‘Endgame’ director says there’s a reason the original 6 Avengers survived

For months, the Avengers: Endgame speculation machine limped along on slivers of evidence: A leaked picture of a Lego set, frame-by-frame breakdowns of misleading trailers, tweets from Chris Evans. With so little to go on, it's no wonder that no one has actually figured out what's going to happen.

But now that we're weeks away from Endgame hitting theaters, there are promotional appearances from the cast and crew and, along with them, more information trickling out.

Case in point: last weekend's press junket. After showing six minutes of footage, the assembled actors and directors took questions from the media. Yahoo! asked about the ending of Infinity War, specifically the disintegration of half of the Avengers by the Infinity Gauntlet-wielding Thanos.

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Mark Ruffalo said that he wasn't sure the Hulk would survive until he saw the movie. Don Cheadle talked about how hard it was being left behind, and Chris Hemsworth joked that he had "survivor's guilt."

The most honest answer came from Scarlett Johansson: "I think like every actor you're just like, 'Great, I get more screen time.'"

But by far the most interesting response for fan theorists came from Joe Russo, director, along with his brother Anthony, of both Infinity War and Endgame.

"The only thing we'll say in that regard, is that there's a reason that the original six Avengers survived," he shared.

True to his word, that was the only thing Russo said in that regard, leaving fans to speculate as to what the reason might be. You can find out for sure on April 26, 2019, when you can finally watch the film (assuming you were able to get tickets).

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