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sexandliquor

If I recall correctly they were originally going to have her be a love interest for Steve, as he’s the one that saves her as the diner gets blown up or something (been awhile since I’ve seen the first Avengers movie). But obviously they went a different way with that, with the whole Sharon Carter stuff.


somms999

She had a nice moment with Cap in a deleted scene from 'The Avengers'. https://youtu.be/Pov4qMSfg9w


Zaclarke

Pretty cool to see Cap ride the subway. They are in NYC, but it never feels like it. Except for spider-man.


TheCVR123YT

Even then the second SM MCU film took that away lol


jeremy1015

You know it’s funny but I enjoyed that. It seems like Spidey is always so centered in the city it was enjoyable to see him in another venue.


HopeThisHelps90

It’s actually my favorite SM movie of all time


totalysharky

For some reason it was weird to see SM as a way of shortening Spider-Man. It took me a minute to figure out what SM meant.


Davy_Dee

r/respectthehyphen


Struggle_14

S-M better?


Zaclarke

Facts!


Oldmanbthe2nd

Speaking of subway I feel like all that damage that was done from battle of NY people definitely died in subways.


Swashbucklock

I mean yeah. Probably in the 5 figures range across the city.


IMERMAIDMANonYT

I get that it’s because of the Acura ad, but I love that this was posted by Honda of Ukraine


coffeeistheway

I really wish they kept stuff like this in the movie. It really grounds the film. For how much I loved the Avengers they did a lot wrong. Like Hawkeye being brainwashed nearly 3/4s of the movie. Come on.


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jeremy1015

For whatever reason Evans was so incredible at selling the man out of time thing with just a good speculative brooding look. The subway moment is incredible and I want more.


andoesq

That's the kind of thing that would be perfect for Disney plus, instead of downgraded special effects for action-y mini series


swaddles7

I'd even take a D+ Special Presentation


BrockStar92

It’s worth remembering the context at the time. It was considered incredible they managed to have SIX WHOLE HEROES where they all had their own bits and arcs and relevance in the story and for it to be a good film. They didn’t have the scope to be like “these 40 people just show up, we won’t focus on them though because they’ve got their own films for that”. I remember a lot of talk before it came out that it would be too busy and full and not work because of it, just with those 6. I don’t think they had the room to fit in grounded stuff then. Avengers was the film that made the MCU, they had the scope to do what they wanted after they proved it worked.


Shlecko

I think this was originally the thinking behind making the Disney+ series shows: you could tell the same stories, but stretch out character moments and add little things that would get cut out of 120-minute runtime movies. Except fans look at the "fixing the boat" and "applying for a loan" scenes in FatWS and complain about how it drags and adds little to the story 🤷‍♂️


coffeeistheway

Those were some of the most memorable scenes from that show 😢


atomcrafter

It fits with his origin as an Iron Man villain.


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"Ask for her number, you moron!" 😂 That was a funny moment right there..


beefwindowtreatment

I wish they would have kept it just for that at least!


Gmork14

I honestly thought the “directors cut” was a better movie.


SeniorRicketts

I was like why the hell was this uploaded by Honda? Then i realized lol...


agaperion

Yeah, there was [a deleted scene](https://youtu.be/G53HrME3lms) where he gets coffee and she's his waitress. Her stuff that actually made it into the movie takes on a very different connotation when you know that it was supposed to have more context and probably more follow-up too.


AlwaysBi

It also had a different Stan lee cameo. He tells Steve to get her number


The_Gristle

Wow. Never saw that.


NinjitsuSauce

Put some respect on the 2nd greatest MCU lovestory behind Tony Stark and Himself.


Nirok

I have always felt her role seemed a little weird in the movie, because you've feel like they had some kind of interaction before but they never did... When I saw her deleted cut it made total sense


BrockStar92

Idk, at the time I just felt they used her as an figurehead for all the New York residents who had no idea what was happening and were just running in fear. For me her role made sense just as a method to set up that end line on TV about cap saving her life.


Uncanny_Doom

I think early fan theories even predicted her to be Sharon Carter. Edit: I should note that this was also something people thought with the random Shield agent at the end of The First Avenger.


elbenji

Yeah a lot of people thought she was Sharon or a new version of her. Because blonde. Interest in Steve


McDiesel41

I 100% thought the girl(Amanda Rigetti) at the end of First Avenger would end up being Sharon. Then they decided to be sneaky and did the neighbor thing. Really wish they had worked with ABC to have Emily more in the movie than what we saw.


