Last night, the biggest stars of the MCU attended the world premiere of Avengers: Endgame in Los Angeles. But before everyone was sat down for the long-awaited culmination of the MCU’s first decade, many of the cast members took a moment to share some memories of the late Stan Lee.
Thor actor Chris Hemsworth, for instance, recalled how the renowned comic book creator had a “sort of child-like wonder,” an “infectious” energy and a “love for these stories.”
Thor actor @ChrisHemsworth — who kept the kids at home to avoid their jet lag energy 😅 — took a moment to reflect on working with the late Stan Lee https://t.co/zGVMqoSwQF #AvengersEndGame pic.twitter.com/9hwzBKPzWy
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Meanwhile, Benedict Wong reminisced about the time he met Lee on the press line for Doctor Strange. The Wong actor explained how he “broke the press line and just made a beeline over to [Lee] and was sort of fanboying over him.” While Wong began his introduction by remarking, “Stan you don’t know me,” the writer immediately interrupted him and said, “You’re Wong!”
The #AvengersEndGame movie features Stan Lee’s final cameo. @Wongrel recalls meeting the comic legend for the first time, which was a big “welling up moment,” he says https://t.co/zGVMqoSwQF pic.twitter.com/MwD4C0Qfwd
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As for Karen Gillan, the Nebula actress recalled how Lee was marveling at her makeup job on the set of Guardians of the Galaxy when she told him that she had to go do a big fight sequence. At this point, Lee turned around, raised his fist and said, “Knock ‘em dead.”
Okay, Nebula actress @KarenGillan has the best Stan Lee story by far 🙌 https://t.co/zGVMqoSwQF #AvengersEndGame pic.twitter.com/3z28YPrYSW
— LAT Entertainment (@latimesent) April 23, 2019
Lastly, Paul Rudd discussed the time that Lee came onto the set of Ant-Man to film his cameo, and the two of them “spent about 45 minutes just hanging out watching dailies, watching stuff being filmed.” The actor recalled how Lee was excited about seeing the Ant-Man comics adapted for the big screen, since “he was finally going to see the scale of it as he always imagined.”
Sitting with Stan Lee on the set of “Ant-Man” is something Paul Rudd will never forget.
Watch for Lee’s final film cameo in #AvengersEndGame, where he’s featured in a driving scene, according to the second unit director https://t.co/zGVMqoSwQF pic.twitter.com/gEIU4rsE7K
— LAT Entertainment (@latimesent) April 23, 2019
While Stan Lee passed away in November of last year, he first managed to shoot one last cameo for Avengers: Endgame, which is set to bring Marvel’s current era to a close when it arrives in theaters on April 26th.
Published: Apr 23, 2019 03:17 pm