Katherine Langford’s ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Scene Is on Disney+

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There were a lot of reasons to freak out during Avengers: Endgame, although Katherine Langford super fans were probably freaking out for one specific reason: their fave actress was nowhere to be seen. After a very public casting and lots of speculation about who the 13 Reasons Why star would play in the mega Marvel movie, the credits rolled on Endgame without Langford ever appearing once. Needless to say, fans freaked out.

Now, thanks to the magic of Disney+, everyone can finally see Langford’s lone Marvel scene via the “extras” section on the Avengers: Endgame show page. The scene, titled “Tony at the Way Station,” features a touching scene between Robert Downey Jr.’s Marvel hero and Langford as–SPOILER ALERT–his daughter Morgan.

But waitasec–Morgan’s a kid! She was born during the five-year stretch of time between the blip and the events of Endgame! How is this possible?!

As directors Joe and Anthony Russo explain in the directors’ commentary version of the deleted scene, this quick exchange between Tony and his grown-up daughter was originally intended to parallel the scene in Avengers: Infinity War after Thanos snapped his fingers and woke up in a strange, warmly-lit way station and was greeted by a very young Gamora. According to the Russos, the Way Station is one aspect of bearing the power of the Infinity Gauntlet; it allows the wielder to subconsciously create a scenario that will allow them to move on past unfinished business. In Thanos’ case, it was probably his guilt over murdering his daughter. In Tony’s case, it was the pain of sacrificing himself and not knowing if his daughter would grow up happy, or grow up at all. That’s why Morgan appeared as 23-year-old actress Langford, to show Tony that his daughter would grow up and, by her own admission, be happy. This moment gave Iron Man the closure he needed in order to let go and move on.

The moment was cut out of the film, presumably early on in the process as the version presented on Disney+ is without finalized effects. As Joe Russo said, this scene “ground the movie to a halt” and was one of too many ending beats they’d scripted out. You can see another one of those ending moments in the collection of deleted scenes, wherein all the Avengers take a knee on the battlefield. Both moments were removed from the film, as Joe Russo said that when you have too many endings, they all mean less. Another strike against the scene, as Anthony Russo pointed out: the audience didn’t know this version of Morgan Stark, so they had no connection to the character (despite Langford’s excellent acting, he said).

So after all the rumors and speculation and hype, we finally know who Katherine Langford was playing in Avengers: Endgame, and we got to see her in a scene with Iron Man. The only question now is, is there a future for Morgan Stark? Could Langford come back? With a whole slate of Disney+/Marvel shows coming out, you never know…

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