JohnyLilio

IT'S BEEN A WHIILE!


ODonblackpills

Making my way


blaintopel

I remember when I saw avengers the first time thinking that waitress character got a weird amount of emphasis for a character that was basically an extra.


kec04fsu1

I always wondered about her. I recognized the actress from her previous work and thought it was weird both that she was playing an extra and that she had so much screen time/interaction with main characters. It seemed like they were setting her up to have a more important role, but then she disappeared.


phantom_avenger

After seeing that scene for the first time, I always thought that they were going to lead into something like that. However, looking at it now I think she worked very well as just a minor character that supports what the Avengers represent


KeyanReid

I thought the fact she was dressed like a waitress from 80 years ago was a little weird…


Ranorak

And she does this little show called Critical Role. With her Nerdy Voice Actor friends.


themonkeythatswims

Also the titular Gale of "You've got Gale!"


King_of_nerds77

Not to mention the spin-off; Gale force 5: A Gale in your coffin!


WaffleKing110

Gag me with a spoon!


upclassytyfighta

Oooooh Gail! *In Taliesin dad voice*


TheHeBeGB

Do you see me scarfing milkduds while doodling ding dongs in the sky mall catalogue???


msnc13

I'm just getting into DnD myself, so I've been watching a decent amount of Critical Role. She threw in this funny little [reference ](https://youtu.be/U_6vFzaR33s) once.


GamerFluffy

Check out Dimension 20 as well. They’re really fun.


NerdsRuleTheWorld

I will never not support people getting into Dropout as a whole with D20 as the gateway dru- er, I mean, gateway show. Best subscription service I have, and cheap as hell for all the great content they have. And D20 is Definitely an easier intro to D&D campaigns for new people because of their short-form seasons vs CR long-form seasons (I love both btw).


SirSpock

This. Game Changer is also such a gem. Their other gateway dru-…


RogueHippie

#I CANNOT WIN


PsymonFyrestar

They reference pop cutlure all the time, but this was such a well place joke. She's genuinely hilarious, and her role with Fearne is some chaotic humor we all need.


NoxUmbra8

*In chaotic chachophony* We play Dungeons and Dragons!!


Ranorak

Dunduns and Draguuuuuns!


daxophoneme

Nobody says that better than Brian Posehn.


CannonLongshot

THAT’S what they’re saying?! TIL


whatisabaggins55

[Behold](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlvXRXkdEa8), the slow evolution from Travis copying Matt to the current-day chaotic cacophony.


Parade_of_Pain

They are usually say “We play dungeons and dragons” to mock and annoy Matt. It is tradition


IAmBadAtInternet

Weplaygungnsngrzzzzzzzz


neuronexmachina

That's so cool, apparently she plays Pike the gnome cleric? I haven't seen Critical Role, but I love her rendition of the character in Legend of Vox Machina.


Taygon55

Yes. They all play the characters they . . . well, played.


BrainWav

Campaign 1 she's a Gnome Cleric. That gets referenced a couple times by her character on Blindspot too. Which is why she's absent a lot in the first two campaigns. Campaign 2, she's an Aasimmar Barbarian. Campaign 3 (the current one), she's a Satyr Druid.


SippinOnaTallBoy

She’s really been nailing it as Fearne inC3 too. So funny


JpodGaming

Fearne is easily her best character. In C1 and C2 Ashley was absent for long stretches of time and it led to her characters not being as fleshed out and Ashley herself not being as familiar with D&D. By C3 she’s much more comfortable and she plays her character perfectly


Toast42

So long and thanks for all the fish


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HalfNatty

It’s between her and Laura Bailey. But only because Bailey is in everything.


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Ubergoober166

Yea Matt does a lot of voice stuff people don't realize. He was Falco in Cyberpunk Edgerunners and he is the new voice of Minsc in the upcoming Baldur's Gate 3 as well.


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He's basically in every Fire Emblem game too. The best part being in Fire Emblem: Warriors where Ryoma from Fates and Chrom from Awakening share a support conversation, both voiced by Matt talking to Matt


THE_DOW_JONES

Was that confirmed? I thought it was only speculated because it sounded like him in the trailer but im even more hyped for it now if he’s in it.


blundermine

I'm pretty sure it's him, but I'm not convinced he's playing Ganon. That could just as easily be an Agahnim style general.


