The Assembly We All Need: The Avengers Edition
The release of the 2019 film Avengers: Endgame has been awaited by fans all around the world. However, it also came with unfortunate news. In one episode of the Marvel Studios show, Kevin Feige, the spearhead of Marvel Studios and a producer of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, might have hinted that the said movie will be the last where we will see the crew together.
Avengers: Endgame takes credit as being the most successful superhero film in history; it also sits at the top 2 spot for highest-grossing film below Avatar after earning over $2.7 billion—now that’s a lot of money!
News of their last probable movie had disheartened some fans but Jimmy Kimmel had perhaps found a way to assemble the crew—Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.)—last April 9, 2019
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Just a few weeks before the release of Avengers: Endgame, the crew recalled some of their favorite lines (and moments) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
A Glimpse into Endgame
After the series of events that Thanos, descending from the line Titanian Eternals who possess a high degree of power, has orchestrated—the remaining Avengers take a stand against the obliteration of the whole universe.
As the last Avengers movie, it goes without saying that Avengers: Endgame has put the world on hold. In an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, the Black Widow actress, Scarlett Johansson, has advised to “wear a diaper” on the premiere night because the movie would air for over 3 hours. “Get a giant tub of popcorn!,” Paul Rudd added.
The latter’s breakthrough role was in the movie Clueless. Before having his stand-alone movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Paul Rudd has received a handful of credits in films such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower among others.
Johansson, on the other hand, is one of the Men’s Health “Hottest Women of All-Time.” Her four Golden Globe Nominations are testaments to her versatility as an actress. Johansson has appeared in movies such as Lost in Translation, Match Point, The Nanny Diaries, and Hitchcock among others.
The Avengers in Real Life
When they’re saving the universe from perpetual extinction, the Avengers are a lot like us: they hang out and celebrate each other’s birthdays! At the end of the day, the best investments we have are friendships. On Downey Jr.’s birthday, Johansson bought him a bunch of sunflowers which he greatly appreciated; for Paul Rudd’s birthday, he was gifted a framed art piece by Iron Man himself.
After a few moments of bantering, the four proclaimed that they haven’t actually seen the whole movie. When asked by Kimmel what his most memorable experience was, Rudd said that shooting for Captain America: Civil War was his favorite. It was the actor’s first time to be surrounded by the Avengers. “Holding Captain America’s shield,” Rudd added to his previous statement.
A friend from Work
At rare moments, even on-looking people from the sidelines deserve credit.
Apart from the exhilarating fighting scenes in Endgame, the hilarious lines from Thor: Ragnarok are also worth noting. Hemsworth’s favorite scene was when Thor met face-to-face with The Hulk in the arena, which was witnessed by thousands of spectators that included his brother, Loki. Upon recognizing The Hulk, Thor started screaming in excitement and introduced The Hulk (to Loki) as a friend from work. The line was actually suggested out-of-the-blue by a spectating kid while filming and eventually turned out to be one of the most talked about scenes from the movie.
Johannson also has her fair share of memorable lines. On the set of Iron Man 2, she particularly remembered mumbling the lines “Bogie is converging on the oracle pavilion. Lock and load. The fight’s coming to you!” and said that it had been shot a few more times.