There have been a lot of great Marvel Studios movies but none of them has a more shocking ending than the moment the Mad Titan used the Infinity Gauntlet to wipe out half of all known life in the universe in Avengers: Infinity War. However, such was the level of secrecy surrounding that pivotal moment that not even Josh Brolin knew it was coming until he watched the movie at the premiere.
It seems only those who died were actually in on it (Elizabeth Olsen recently revealed that only a handful of actors were made aware of their fates - in a van - before it was shot) so Brolin was understandably left reeling. "I was literally sitting in the theater going, ‘Oh my God. Oh my God. Spider-Man just disintegrated. That’s not OK. I looked at Hemsworth and he looked at me. He smiled and was like, ‘Your career is over.’" You can see why he might feel that way but they're coming back.
Well, that's the hope anyway! For now, Brolin is taking the reaction from fans all in his stride. "On Instagram people are posting things like, ‘I hate you,’" he said. "That’s fantastic. I’m, like, the one guy who smiles when he sees that. It’s like, ‘It worked.’" It's hard to argue with that and seeing as the Mad Titan will inevitably get what's coming to him in Avengers 4, those same fans will no doubt miss Thanos a year from now, especially as he's arguably the best villain the Marvel Cinematic Universe has had.
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