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“Avengers: Infinity War” had possibly the most heartbreaking ending of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, with half of the World’s Mightiest Heroes turning to dust. In an interview with Variety, Elizabeth Olsen explained that even the actors who played the blipped characters were not notified of it until the very last minute. “Those movies, you could read a script in an office, with a security guard, on one specific iPad,” Olsen explained. “… But I didn’t know I got blipped away until we shot it … We were all just in this van, and they said, ‘This is what’s happening. You guys will disappear.’ And we’re like, ‘OK.’ It was shocking.” So, just as the audience found themselves stunned at the end of the movie, so did the actors on the day of filming.
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In an interview with Rotten Tomatoes, the Russo Brothers, who directed both “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame,” backed up this story, saying that Robert Downey Jr. was the only actor in those movies who was given a copy of the full script. The Marvel stars were kept in the dark to keep them from spoiling anything to the press. Of course, the MCU’s secrecy didn’t end with “Infinity War” and “Endgame.” In an interview on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, Elizabeth Olsen admitted that she didn’t know if she was returning to the MCU following her role in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.”
