Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant

The Consultant is the first in a series of Marvel One-Shots, released on the Thor Blu-ray on September 13, 2011. It is set after the main events of Iron Man 2 and Thor and during the final events of The Incredible Hulk.
The Consultant was written by Eric Pearson.
==Synopsis==
Agents Phil Coulson and Jasper Sitwell conspire to keep Emil Blonsky out of the Avengers Initiative.
==Plot==
Phil Coulson walks into a restaurant where Jasper Sitwell is eating breakfast, and informs him that the World Security Council wishes Emil Blonsky released from prison to join the Avengers Initiative. They see him as a "war hero" and blame his fight in New York City with Bruce Banner on Banner himself. They order S.H.I.E.L.D. to send an agent and negotiate Blonsky's release from the custody with Thaddeus Ross. The two agents decide to send a patsy to sabotage the meeting, so Ross will refuse to release Blonsky. At Sitwell's urging, Coulson reluctantly sends the consultant: Tony Stark.
A disgraced Ross sits drinking in a bar when he is approached by Stark, who ends up annoying Ross so much that Ross tries to have him removed from the bar. In reply, Stark buys the bar and schedules it for demolition. The next day at the restaurant, Sitwell arrives at Coulson eating breakfast. Coulson informs him that their plan worked and that Blonsky will remain in prison.
==Cast==
*Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson
*Maximiliano Hernández as Agent Jasper Sitwell
*Deborah Knox as the Night Waitress
*Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark (archive footage)
*William Hurt as General Thaddeus Ross (archive footage)
*Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky/Abomination (archive footage)
==Appearances==
===Locations===
*Puente Antiguo, New Mexico
*Demolished Bar
*New York City, New York (flashback)
===Events===
*Duel of Harlem (flashback)
===Items===
*Iron Man Armor (mentioned)
===Organizations===
*S.H.I.E.L.D.
**Avengers Initiative (mentioned)
*World Security Council (mentioned)
===Mentioned===
*Clearance Level
*Project Rebirth
*Bruce Banner
*Nick Fury
* (logo)
==Trivia==
*According to Eric Pearson in an interview for Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe, the action scene in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer took up 80% of the budget for the first two One-Shots leaving only enough money for two people talking, forcing Pearson to come up with the idea for The Consultant.
==Music==
*Music was composed by Paul Oakenfold.
==Video==
The Consultant (Marvel short film)
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