Carrie Coon Didn't Voice Proxima Midnight In AVENGERS: ENDGAME Due To A Financial Dispute With Marvel

Carrie Coon (Fargo) voiced Proxima Midnight in Avengers: Infinity War but didn't return for Avengers: Endgame. Now, the actor's husband, Tracy Letts, has explained her absence from the 2019 blockbuster.

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By JoshWilding - Apr 01, 2025 10:04 AM EST

Filed Under: Avengers: Endgame

The Black Order didn't bring a great deal to the table in Avengers: Infinity War, though they did prove themselves a suitably formidable set of opponents for Earth's Mightiest Heroes while Thanos was busy collecting the Infinity Stones.

The group returned as Variants in Avengers: Endgame but were glorified extra during the movie's epic final battle; Promxima Midnight, for example, didn't even have a single speaking line in the sequel.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife and The White Lotus star Carrie Coon voiced the villain so why wasn't she part of what was, for quite some time, the highest grossing movie ever released? According to her husband, Tracy Letts, it all came down to money.

"I believe [Marvel] went to her for the second one, and they asked her to be in the second one," he explained on Ringer Movies' The Big Picture podcast. "And she said, 'Well, the first one is the most successful movie ever made. Are you going to pay me any more money?' And they said, 'No. We’re not going to pay you any more money.'

"She said, 'Wow, you’re not going to pay me any more money, then I don’t think I’m going to do it.' And they said, 'You should feel fortunate to be part of the Marvel Universe.' So she declined. But I think they put her in it anyway," he continued. "We would’ve made a bigger deal out of this, but it would have involved us watching the movies and we weren’t going to do that."

It sounds like there's no love lost between Marvel Studios and Coon, though she didn't close the door on returning as a different character back in 2020.

"Yes, that is certainly the kind of conversation that an agent would engage in when looking into committing to those jobs," she revealed at the time. "Yes, they want some verbal assurances that the possibility for additional work is not completely off the table. So, yeah, absolutely."

"It’s like, you know, being on Chicago Fire. You get killed and then you can’t come back for another year. [Laughs] You want to make sure that we have job security, so we’re always asking that question. Absolutely," Coon concluded.

As the actor was wasted in Avengers: Infinity War for the most part, it would be no bad thing for her to get another shot at another character. However, if Letts' comments are any indication, that's not something she's eager to do, and she doesn't sound like a fan of the genre beyond the potential financial security it offers.

Who do you think Coon could play in the MCU after her brief stint as Proxima Midnight?

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Wahhvacado - 4/1/2025, 10:43 AM

So she was paid to do a role and when the film did well she wanted more compensation beyond her contract? Sounds like she needs a better legal team if she was expecting some form of bonus or gross percentage

JurassicClunge - 4/1/2025, 10:57 AM

@Wahhvacado - I don't know man, its sounds like they paid her for 1, she fulfilled her contract then they approached her for the 2nd and she asked for more due to IW success and they said

I feel her request was fair as all actors would do the same. 👀

Wahhvacado - 4/1/2025, 11:03 AM

@JurassicClunge - Yeah I can see her words being read in two different ways. I don't think it would be an unacceptable ask for more money for recordings in End Game but also curious on the ratio of lines she would have had in each.

Minor character so no real loss was felt of her not talking to Wanda and Black Widow as she is shredded into pieces

WADEZILLA13 - 4/1/2025, 11:20 AM

@Wahhvacado - The shredding occured in Infinity War, where she did speak.

Wahhvacado - 4/1/2025, 11:21 AM

@WADEZILLA13 - Damn I need some caffeine, you are completely right!

Clintthahamster - 4/1/2025, 11:45 AM

@Wahhvacado - she wanted more compensation for the next film, not the one she'd already been in.

abd00bie - 4/1/2025, 11:47 AM

@Wahhvacado - Disney/Marvel is a multi-billion dollar industry, everyone who works for them should be asking for more

Wahhvacado - 4/1/2025, 12:08 PM

@Clintthahamster - Yeah that makes sense. I am all for her asking for more, just can't be surprised if they do this

Wahhvacado - 4/1/2025, 12:09 PM

@abd00bie - I completely agree, having proper representation is a great way to ensure you aren't getting screwed on the contract

JacobsLadder - 4/1/2025, 10:46 AM

Come on now. Take the easy money and be in one of the biggest movies of all time. Again. She is the Jimmy Butler of the MCU.

slickrickdesigns - 4/1/2025, 10:53 AM

Let’s see, argue for more money from the first film or make more money doing a second film??
I get why but she was in no way an integral part of the reason why the first film was so successful and really her voice is replaceable for a cgi character. So let’s just burn bridges.

CerealKiller1 - 4/1/2025, 11:30 AM

@slickrickdesigns - I think you misread the article. She wasn’t trying to make more money from the FIRST film. After the success of that, she asked for more money to return for the second. As most actors would

Clintthahamster - 4/1/2025, 11:48 AM

@CerealKiller1 - This space is not well known for reading comprehension. It basically runs on readers misconstruing benign statements from celebrities and/or blowing them out of proportion.

slickrickdesigns - 4/1/2025, 11:49 AM

@CerealKiller1 - I still think she dumb for not just taking another check for the little amount of work she had to do.

DTor91 - 4/1/2025, 12:14 PM

@slickrickdesigns - Well, considering Carrie Coon has one of the most solid acting credits around, she’s fine without it.