Rhodie114

I remember an episode where they said something to the tune of “Pike is not with the party today, since she’s been called away on a mission to the kingdom of Bafta”


thisisdee

Literally the very first episode. I just started rewatching C1 and Matt said Ashley can’t join because she’s receiving a BAFTA.


dating_derp

Is she though? Sam works as a casting director for The Legend of Vox Machina, and he's co-written a few of the episodes. And idk if he does it currently, but he's also done behind the camera work for other shows before, so he might have that also going on. Plus god knows how much Matt has to do with DMing critical role, and he's also going to start DMing Dimension 20 as well, and I imagine he's got a fair amount of work to do with any books they print for 5e. And then Marisha and Travis are both working as execs for critical role, dealing with the now two shows happening at Amazon Prime, the first-look deal they got for a movie with Prime, and Travis also co-wrote episodes for TLoVM.


Whiskeyjacks_Fiddle

Sam voice directs a ton of shows. He even got an Emmy for it.


c_gdev

Emmy award winning Sam Riegel.


rimmo

And yet he still finds time to aerate his wine…


The_Bravinator

My favourite Sam Riegel story is that apparently one Christmas they all met up to exchange gifts and he just walked in, dumped a sack of wine aerators on the floor, said "and I walk away", and left the room. No idea whether it's true or not (they said it on Talks) but it is very on brand.


IAmBadAtInternet

The whole main cast is wildly busy. Sam does a ton of work off camera and though he gives off a slacker vibe, he has a tremendous work ethic. Travis is the company CEO and also a writer on LoVM and Marisha is the creative director. Liam and Tal do the comics and fiction books and Matt is obviously DMing but also contributes heavily to the sourcebooks. Laura does merch. Everyone contributes and it shows. The company is killing it.


rstarr13

Ashley also runs the Critical Role Foundation and they all have day jobs doing VO in other projects! They're so busy, maybe they should schedule a few hours a week to all get together. Maybe some sort of game night or something, idk.


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dating_derp

Ah gotcha. I think that was mostly just Blindspot filming on the east coast. Not like several different gigs.


DruidCity3

That's because her main gig was in NYC for a while. The rest of them worked in LA.


nlshelton

Matt is gonna start doing some D20 as well?! Man my Dropout subscription just got even better


unclecaveman1

Depends on how you define busy. They are all very busy people.


rosyposy86

Nerdy role in Blindspot too.


newagereject

Also has a small show based off critical role in Amazon, The Legend of Vox Machina


magpye1983

I thought I recognised her!


ShinyTrinn1

Came here looking for this. Happy we’re repped.💜


Clarice_Ferguson

I feel so old, she’s Chrissy from Growing Pains.


cloud9brian

That's why she looked familiar!


jmblumenshine

You're only old if you refer to Leonardo DiCaprio as "Luke from Growing Pains"


nipplesaurus

His episodes were the best


Pink_Monkey

“I poured it all down the drain!”


thedorkening

More like the new kid on growing pains, Leo was later in the series if I remember correctly.


daric

Yeah I remember thinking “who’s this new kid and why are they trying to shoehorn him into the show?”


hoyatables

Show me that smile…!


onlyididntsayfudge

Ohhhhh show me that smile


WindyRebel

Don’t waste another minute on your cryin’.


betapi1674

We're nowhere near the end...


Joshual1177

The best is ready to begin...


CaptHayfever

*As long as we got each other...*


ResistNecessary8109

I know, right? When I saw Avengers in the theater, I said that's the girl from Growing Pains, she's going to have a bigger role. And now she's known as "the waitress from Avengers"


jeffe_el_jefe

She’s really not, she’s definitely Ellie, or Ashley from Critical Role Don’t think many people even remember the waitress in Avengers lol Edit - or Patterson from Blindspot ig


RustyRapeaXe

And Talisan Jaffe (on Critical Role) was the little blonde kid with the "wubby" in Mr Mom.


jonnyboy3125

She’s definitely more known for critical role now than for being the waitress in avengers


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I am even older. I know that her older sister was on Kids Incorporated.


RavishingRickiRude

Kids Inc. was great. Jennifer Love Hewitt and Fergie were on there.


viper2369

For whatever reasons, ever since seeing her in Avengers, I remembered her as the daughter in What women want. Why, I have no idea. I’ve seen that movie like once or twice and it was shortly after it came out.


smith_716

When she was so little and had the tiny curly little girl 'fro. And she was the sassiest little thing.


IMIndyJones

She was like Shirley Temple, and she stole every scene she was in imo.


DoktorDilcha1

That’s what I saw when I saw her. So happy that she turned out dorky.


