Avengers: Infinity War and Deadpool 2 actor Josh Brolin has revealed which of his two huge comic book movie roles he preferred working on, and Thanos has scored the victory over Cable. Although the Mad Titan Thanos has been ominously lurking in the background of the Marvel Cinematic Universe since Joss Whedon’s first Avengers movie, Infinity War will finally move the character into focus and Josh Brolin is charged with bringing the motion-capture figure to life on the big screen, having made brief appearances in previous movies.

As if playing the lead antagonist in one of the most highly anticipated movies of all time wasn’t enough, Brolin will also soon appear as another famous Marvel creation, albeit not one in the MCU, Deadpool 2’s Cable. A typically hilarious post-credits sequence in Deadpool saw Wade Wilson reveal that Cable, otherwise known as Nathan Summers, would feature in the forthcoming sequel and Brolin was eventually revealed as the actor playing him, a casting choice that came as a surprise to some due to his commitments with a certain shiny glove in the MCU franchise.

Josh Brolin has now revealed which of these two iconic characters he preferred working on and the actor has opted for Thanos over Cable. Speaking with Total Film Magazine (via CBM), Brolin claimed:

Brolin’s choice may come as somewhat of a surprise, given that most actors tend to prefer on-set, practical roles such as that of Cable as opposed to largely green-screen, CGI/motion capture work that requires little time actually on-set. Many-a thespian has spoken out previously regarding how difficult it can be to act among a sea of green without any physical costumes, sets or fellow actors to use as reference and Brolin essentially admits that this was his expectation heading into Infinity War. These comments perhaps serve as a testament to just how far digital performance capture has come in recent years, to the point where some actors actually prefer the process to - or at least would put it alongside - traditionally filmed roles.

“Look, I really like doing Cable, and it’s practical. But I think if I was to have a preference, it’d be Thanos, just because my expectation was pretty low, given that I just thought I was a prop. And it was quite the opposite, having seen enough of the movie and realized how cutting edge this technical process is, y’know? I was watching me. I was watching every twitch, every blink. I was watching my eyes. My actions. I was living through my intentions. At the beginning, before I said yes, I called Mark Ruffalo and I said, ‘What do you think of this?’ He was like, ‘It’s going to be really uncomfortable in the beginning, and then you see the movie, and you’ll just be absolutely blown away by the stuff you were doing.’ And that was then. They made huge leaps and bounds in mo-cap territory since then. There’s nothing not authentic about it.”

The fact that Brolin went from having “low expectations” to being “blown away” should perhaps also be reassuring to any Avengers fans concerned that Thanos could turn out to be another computer-generated baddie who lacks the soul and personality of a human acting performance. There is a long list of comic book villains that have fallen into such a trap and, given the immense build-up to Infinity War, it would be tremendously disappointing if Thanos did too. In either case, with Avengers: Infinity War and Deadpool 2 on the horizon, Josh Brolin is going to be a very busy man.

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Source: Total Film (via CBM)

  • Avengers: Infinity War Release Date: 2018-04-27 Deadpool 2 Release Date: 2018-05-18