Robert Downey Jr. is far from the only “Endgame” actor to have had an emotional response to the film. As it garnered traction as a critical and box-office triumph, several of the movie’s cast members — particularly those who had been with the franchise since its humble beginnings — described what the Infinity Saga’s grand conclusion meant to them.
Chris Evans, who portrayed Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, in nearly a dozen installments of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was among these passionate performers. He got sentimental at the film’s premiere, telling Variety, “I have a lot of my friends and family here tonight, and a lot of them are right up here. We have this bond that transcends what we do for a living … I cried like six times [tonight].”
Hawkeye star Jeremy Renner got similarly emotional at the event, sharing a photo of him hugging his mother on Instagram in the early hours of the following day with the caption “Wow… words will only betray my feelings for this movie … this picture from last night represents … love … pride of my family, my friends, and crazy for my [A]venger family.”
Hulk actor Mark Ruffalo used both “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Endgame” to argue against those who don’t believe that the MCU is true cinema in a 2019 interview on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” “I have never in my life seen the emotional response [to] a movie that I did in those two screenings,” he said. “All these kids were bawling, crying, freaking out, screaming in the car. And that’s real emotion, I think.” Whether from the audience or the stars themselves, “Endgame” did whatever it took to bring viewers to tears.
