The Avengers Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
3rd April 2015
Fact: ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. will be honoured by a team of superheroes when his The Avengers co-stars present him with the Generation Award at the upcoming 2015 MTV Movie Awards on 12 April (15). Among the actors slated to hand him the lifetime achievement prize are Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth and Jeremy Renner, who will also be showing off a sneak peek of the much-anticipated The Avengers: Age of Ultron.
5th March 2015
Quote: "I'm telling you - his superpower is parenting." Robert Downey Jr. is impressed with his The Avengers co-star Chris Hemsworth's multi-tasking abilities as a dad. The Thor hunk and his wife Elsa Pataky are parents to nearly one-year-old twins Tristan and Sasha, and two-year-old daughter India Rose. Downey Jr. also welcomed his third child last year (14) - daughter Avri Roel, who was born in November.
11th October 2014
Quote: "Jeremy said, 'Listen, this is Hawkeye talking. You can't put a stick in your eye because then you won't be able to use the bow and arrow at 300 yards, and take out the bad guy'. And that was about the only thing he's listened to since." Robert Downey, Jr. recruited his The Avengers co-star Jeremy Renner to give his three-year-old son Exton a little safety advice after realising the kid was a big fan of his castmate's Hawkeye character.
21st May 2014
Quote: "It's the best thing I've ever done! I like starting my day and ending my day with her. When I don't, life is quite miserable. I thought I liked what I do for a living, but now I have this little wonderful creature, and she kind of squashes all that. She's messed up my life in the most beautiful way possible. She takes all my love." The Avengers star Jeremy Renner gushes about his experiences as a first-time father. His baby girl turned one in March (14).
1st April 2014
Quote: "I am not really a comic book gal. I didn't grow up on comics; I'm easily confused by everything." The Avengers star Scarlett Johansson wasn't a big fan of comic book heroes as a child.
21st March 2014
Quote: "If you want to see a Black Widow spin-off movie, then I want to see it. We'll see. We will put the request in to Marvel tomorrow." Scarlett Johansson still hopes her The Avengers superhero character Black Widow will get her own film.
15th January 2014
Fact: Actor Thomas Kretschmann has signed on to portray a major villain in The Avengers sequel Age Of Ultron. James Spader has already signed on to portray the film's main antagonist, Ultron, and the Dracula star will reportedly play terrorist leader Baron Wolfgang von Strucker in the film, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie is set for release in 2015 and also features returning Avengers castmates Robert Downey, Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner.
11th October 2013
Quote: "Samuel Jackson can say what he likes." Elizabeth Olsen is remaining coy about her involvement in the upcoming The Avengers sequel after the movie's star Samuel L. Jackson let slip she had been cast as the Scarlet Witch. Her addition to the line-up of The Avengers: Age of Ultron has yet to be officially announced by movie bosses.
22nd September 2013
Quote: "That was mean, wasn't it? Why am I in cut-off shorts and everyone else is in a suit. It's not fair!" Gwyneth Paltrow wasn't a fan of the tiny shorts she was asked to wear onscreen in The Avengers movie.
21st July 2013
Fact: The Avengers sequel will be titled Avengers: Age of Ultron. The name was announced at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego, California.
21st June 2013
Tweet: "Oh Jimmy. It's a crying shame. You stormed in and out. Your voice like velvet granite. From a whisper to a shout. A comet of a man. So long." The Avengers star Mark Ruffalo pays poetic tribute to the late James Gandolfini.
15th July 2012
Fact: The Avengers director Joss Whedon is stepping in front of the camera to star in his longtime collaborator's new online sitcom. The filmmaker will appear in all three new episodes of Husbands, a web series revolving around Brady, the first openly gay Major League Baseball star, played by Sean Hemeon. The show will air online in August (12).
9th June 2012
Fact: British royal Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess Of Cambridge stunned onlookers at a cinema in London on Thursday night (07Jun12) by attending a screening of The Avengers.
24th May 2012
Tweet: "So excited - just joined Twitter." The Avengers star Chris Evans offers up his first tweet.
21st May 2012
Fact: The Avengers is now the highest grossing Disney movie of all time, thanks to a $1.18 billion global ticket haul. The previous record holder for Disney was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest with $1.07 billion.
16th May 2012
Fact: The Avengers star Chris Evans has a tattoo tribute to his best childhood pal Matt Bardsley, who died during an off-roading accident in 2003, inked on chest. The body art reads, "In Loving Memory, Bardsley, With Me Always."
7th May 2012
Fact: Marvel superhero epic The Avengers has outperformed U.S. box office experts' predictions for its opening weekend (04-06May12) take - the film was expected to gross $200.3 million (£125.19 million) from its first three days on release, but final figures show the movie has actually taken $207.1 million (£129.44 million) since it hit movie theatres on Friday (04May12).
4th May 2012
Fact: Superhero epic The Avengers has scored big at the U.S. box office - the film grossed $18.7 million (£11.7 million) in midnight screenings on Friday (04May12). The huge figure makes it Hollywood's eighth biggest midnight opener in movie history, behind the Harry Potter, Twilight and The Hunger Games franchises.
27th April 2012
Fact: Marvel's new superhero blockbuster The Avengers has opened to huge box office numbers in Britain - it has taken in $4 million (£2.5 million) in its first day to become the third biggest opening movie of all time in the U.K. The all-star film is expected to open with more than $150 million (£93 million) when it debuts in the U.S. next week (04May12).
27th April 2012
Quote: "I had an awful rash from my costume because the neck was too high. I filed workmen's comp (compensation) for that. I'm still getting paid." Samuel L. Jackson on his Nick Fury costume in The Avengers.
27th April 2012
Tweet: "The Avengers was kinda (sic) epic. I'll feel short changed going to see a regular action hero movie after that!" Leona Lewis got her superhero fix after watching the blockbuster film.
20th April 2012
Quote: "I think they wanted it to be as far from angry as they could get without the person actually being asleep - I fit the bill." Hulk star Mark Ruffalo credits his laidback persona for landing the part of the superhero's mild mannered alter-ego David Banner in The Avengers.
12th April 2012
Quote: "I think just kind of going back day after day, knowing that you're going to get the c**p kicked out of you and you do it willingly is sort of a challenge in itself, a mental challenge. But also I have to say that every time you fail at a stunt, it hurts until you get it right." Scarlett Johansson on her struggles playing the Black Widow in The Avengers.
17th June 2011
Fact: Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner took a break from filming The Avengers movie on Sunday night (12Jun11) to attend Motley Crue's Albuquerque, New Mexico concert. The trio even posed for pictures with the rockers after the show.
10th August 2010
Quote: "We feel like it's our generation's Hamlet, and we're all going to get a crack (at) it. We're copacetic; we're cool." Mark Ruffalo insists there is no bad blood between him and his HULK predecessor Edward Norton after movie bosses ditched the Fight Club star from The Avengers.
24th November 2005
Fact: <p>British actress Diana Rigg left classic TV show The Avengers in 1967 after discovering she was paid less than the cameraman in the first series. </p>
21st November 2005
Quote: <p>"I think it's a badge of honour to have a real flop on your resume." Ralph Fiennes discusses his critically-mauled film The Avengers. </p>
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