How Mark Ruffalo Saved Josh Brolin During the Filming of ‘Avengers: Endgame’
Josh Brolin’s Thanos and Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk may have been bitter enemies on screen, but luckily, behind the scenes, things were much more cordial.
In a new video for GQ breaking down some of his most iconic roles, Brolin recalled working on Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame with Ruffalo and had nothing but praise for the actor.
During one of the film’s large-scale battle scenes, Brolin finds himself forgetting his line.
“When I was finally in a scene with people who I knew, Ruffalo I knew, Don Cheadle I knew, we had a scene that we did together. I’m on the ground and the cameras are on me. They’re off camera and I looked at Ruffalo, and I forgot my line,” Brolin said.
Mark Ruffalo with the Save
Feeling slightly panicked, Brolin asked his MCU co-star for an assist.
“And I go, ‘What’s my line?’ Like he would know, he’s a different character, a different actor, and he looked at me, he goes,’ I don’t know.’ And I go, ‘You have to know. What is it? What is it?’ And I knew it was coming.”
After a dramatic pause, Ruffalo came through for Brolin.
“Chris [Hemsworth] is off there saying something. He’s picking up his big [hammer] thing, and I go. ‘What’s the line?’ and he actually gave me the line,” Brolin said. “I remember I thought that was so funny. It was like how the f–k did you remember the line?’ Ruffalo is the nicest human being in the world and the most giving human being. That’s my favorite memory during that movie.”
Despite the high stakes intensity of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, it’s fun to hear that the cast of the films still had some lighthearted moments behind the scenes.