During Entertainment Weekly's San Diego Comic-Con celebration,
MTV News caught up with the director of next summer's most-anticipated film
The Avengers, Joss Whedon. Ultimately discussing how well the ensemble cast work together, and how it effects their performances on and off set, watch the brief video chat below!
"I hate those guys!" he joked. "They are bastard men. No, it's a lovely troupe and each individually has so much to give. But maybe the best part, apart from them actually listening to me is that they are there for each other so much. When they're conflicting or supposed to be best friends, they're worst enemies, whatever it is, they'll come up for the other guy."
"You always hear movie stars, they're off camera, they stay in their trailers, these guys are so present," Whedon said. "You feel that in every take. It's so gratifying to know that there isn't a level at which they stop caring. I'm very grateful to be with those guys."
Marvel's The Avengers picks up when an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security. And Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. With director Joss Whedon at it's helm, and an ensemble cast including Chris Evans
(Steve Rogers), Robert Downey Jr.
(Tony Stark), Chris Hemsworth
(Thor Odinson), Jeremy Renner
(Clint Barton), Mark Ruffalo
(Bruce Banner), Scarlett Johansson
(Natasha Romanoff), Clark Gregg
(Agt. Phil Coulson), Cobie Smulders
(Maria Hill), Samuel L. Jackson
(Nick Fury), with Tom Hiddleston
(Loki Laufeyson), and Stellan Skarsgard
(Professor Erik Selvig), the film releases worldwide May 4, 2012!