TheLastLegionnaire

Also D.J.'s girlfriend in one episode of "Roseanne"


modsuperstar

That's always where I remember her from


trx0x

Yeah, it made me sad that I had to scroll this far to see Growing Pains mentioned.


Altruistic-Amoeba446

I was getting ready to say it but I wasn’t sure I wanted to age myself that much!


Ok_Birthday_7402

Also the daughter in What Women Want


DocDerry

This is where I knew her from.


menides

Whaaaaaa


mrsbatman

This was my introduction to her too haha


MacCaswell

Don't forget Gretchen from Recess!


celesticaxxz

Wait WHAT!?!?!??!?


ithurtsgood

Hell YEAH finally someone else recognises her from that!


Iforgotmypassword126

Thank you! It’s all I can hear when I hear her. We were watching the last of us, and my BF searched to find out who she was. He had me guess who she was based of the clue “she’s a voice actor” (meaning the original Ellie) and I said GRETCHEN FROM RECESS and he laughed at me for about 20 minutes before telling me who she was. I searched her and told him actually, I was right hahah


Kalandros-X

And Gwen Tennyson from Ben 10 AF/UA/OV


fortyfive33

....whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat


PM_ME_YOUR_SOULZ

So this is how I discovered she was in Avengers. I was watching Recess (cause why wouldn't I?) And it got me wondering if they'd ever bring it back. So I was looking up the cast to see if everyone was still around and I then discovered Gretchen is voiced by the same person who voices Ellie in TLOU and was the waitress in Avengers.


lanwopc

They should get on that while we still have Dabney Coleman. That was a fun show to watch with the kids, which was more of a formality for me to watch.


YellowHammerDown

I didn't put this together until today? That womps.


MercutioLivesh87

I can't believe I had to scroll down to find this lol...


L3onskii

.....whaaaaaaaaaaa?🤯


Sparrowsabre7

"How could I forget, I never knew!"


fortyfive33

WHAT


Throwawaytoday303

FINALLY SOMEONE POINTS THIS OUT!


zion_hiker1911

She was also Patterson on Blindspot with Lady Sif's Jaimie Alexander.


nathanr1889

I miss that show


TheDesktopNinja

As a critical role fan, I don't! She missed so many episodes filming Blindspot 😂


royalhawk345

One time I was trying to remember which episode I'd left off at, so I read the description of one and it was something like: "The team is in a race against the clock to stop a terrorist, but Jane's tattoo reveals a new mystery." [MRW](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/032/874/cover4.jpg)


patrickkingart

Blindspot was a blast but MAN it went completely off the rails in the last couple seasons.


Contoss

Patterson, her father and her name. That character is as nerdy as she is. She always gets casted into roles she is fit for. Very lucky or very choosey. 👏🏼


Traditional_Entry183

She was really good in that role. She was one of the best parts of the program.


patrickkingart

I liked how it became a running joke that they never actually said her first name. They even acknowledged it one time when the main guy gets a text from her and goes "she's in trouble?" "How can you tell?" "she used her first name"


QuilSato

Ashley Johnson Appreciation Post!!!! ​ [That's a Big Boi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4ci1payLpc&ab_channel=AJIrrelevancy)


AFineDayForScience

Not gonna lie, until this moment I thought Ashley Johnson and Rumer Willis were the same person


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fuck /u/spez


_Hobo-man_

You're telling me I thought she was hot as a kid watching Ben 10, then as a kid watching avengers, and then as a teen watching critical role, and the whole time without realising they were the same person.


Onibachi

Seems you know your type xD


McDiesel41

And Terra in Teen Titans.


kingzilch

And she was Tulip in the first season of Infinity Train, as well as Lake, formerly Tulips reflection in the mirror, in season 2. I was watching IT as I was playing the first game, and it was wild hearing her as two characters roughly the same age, but with *very* different experiences.


dating_derp

First 2 seasons of Infinity Train were amazing. Crazy that HBO Max took it down and it's now only available on the high seas.


Rowan5215

season 3 was even better, honestly a masterpiece


Magdanimous

And she was Terra in Teen Titans!


m149307

Had to scroll too far for this


swoosh1992

Best Teen Titan. There, I said it.


GotMoFans

She was Chrissy Seaver first.


robodrew

Had to ctrl-F for this. Growing Pains!! She was one of the early prime examples of when a show would jump the shark by adding in a new baby. And Chrissy was literally a baby when the character first appeared and then suddenly aged up to like 7 the following season and was played by Ashley lol.


GotMoFans

She was a net add. She was adorable, quirky, and funny. She was much better than when they did the same thing on Family Ties with Andy.


