Russo Brothers reveal Dhanush inspired many action sequences in Marvel films

Mumbai (Maharashtra): Dhanush has cast his magic in Hollywood as well, with the Netflix film ‘The Gray Man’. He became one of the few Indian actors to have a specially crafted role for him in a big-budgeted Hollywood film and that is a feat in itself. The film is directed by the Russo brothers, who are famous for directing some of the most loved Marvel movies including Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. ETimes reported, during a roundtable conversation, the director duo spilled some insider details on how they came across Dhanush and how his role was tailored-made specifically for him in The Gray Man.

 

 

 

 

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Joe revealed, “It was interesting that while we were working on the Marvel movies, we would research action sequences from other films as inspiration and look for ideas. We have a very good stunt team that we have worked with for years and everyone brings ideas to the table. A lot of times, we'd look at clips from other movies. I noticed that we would see a lot of clips of Dhanush in action.”

He further added, “After seeing two or three clips, I was like 'Who is this? That's how we came to know Dhanush... it was while working on Marvel films. Dhanush inspired a couple of sequences and hand-to-hand combat scenes in those movies.”

Talking about how they decided to make a specific role for Dhanush in Netflix’s most expensive film, Joe said, “When we were working on the Gray Man, it was the perfect opportunity because it was such a global story. The concept is that assassins from all over the world get hired to stop the Gray Man. We thought it would be fantastic to get Dhanush to play the deadliest assassin of them all who is the one who actually does stop him.”

 

 

 

 

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Cracking up the actor himself, Joe stated, “We had no idea if he would respond to the script or if he had any interest in working on a movie like this. We are so grateful that he did because we wrote the part for him and it would have been really sad if he said no.”

Dhanush is not the only Indian actor that the Russo brothers have worked with. They have directed Randeep Hooda in ‘Extraction’ and Priyanka Chopra in ‘Citadel’.