
At the time of its release, Avengers: Age of Ultron was the fifth highest-grossing film worldwide, behind Avatar (2009), Titanic (1997), The Avengers (2012) and Furious 7 (2015).
- #297
It grossed 191 million dollars domestically in its opening weekend, the second-biggest opening in history after The Avengers (2012) with 207 million dollars. Both films were surpassed the following month by Jurassic World (2015) with 209 million dollars.
- #298
It is the first MCU film since Iron Man 2 (2010) to have a single screenwriter, in this case Joss Whedon.
- #300
Coinciding with the film's release, Marvel published the second Avengers Omnibus in 2015.
- #302
It is the only Avengers film to gross under 200 million dollars domestically in its opening weekend.
- #303
The film marks the debuts of Claudia Kim and Dagny Rollins.
- #306
Unlike in some of the comics, Scarlet Witch does not wear a red suit.
- #307
Before Linda Cardellini was cast as Laura Barton in this film, she was considered to play Lois Lane, another superhero love interest, in the film Superman Returns (2006).
- #309
The television broadcast of this box-office hit comic book film: Saturday night in the UK on BBC 1 prime time, 23 March 2024.
- #310
Toward the end of the film, the Big Three discuss Mjolnir's enchantment: the characters' ages (Thor: 1,500, Captain America: 98 and Iron Man: 45) are the exact opposite of the actors' ages (Chris Hemsworth: 32, Chris Evans: 34 and Robert Downey Jr: 50).
- #311
Anthony Mackie, Hayley Atwell and Sir Idris Elba are named in the main credits even though each of them appears in only one scene.
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