Joss Whedon Would Like More Females In ‘AVENGERS 2’, Moi Aussi!

One of Joss Whedon’s calling cards is his ability to write some powerful ladies. However no matter the success of Avengers, its lovely husk was filled with only one female lead. This is an occurrence our Lord Whedon would want to address in the sequel.

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In a recent interview with  Entertainment Weekly,  Joss Whedon  suggested that  The Avengers  was a little heavy on the testosterone and the sequel could use some more female superheroes. That’s a fantastic idea in theory, however, there are two major variables to the statement. First of all, Whedon has to come back or be involved in a second  Avengers. At this point, that’s still up in the air. Second, new female superheroes would have to be introduced in  one of the upcoming Marvel movies. We have no  indication or  evidence  that there are plans to do so.

Can one or both of those things happen? It’s very possible. Read his quote and discuss which women, if any, could hold their own with Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow?

The quotes come from  Entertainment Weekly, who was the only publication to sit down with the writer director as well as his full team of superheroes:

Whedon joked, “I think we need to get some more men on the team,” while Thor’s Chris Hemsworth looked around Johansson at Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, and Samuel L. Jackson and agreed, “Yes, there are too few of us.”

Whedon then got more serious:

Studios will tell you: A woman cannot headline an action movie.  After  The Hunger Games  they might stop telling you that a little bit. Whatever you think of the movie, it’s done a great service. And after  The Avengers, I think it’s changing.

The Scarlet Witch? Wasp? Both could be done up in the sequel, frreally.