How Iron Man, Thor and Captain America feel about saying goodbye to Marvel as Infinity War and sequel ‘close the circle’
All good things must come to an end but for Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans, whose shoulders have borne the foundation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for a decade, letting go could be tough
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Ten years of Marvel movies have spawned a number of memorable superhero stories.
But all good things – even blockbuster sagas and rich character arcs – must come to some sort of an end. And Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans, whose shoulders bear the foundation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Iron Man, Thor and Captain America respectively, all think Avengers: Infinity War and next year’s fourth Avengers movie (out May 3, 2019) mark the culmination of a long road.
While filming both projects back-to-back in Atlanta, Downey would host lunch gatherings with his co-stars. “I can’t count how many times when we looked at each other and went, ‘Man, can you believe this? This could be it,’” Hemsworth says.
In Infinity War, the intergalactic bad guy Thanos (Josh Brolin) faces off with Marvel’s collected bunch of heroes, from the aforementioned elder statesmen to new blood like Spider-Man (Tom Holland) and Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman). But a dude wielding all-powerful Infinity Stones is tough to handle – especially when he sets off a Rapture-like event that wipes out many of our heroes.