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Josh Brolin shares his reaction to seeing Avengers: Infinity War deaths for the first time

July 1, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Marvel Studios warned us to be careful what we wished for when it came to character deaths in Avengers: Infinity War, and sure enough the movie delivered in spades after Thanos assembled the Infinity Gauntlet and snapped his fingers, turning half of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to dust in the process.

Speaking to USA Today, the Mad Titan himself Josh Brolin has revealed his initial reaction to seeing the aftermath of ‘The Snap’ for the very first time during the film’s premiere:

“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.’ On Instagram people are posting things like, ‘I hate you.’ That’s fantastic. I’m, like, the one guy who smiles when he sees that. It’s like, ‘It worked.’”

Brolin is set to return as Thanos in next year’s Avengers 4 – rumoured to be titled Avengers: End Game – and has recently expressed his interest in reprising the role after that. Either way, we can presumably expect to see more death and destruction at his hand before the Avengers eventually win the day.

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An unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making and spanning the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Infinity War” brings to the screen the ultimate, deadliest showdown of all time. The Avengers and their Super Hero allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.

Avengers: Infinity War stars Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther), Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier), Anthony Mackie (Falcon), Paul Bettany (Vision), Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Josh Brolin (Thanos), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Benedict Wong (Wong), Chris Pratt (Star-Lord), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Dave Bautista (Drax), Bradley Cooper (Rocket), Sean Gunn (Rocket), Vin Diesel (Groot), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Pom Klementieff (Mantis), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill), Benicio Del Toro (The Collector), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Letitia Wright (Shuri), Winston Duke (M’Baku), Terry Notary (Cull Obsidian), Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Ebony Maw), Carrie Coon (Proxima Midnight), Michael James Shaw (Corvus Glaive) and Peter Dinklage (Eitri).

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Avengers: Infinity War, Josh Brolin, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket and the suspense thriller Death Among the Pines. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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