Author: Cameron Bonomolo / Source: Marvel
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Avengers: Infinity War directors Anthony and Joe Russo have confirmed the fates of little-seen Marvel Cinematic Universe characters who didn’t appear in the crossover blockbuster, including characters from The Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Black Panther.
Speaking to Huffington Post, the directing duo opened up about characters who may or may not have — spoilers — survived Thanos’ (Josh Brolin) judgement of the universe, handed down by way of the Infinity Stone-powered Infinity Gauntlet.
With all six stones assembled, the alien warmonger completed his mission of balancing the universe by snapping his fingers — with devastating results. Thanos successfully wiped out half of all life in the universe, including most of Earth’s mightiest heroes, with only Rocket Raccoon (voice of Bradley Cooper) being the surviving member of the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Avengers decimated to just Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), War Machine (Don Cheadle) and Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr).
Wakandan general Okoye (Danai Gurira) was spared, but her king, T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) wasn’t. Nebula (Karen Gillan) survived the snap, but watched helplessly alongside a defeated Iron Man as Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Mantis (Pom Klementieff), Drax (Dave Bautista), Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Spider-Man (Tom Holland) were turned to ash.
M’Baku (Winston Duke) was confirmed to survive, but the fate of Shuri (Letitia Wright) remains up in the air — as does the fate of retired Avenger Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), who doesn’t appear in Infinity War (but is expected to return in Avengers 4).
The directors tip-toe around spoilers, but they’ve now confirmed the fates of fan-favorite supporting characters:
The anthropomorphic duck appeared briefly in the post-credits scene in 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy, voiced by Family Guy’s Seth Green.
Howard made a second cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, where he’s seen flirting with a woman in the Iron Lotus brothel on Contraxia.The dapper duck “survived,” Joe Russo said.
Astrophysicist and astronomer Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) first appeared in 2011’s Thor and again in its 2013 sequel, Thor: The Dark World, currently her last appearance. Thor and Jane became star-crossed lovers, but the relationship ultimately failed, as confirmed by the Asgardian Avenger in Thor: Ragnarok.
Jane’s fate was dubbed “too spoilery.”
“When we say spoiler, [we mean] potential spoiler,” Anthony Russo said.
The Academy Award-winning actress said earlier this year she’s “completely open” to a possible return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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