On friendship and favours
Ok, this is really in response to my absolutely amazing Twitter feed right now, and that I know so many of you are at work and unable to trawl the nets for lovlies. Thankfully my unemployment apparently does have a use. ;)
Avengers video rec list of doom.
Ok, so I'll start by character.
Thor - Chris Hemsworth
So Chris had to bulk up for Thor, we are appreciative of this.
on training and bulking up
But he had to retain the humanity of a leading man
On Thor as the 'Human Alien'
the God of Thunder is embarrassed by kissing scenes.
Describe the Avengers in 5 words
Liam and Chris both went for the part of Thor...being an Aussie is a benefit in Hollywood
His Mum nearly got the part of Odin
Why has Thor come back to earth?
Thor is tested in ways he couldn't expect
Captain America/Steve Rogers - Chris Evans
Bulking up was tough work for Evans
On therapy and how he was working out between takes
Originally Evans turned down the part of Captain America
He values his privacy
On scheduling and keeping the Avengers rolling without burning out
On being a dog person, having puppy fever and in which he sings the Pooh Corner song
Speaking of singing, here's a bonus, Evans actually sang in the musical number for 'not another teen movie'
Dark hair looks odd on him though, I think
The Avengers themselves had to go through growing pains
On working with Joss and navigating fan pitfalls
The Hulk/Bruce Banner - Mark Ruffalo
Ruffalo identifies with the Hulk
The anger isn't that far down
However he has a reputation for being the ultimate nice guy
Graham Norton helps him realise a fan's dream, "Bro, if you were gay!"
In fact he's such a nice guy, that he teaches Murray what 'empathy' means on Sesame Street
He lost his favourite teddy bear...but it's ok, there's a happy ending, in fact, the dance of happiness is involved
Ruffalo thinks he could have played Wolverine though
He is a big fan of Marvel movies and talks the relationship between Stark and Banner
He is a bit of a method actor, he started clean living to approach Bruce Banner
Losing weight instead of bulking up
He sticks by his principles and has had a hell of a climb to where he is now.
I was a little Banner-Hulk myself, and I'm not the go to guy for comic book movies
Hawkeye/Clint Barton - Jeremy Renner
Evans isn't the only one that can sing you know
Scene from 'love comes to the executioner' in which Renner is a 'dead man walking' on his way to the needle - awesome and heart clenching and warning: potentially triggery
Um, as a bit of an antidote, here's Renner singing with Steel Panther in Vancouver.
Yeah, such a rockstar
Renner isn't a comic guy
He likes that Barton doesn't have super powers as such
As cool under pressure as Hawkeye is, Renner...not so much
"There was noise, and I just started running..."
He's used to playing badasses though
"You're like Harrison Ford!"
Black Widow/Natasha Romanov - Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett hasn't appeared so much on her own it seems as some of the other guys...
Natasha has a complicated past
We don't learn much about her in Iron Man 2
Now she stuffs her face with Buffalo Wings
She earned it, and Jeremy just wants to ice his body
She is happy that fans accepted her as Black Widow first time around
She's just a little bit proud :)
She is very aware of the fan base however
Both she and Natasha are ambitious
She has had to work so hard for this role
Although I think RDJ is a little jealous
Iron Man/Tony Stark - Robert Downey Jr
Trying to grow a family while shooting films
Science and procreation
Building Iron Man, behind the scenes.
Geeking out about costumes
Speaking of geeking out
RDJ audition for Iron Man
Tony makes a transition to the Avengers
He's largely in the dark
Loki - Tom Hiddleston
Loki is an Asgardian Pirate....
He doesn't consider himself lost
He's become mean
Badarse vs Badass
He's nothing like Loki though
...honest
Evilness does come easy to him...even inhuman ones
He even does a masterful impersonation of a velociraptor for pete's sake
However, he cannot resist a prank, and Loki might just have infected poor Tom, just a little..
you've been Loki'd
Misc
Clark Gregg talks how instrumental Coulson is
Consistency, continuity and being a fan boy
Agents Coulson and Hills talk SHIELD
Now for something a little different
Some interviews where the absolute love these guys have for each other just shines through
Ridiculous interview where Hemsworth and Tom are forced to go up against 'Ull' and reassess their acting skills
And lose
Renner dances on the last day of shooting to make Evans laugh
bromances firing off all over the place
RDJ describes Chris as a deity
in which there's a very tall Hemsworth
Scarlett and Mark joke around about having divafits on set
No one is convinced
Mark Ruffalo having to wear a leotard will never stop being funny to the others
'Are you gonna do it like that?'
Hemsworth and Evans talk costumes and direction. In which Joss wears a Buffy hoodie <3
Weapons and costumes and Evans miming a shower scene...
You make a mess, you clean it up.
Jeremy and Mark talk about how hard it was for Joss to control them all
and compare available toys
Russian interview with JRenner, Hemsworth and Tom where Tom pretends to play Black Widow and wins points by speaking Russian Catsuits and leather
Raw B-Rolls and behind the scenes footage
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Please feel free to contribute and add more links to awesome interviews, behind the scenes shots and pictures to this in the comments. Avengers has been a wonderful, wonderful thing of awesome and best of all? IT's STILL GOING!
