'The Avengers': 11 Facts About The Movie Series
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'The Avengers' Cast
The first film in Marvel's The Avengers series grossed over one billion dollars in box office sales.
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Jeremy Renner
To prepare for his role as "Clint Barton" AKA "Hawkeye" in the Avengers franchise, Jeremy Renner was trained by a former Olympian archer.
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Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson is the second actor playing one and the same comic book hero in five or more different movies in a franchise. Hugh Jackman AKA "Wolverine" in the X-Men franchise, is the only other actor having played a superhero in five films, too.
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Robert Downey Jr.
In some scenes, "Tony Stark"/"Iron Man", played by Robert Downey Jr., is wearing a "Black Sabbath" band t-shirt. The really interesting fact— in the 1970's, the band had a hit song called "Iron Man".
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Chris Evans
Chris Evans sent a text saying "Avengers, assemble!" to all his fellow cast members to get them all to go out together one evening for a night out.
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Tom Hiddleston
"Loki's" (Tom Hiddleston) expression when he is hurled through the air by "Hulk" (Mark Ruffalo) was filmed in a very unusual way. One of the directors had to stand behind the actor and shake him vigorously and repeatedly. Then, Hiddleston's expression was inserted into the scene using computer technology.
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Mark Ruffalo
"Bruce Banner"/"Hulk" has been played by a different actor in nearly every film of the series. The character has been played by Bill Bixby, Edward Norton, Eric Bana and most recently by Mark Ruffalo.
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Mark Ruffalo
In one scene, "Bruce Banner"/"Hulk" is asked by a security guard, played by Harry Dean Stanton, whether he is an alien. Fun fact: in 1979, Stanton played an important supporting role in the movie Alien.
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Avengers
The film's producers were only given permission to film in New York for three days. The rest of the movie was filmed in New Mexico and Cleveland.
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Stan Lee and Scarlett Johansson
The Avengers' creator Stan Lee had a small cameo in every Avengers film. He appears at the end of the first movie as the chess player who is listening in total disbelief to TV reports about the superheroes.