Over the weekend, British actor Idris Elba announced that he’s set to reprise the role of Heimdall for a scene in Avengers: Age of Ultron alongside Chris Hemsworth’s Thor and Tom Hiddleston’s Loki, and Joss Whedon has spoken about the big reveal during an interview with Vulture, stating that: “Um, should he receive an email from me, there might be an attitude of scold… When you have a cast of 19,000 people, inevitably, one every month you pick up [a story] and you’re like, ‘Awww.'”
Whedon also went on to discuss Marvel’s Phase Three line-up: “You know, it is a little daunting [seeing things being planned out far in advance], and you sort of go, [mock-whiny] ‘What about my movie? I haven’t even been born and you already like my younger siblings better?’ But at the same time it’s exhilarating. It’s really fun to see where Kevin Feige’s taking it and to see the workings of that mind. I think it was a very canny and very human move, I really like the slate.”
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Avengers: Age of Ultron is set for release in the UK on April 24th 2015 and North America on May 1st 2015, with Joss Whedon directing a cast that includes Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Mark Ruffalo (The Incredible Hulk), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Paul Bettany (JARVIS / The Vision), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Quicksilver), Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter), Idris Elba (Heimdall), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), James Spader (Ultron), Thomas Kretschmann (Baron Strucker) and Josh Brolin (Thanos).
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Originally published November 5, 2014. Updated July 3, 2023.