Avengers video rec list of doom.
Ok, so I'll start by character.
Thor - Chris Hemsworth
So Chris had to bulk up for Thor, we are appreciative of this.
on training and bulking up
But he had to retain the humanity of a leading man
On Thor as the 'Human Alien'
the God of Thunder is embarrassed by kissing scenes.
Describe the Avengers in 5 words
Liam and Chris both went for the part of Thor...being an Aussie is a benefit in Hollywood
His Mum nearly got the part of Odin
Why has Thor come back to earth?
Thor is tested in ways he couldn't expect
Captain America/Steve Rogers - Chris Evans
Bulking up was tough work for Evans
On therapy and how he was working out between takes
Originally Evans turned down the part of Captain America
He values his privacy
On scheduling and keeping the Avengers rolling without burning out
On being a dog person, having puppy fever and in which he sings the Pooh Corner song
Speaking of singing, here's a bonus, Evans actually sang in the musical number for 'not another teen movie'
Dark hair looks odd on him though, I think
The Avengers themselves had to go through growing pains
On working with Joss and navigating fan pitfalls
The Hulk/Bruce Banner - Mark Ruffalo
Ruffalo identifies with the Hulk
The anger isn't that far down
However he has a reputation for being the ultimate nice guy
Graham Norton helps him realise a fan's dream, "Bro, if you were gay!"
In fact he's such a nice guy, that he teaches Murray what 'empathy' means on Sesame Street
He lost his favourite teddy bear...but it's ok, there's a happy ending, in fact, the dance of happiness is involved
Ruffalo thinks he could have played Wolverine though
He is a big fan of Marvel movies and talks the relationship between Stark and Banner
He is a bit of a method actor, he started clean living to approach Bruce Banner
Losing weight instead of bulking up
He sticks by his principles and has had a hell of a climb to where he is now.
I was a little Banner-Hulk myself, and I'm not the go to guy for comic book movies
Hawkeye/Clint Barton - Jeremy Renner
Evans isn't the only one that can sing you know
Scene from 'love comes to the executioner' in which Renner is a 'dead man walking' on his way to the needle - awesome and heart clenching and warning: potentially triggery
Um, as a bit of an antidote, here's Renner singing with Steel Panther in Vancouver.
Yeah, such a rockstar
Renner isn't a comic guy
He likes that Barton doesn't have super powers as such
As cool under pressure as Hawkeye is, Renner...not so much
"There was noise, and I just started running..."
He's used to playing badasses though
"You're like Harrison Ford!"
Black Widow/Natasha Romanov - Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett hasn't appeared so much on her own it seems as some of the other guys...
Natasha has a complicated past
We don't learn much about her in Iron Man 2
Now she stuffs her face with Buffalo Wings
She earned it, and Jeremy just wants to ice his body
She is happy that fans accepted her as Black Widow first time around
She's just a little bit proud :)
She is very aware of the fan base however
Both she and Natasha are ambitious
She has had to work so hard for this role
Although I think RDJ is a little jealous
Iron Man/Tony Stark - Robert Downey Jr
Trying to grow a family while shooting films
Science and procreation
Building Iron Man, behind the scenes.
Geeking out about costumes
Speaking of geeking out
RDJ audition for Iron Man
Tony makes a transition to the Avengers
He's largely in the dark
Loki - Tom Hiddleston
Loki is an Asgardian Pirate....
He doesn't consider himself lost
He's become mean
Badarse vs Badass
He's nothing like Loki though
...honest
Evilness does come easy to him...even inhuman ones
He even does a masterful impersonation of a velociraptor for pete's sake
However, he cannot resist a prank, and Loki might just have infected poor Tom, just a little..
you've been Loki'd
Misc
Clark Gregg talks how instrumental Coulson is
Consistency, continuity and being a fan boy
Agents Coulson and Hills talk SHIELD
Now for something a little different
Some interviews where the absolute love these guys have for each other just shines through
Ridiculous interview where Hemsworth and Tom are forced to go up against 'Ull' and reassess their acting skills
And lose
Renner dances on the last day of shooting to make Evans laugh
bromances firing off all over the place
RDJ describes Chris as a deity
in which there's a very tall Hemsworth
Scarlett and Mark joke around about having divafits on set
No one is convinced
Mark Ruffalo having to wear a leotard will never stop being funny to the others
'Are you gonna do it like that?'
Hemsworth and Evans talk costumes and direction. In which Joss wears a Buffy hoodie <3
Weapons and costumes and Evans miming a shower scene...
You make a mess, you clean it up.
Jeremy and Mark talk about how hard it was for Joss to control them all
and compare available toys
Russian interview with JRenner, Hemsworth and Tom where Tom pretends to play Black Widow and wins points by speaking Russian Catsuits and leather
Raw B-Rolls and behind the scenes footage
roll 1
roll 2
roll 3
roll 4
Please feel free to contribute and add more links to awesome interviews, behind the scenes shots and pictures to this in the comments. Avengers has been a wonderful, wonderful thing of awesome and best of all? IT's STILL GOING!