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Josh Brolin Thinks Avengers: Infinity War Is "Next Level"

Published Fri, 20 Oct 2017 10:07:59 -0500

As the release date for Avengers: Infinity War creeps even closer, we're starting to get more and more information about the movie. We still don't have a trailer, aside from the convention footage, but cast members are talking to the press. One of those cast members is Josh Brolin and he spoke to Collider about the movie.

Marvel tends to have a villain problem, but Brolin is confident that Thanos isn't just going to be a great villain — he'll be a complex one that we're all going to love to hate:

"I can't tell you definitively, but how I feel right now and what I've spoken to the Russos about and Feige, absolutely. It actually more than pulls it off, and I think what they're coming up with based on what I've done, I think is next level."

When asked if he was worried fans would hate him if he maimed or killed a beloved character, Brolin seemed more excited than anything else.

"Dude, I'm in a position just personally where not everybody loves me and that's okay (laughs). Look, not everybody can be on your side all the time and that's okay. When playing a character like this, dude, it's like there's something—I don't know any other way to put it, it really turned out to be one of the greatest experiences I've had. I'm still not done, but it's been incredible to be able to work with the Russos, to be able to work with these guys. I had no idea. It's just a different type of acting, but then when they showed me a little six-minute teaser of a scene that I had done, I was so blown away by how next-level this digital process is and how real it feels. I don't know how I could be anything but happy. If everybody hates me at the end of it, I don't know, will it be worth it if it's a great movie? Maybe."

Brolin also spoke about working with the Russo brothers and the movie that they referenced a lot in the production: The Godfather.

"Look, I got Joe Russo who's constantly resourcing like The Godfather and, 'You have a gun to his fucking head.' I'm like, 'I love you so much. The fact that you're taking an Avengers scenario and you're turning it into a Godfather thing for us to be able to kind of hang our hat on is great, and to emotionalize the whole thing.' I think they were very happy where they said, 'We didn't really realize that Thanos is going to be as complex as he is,' and I think they were very appreciative with the stuff that we're bringing to it. Also, I think that they're in a position very openly and raw-ly where they're like, 'We would never do this again. This is a one-time deal. To put this many successful actors together is such a pain in the ass, but it's been worth it. We're doing two movies. One back to back, and this is it for us. Then we'll go off in another direction,' but this is a very, very, very ambitious project that I think is going to pay off in a big way."

Avengers: Infinity War, directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, stars Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Olsen, Sebastian Stan, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Bettany, Chadwick Boseman, Benedict Wong, Zoe Saldana, Karen Gillan, Vin Diesel, Dave Bautista, Pom Klementieff, Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Bradley Cooper, Sean Gunn, and Anthony Mackie. It will be released on May 4th, 2018.

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