Omario - 4/1/2025, 12:21 PM

@CerealKiller1 - I think the wording is misleading. She was asking for compensation for another film versus being paid for one and then asked to add the other one in without pay, being that the first one covers both films.

slickrickdesigns - 4/1/2025, 12:36 PM

@DTor91 - solid acting credits? What ever you say buddy. About as solid as most streaming service actors.

IAmAHoot - 4/1/2025, 10:53 AM

Haha! She's not Crispin Glover, Mr. Letts. They can show the fully CGI fictionally designed character in the movie without Carrie Coon's voice being lent or motion capture being provided given it shared no likeness. She only appeared for a few split seconds at any rate.

Blergh - 4/1/2025, 11:08 AM

@IAmAHoot - and I'm still not even sure about Glover's case, was he the reason for the sucess of the first Back to the Future? Not really IMO. He was a likable character but not in any way the reason the first one was such a success. Given that we know that Michael J Fox was paid 250k for the first one and that Glover wanted 1M for the sequel I'm not sure his demands were as reasonable as he's portraying them as. Sometimes actors have insane demands for salaries, not just in film, and make life around them a living hell.

Clintthahamster - 4/1/2025, 11:48 AM

@Blergh - The producers were well within their rights to deny his salary demands, but not to use his likeness without his permission.

Blergh - 4/1/2025, 12:17 PM

@Blergh - that's fair, I forgot they used a cast of his face for the prostehtics on the replacement actor

TiberiousOmega - 4/1/2025, 10:55 AM

Didn’t these movies film back to back? Something about this story doesn’t add up.

ThorArms - 4/1/2025, 11:16 AM

@TiberiousOmega - Voice work is often done later in production

bobevanz - 4/1/2025, 11:01 AM

They can't pay her another million bucks but they'll give RDJ a backend deal. The same idiots who think 250m is the norm for a movie budget

TheLobster - 4/1/2025, 12:09 PM

@bobevanz - pretty much

MisterDoctor217 - 4/1/2025, 1:35 PM

@bobevanz -

RDJ, hate him or love him, brings in an audience. He was the face of the MCU, core and casual fans flocked to the theater because of him.

Carrie Coon is great, but who was going to infinity war, to see her as Proxima?

I think actors should be paid for the amount of people
They bring to the theaters.

Just like in boxing and fighting matches.

If you attract and audience and are a big part of why a product sells, you should be compensated for it.

Blergh - 4/1/2025, 11:03 AM

Excuse me? This doesn't make her look good in any shape or form. She had a voice over part in a movie that did not feature her as a lead character or supporting character but rather a minor supporting part. So unless she didn't get paid less than the average per line I have zero sympathy.

If YOU are the reason a movie makes this money it's fair to recieve a bonus or a share. But she was not on anyones radar.

Kind of a sh*t take, tbh. But bridges are easier burnt than built

Clintthahamster - 4/1/2025, 11:51 AM

@Blergh - I don't believe anyone's looking for sympathy here. A person related an anecdote, probably in response to a direct question.

Blergh - 4/1/2025, 12:16 PM

@Clintthahamster - "We would’ve made a bigger deal out of this, but it would have involved us watching the movies and we weren’t going to do that." - Sounds like a scream for sympathy for me.

Clintthahamster - 4/1/2025, 12:40 PM

@Blergh - A C-list character actor goes on a podcast, answers a question, and ends his answer with a flip comment about how they're not really superhero movie folks, and that's a "scream for sympathy?"

Blergh - 4/1/2025, 12:58 PM

@Clintthahamster - I merely read the quotations in this article, if I misnterpreted these quotes I deeply apologize for any hurt feelings. That being said the onus is never soley of the reciever but also the sender.

Clintthahamster - 4/1/2025, 3:36 PM

@Blergh - I guess I'd just recommend considering the source, so to speak. A few quotes taken out of context, presented without mention of tone of voice or inflection, cherry picked by a blogger who makes his living off of page views and therefore benefits from flame wars in the comments section . . . . it might not be representative of the quoted individual's actual meaning or intent.

1stDalek - 4/1/2025, 4:35 PM

@Blergh - it's not just a voice part, she did the mo-cap too. So it's not just the case of setting aside 4 hours in a day to go record 5 lines.

DocSpock - 4/1/2025, 11:10 AM

Oh boo furcking hoo.

This won't do this moron any favors.

DTor91 - 4/1/2025, 12:15 PM

@DocSpock - Carrie Coon has a better resume than most actors involved with the MCU. The “moron” is doing just fine.

Grow up.

DocSpock - 4/1/2025, 3:56 PM

@DTor91 -

No.

ThorArms - 4/1/2025, 11:15 AM

Why would she get paid more for less dialogue. It's not like they cut her part in Endgame down...

Main character syndrome

Vigor - 4/1/2025, 11:18 AM

"As the actor was wasted in Avengers: Infinity War for the most part, "

Define wasted
I thought she brought great voice to the character

CerealKiller1 - 4/1/2025, 11:31 AM

A lot of people in the comments do not seem to have read this article properly

Carrie Coon Didn't Voice Proxima Midnight In AVENGERS: ENDGAME Due To A Financial Dispute With Marvel

Carrie Coon (Fargo) voiced Proxima Midnight in Avengers: Infinity War but didn't return for Avengers: Endgame. Now, the actor's husband, Tracy Letts, has explained her absence from the 2019 blockbuster.

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