

Which is why we put him back with her at the end. He said at the end ‘It cost him everything,’ and that it was the only thing he loved which was Gamora. He does care for things, and it is complicated for him to execute his plan, and it cost him something.

It was an attempt, an attempt on our part - because we don’t like two dimensional roles or three dimensional villains, every villain is a hero in their own story and as insane and psychotic and brutal and violent as Thanos is, he’s a more complex villain if you go on a journey with him emotionally. The conversation Thanos has with young Gamora in that sequence denotes Gamora exists inside the Soul Stone itself: When he goes inside the Soul Stone, he has this kind of conversation with the younger version of his Gamora. It’s all orange around, then he’s inside the soul stone with the amount of power that it took to snap his fingers - he has this out of body experience with Thanos.
