"He hasn't been at the forefront of other Avengers movies but he certainly has a very important role in this film." "I think you'll find that Thor has a really interesting arc in the film," Russo said. Russo also singled out Thor, played by Chris Hemsworth ( aka the second-best Chris). "I think Thanos has an incredible amount of screen time," Russo said, following up on an earlier point that, really, Infinity War is "his movie." Thanos has been glimpsed only briefly in previous MCU releases, mostly during post-credits scenes. Co-director Joe Russo didn't provide any numbers, but he did single out two characters in particular - out of at least 40 - whom fans should prepare to see a lot of in the coming movie.
We also have a sense, thanks once again to Fandango, of who the most important players in this story are. There's a lot of work to do in getting all of these characters together and united against their common foe, Thanos. Infinity War is poised to bring together all the various plot threads set up over the course of 18 previous MCU films, dating all the way back to 2008's Iron Man.
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