Thanos has been lurking in the shadows of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ever since he first appeared back in 2012’sAvengers, in a post-credit scene when Damion Poitier was portraying the character. Josh Brolin took over the character for the first time inGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1and again in Avengers: Age of Ultron for brief moments, butInfinity Warwill be the most that we’ve ever seen of the character with the still untitledAvengers 4coming next year. Now, Josh Brolin has hinted that the Mad Titan won’t be making it out of the fourth movie alive.
In a recently released interview,Josh Brolinreveals thathe likes the Thanosrole because it is “finite.” The interview took place on the set ofInfinity Warover the summer and Brolin was asked about jugglingDeadpool 2and the MCU altogether. Apparently, it wasn’t very hard for Brolin because he doesn’t see Thanos getting into the franchise business. He explains.
“I don’t like the idea of a franchise, personally. That’s what makes the Thanos thing really great. It’s a finite thing, and I like that.”
Though he doesn’t like the idea of the franchise, he has signed on to star in four movies asCable in the Deadpool and X-Force movies. However, it doesn’t seem like Thanos will appear in the next phase of the MCU, which is a bit different than how the character appears in the comics. The villain always seems to be lurking in the comics, coming back after getting defeated by the Avengers. But, the stakes do seem to be a lot higher for all of the characters in the MCU this time around.
In another recent interview, Josh Brolin revealed that he likes playing Thanos better than Cable, which was a surprise to him because he felt funny while acting on the set ofInfinity Warwith the silly motion capture gear on. But once he was able to see some footage of himself as Thanos, he was blown away. The actor says that once he saw that it was really him, it all clicked. He had this to say.
“Look, I really like doing Cable, and it’s practical. But I think if I was to have a preference, it’d be Thanos, just because my expectation was pretty low, given that I just thought I was a prop. And it was quite the opposite, having seen enough of the movie and realized how cutting edge this technical process is, y’know? I was watching me. I was watching every twitch, every blink. I was watching my eyes. My actions. I was living through my intentions.”
Audiences will be able to choose which character they like Josh Brolin as very soon.Infinity Warhits theaters next week andDeadpool 2premieres a few weeks later on May 18th. If that wasn’t enough, Brolin stars inSicario 2, which also comes out this summer as well.Thanos vs. the Avengersis the big battle though.Infinity Waris tracking to be the biggest opening weekend in North American box office history, which will help Brolin become the king of summer 2018. you may check out the rest of the interview with Josh Brolin atComic Book Movie.
