VisionQuest star Paul Bettany once left a complete Avengers: Infinity War script on a plane
Paul Bettany, who stars in Marvel’s VisionQuest, has a story about the perils of carrying a script around. He once left a complete copy of the Avengers: Infinity War screenplay on a plane, and realised what he had done only after he had got into his car. The detail that makes it vivid is the reaction. And I entered my vehicle and thought, oh no, oh no. Anyone who has patrolled an airport departures hall patting their pockets will recognise the feeling, even if what they left behind was a paperback rather than a Marvel blockbuster. Script security on films of that scale is serious business. Marvel productions are famous for secrecy, and with good reason: a plot point leaked in advance can flatten a marketing campaign that cost more than most films. Pages are numbered, watermarked and tracked, and actors are often given only what they need. Print versus digital is part of...
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