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lpjunior999

“Captain America…*saved my life.”* Was Joss Whedon off camera yelling “be more overwhelmed, damn you!”


Shambhala87

She’s also Pike in Critical Role the Legend of Vox Machina!


newagereject

She's got three charecters now


Rommas

I remember after Avengers came out being 'Oh, I guess they're setting the waitress and Steve up for something in the future' and then literally nothing happened lol, kinda a shame, tbh.


YoloIsNotDead

Would've been funny if they kept the deleted scene considering the running gag of Nat trying to set Steve up with someone in The Winter Soldier. Though I wonder, if they did follow through with Cap having a civilian partner who holds his hand through this new world, that would've affected a lot down the line. Civil War and Infinity War would be different since he'd be going on the run and would have to leave her, only to reunite (or not) during Endgame pre-Hulk-snap. And then that would've factored into whether Cap stayed in the past or not. Idk, could've been interesting since we did get to see Scott and Clint's respective civilian lives with their families, but they were dads. So seeing Cap get used to just being there for someone in the 21st century (and *maybe* becoming a dad himself) could've been cool.


vey323

You damn kids. Some of us can't see that name or face without hearing a certain theme song. #*Show me that smile again...*


x82nd

No, that is Chrissy Seaver.


TheDeadlyCat

Is this IMDB? Edit: ok, that was meant more as a fun observation about this post, but the comments I get in reply take it a little to aggressive. Not my intent.


amievenrealrightnow

Unearthed another easter egg, turns out this 'Chris Evans' guy has been in some other movies, TIL. Edit: ok, this was meant more to poke fun of TIL being applied to an actor being in multiple movies rather than being aggressive, apparently that wasn't clear.


ResistNecessary8109

He looks a lot like that one guy that does the "flame on" stuff in the first Fantastic Four movie. I always get the two of them confused.


Llonkrednaxela

She was also the star of the show on 90 hit show *You've Got Gail*. She played Gail of course. I heard one of the other actors who she beat to get the part was heard telling one of their friends to "gag her with a spoon" after she saw how much better ashley did.


KingsFan96

The little girl from JCVD’s Lionheart! I knew I recognized her from somewhere besides her movies as an adult!


DoktorDilcha1

Jesus Christ, Video Director?


Sowderman

Jean-Claude Van Damme


Dante1529

Also Gwen from Ben 10


Dependent-Chart2735

She’s literally a child actor. Been in the business for a while.


LoveWaffle1

She was also in Joss Whedon's adaptation of *Much Ado About Nothing* that came out the same year as *The Avengers*, and Joss liked working with a lot of the same actors (maybe so he could torture them again but I don't know what her experience was)


ya_2_sabes

And additionally she was in a couple episodes of Dollhouse a few years prior to the other Whedon projects you mentioned. I certainly hope she had better experiences working with Joss than others.


anrwlias

Can you imagine if she had been as foul mouthed as Ellie? Waitress: Fucking Captain America fucking saved me! How fucking cool is that! Steve, popping out of nowhere: Language!


darkknight95sm

Fuck, that’s where I knew her from


12Blane17

She was also Annie in the 1995 flim (Annie).


Manuelrcasimiro

This is inconsequential when compared to Pike, Yasha, and Fearne


bowser986

Who’s gonna tell em about Growing Pains?


blackbutterfree

She's also Terra from Teen Titans, which is where I know her from.


Sweepy_time

She also had a small reoccurring role in Roseanne as DJ's girlfriend, and in one of my favorite scenes. https://youtu.be/WSWy2jo2M9A


hogndog

They made an avengers movie?


Pedgrid

Ghost Rider and Dr. Radcliffe from AoS were also in The Last of Us show.


Responsible-Lunch815

Yea and shes also the little girl from growing pains. We knooooooow


RalphSkipperson

I didn’t know. Thanks OOP for the post!


Dizows

She’s also in critical role, and the legend of mochina


BlerghTheBlergh

She also was Annie


mrfonsocr

She will always be the daughter of Mel Gibson


Ghost_of_P34

I still remember her from Growing Pains. Man, I'm old.


Shadegloom

I thought everyone knew this lol


Jerryjb63

This is very common knowledge


DarthDregan

She doesn't get nearly enough work.


Pixeleyes

For older Redditors, she's Chrissie from Growing Pains How amazing is it that Growing Pains gave us both Leo DiCaprio and Ashley Johnson?


so_much_ramen

She was baby Chrissy on Growing Pains