Josh Brolin Revealed Bendict Cumberbatch; The Only Reason To Join 'Avengers’
Josh Brolin confessed: Benedict Cumberbatch inspired him for 'Thanos'.
Josh Brolin with this summer’s blockbusters namely ‘Avengers: Infinity War’, ‘Deadpool 2’ and the upcoming ‘Sicario 2’ is flying high in fame. Recently the actor has revealed that who inspired him in building such an awesome place he got. Josh Brolin confessed that he was inspired by none other than Doctor Strange himself, Benedict Cumberbatch to take on the role of Thanos 'Infinity War'. The "Doctor Strange" star purely inspired 50 year old Josh Brolin to take the challenge head on. The actor shared this delicacy recently during a podcast while discussing his role in ‘Infinity War’.
Brolin, debuted as Thanos in 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy movie, soon after his spectacular performance in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’, he became a fan-favourite villain. But it wasn't an easy decision for the actor to take on the part of a computerized purple giant. Brolin has revealed that Cumberbatch’s performance helped him make up his mind and agreeing to play the Avengers supervillain. This happened while Brolin was doing his homework and come across a YouTube video, which showed Benedict Cumberbatch acting out the part of the dragon Smaug in The Hobbit behind the scenes. Brolin truly expressed how Cumberbatch was in this [motion capture], and said he's crawling around like a snake, snapping his tongue out doing this incredible performance.
The actor added “I saw that and was like, all right, that's the bar. This is not like bulls**t. The actor also confronted this is something one has to sink his teeth into conviction, embarrassment, and all this kind of stuff." Although in the movie, Brolin plays the role of antagonist Thanos; whereas Benedict Cumberbatch is playing one of his arch rivals, Doctor Strange. While their two respective characters in the film may not have particularly cared for one another but Brolin revealed it was nothing but love between the two actors as Cumberbatch truly inspired him to take on the role of Thanos.
'Avengers: Infinity War' was released on April 27. Its worldwide earnings crossed the two-billion-dollar mark and the actor has nailed with his performance. It is called to be one of the most expensive films ever made.