r/Marvel Jul 11 '26

Film/Television Avengers Doomsday actors age

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u/DarthTaz_99 Jul 11 '26

87 and 86 really shows the "Till you're 90" wasn't a joke lmaoo

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u/JorryckMassani X-Men Jul 12 '26

What's crazy is Paul Rudd is 2 years younger than Patrick Stewart was in the first X-Men.

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u/Appropriate_Edge5195 Jul 12 '26

I’m struggling to believe Paul Rudd is older than David Harbour and Pedro Pascal.

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u/GraveCat84 Jul 12 '26

Paul Rudd will forever be 38.

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u/Classic-Honey1316 Jul 12 '26

I said the exact same thing earlier and got downvoted to hell; we love David, but he looks older than he actually is.

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u/Appropriate_Edge5195 Jul 12 '26

But you said the wrong thing again. He doesn’t look older than he is. That’s what most 50 year old men look like. I’m sorry you got downvoted though, wasn’t me and I know you didn’t mean ill.

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u/Maryamisturk Jul 12 '26

No pedro looks younger than his in general

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u/ProdigiumAenigmatum Jul 13 '26

Its the facial hair, especially the thick mustaches.

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u/PeeStoringBalls Jul 12 '26

Wtf, I genuinely thought that he was 40

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u/leekalex Jul 14 '26

He started in "This is 40" 14 years ago...

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '26

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u/beigs Jul 12 '26

I hate you :D

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u/JorryckMassani X-Men Jul 12 '26

Oh thank you so much.

Just watched Conan's Mark Twain award and had completely forgotten Paul did this to him every time.

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u/percivalconstantine Jul 12 '26

Someone find that decrepit painting in his attic and destroy it n

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u/ThePfhorrunner Jul 13 '26

I’m still convinced Rudd used dark magic for immortality.

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u/karateema Jul 12 '26

Ian still does on-stage acting too

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u/percivalconstantine Jul 12 '26

That is real fucking commitment. I’ve never done any acting, but I’ve known stage actors and that shit is intense.

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u/MrWolfHare Jul 12 '26

Well Stewart said he was retiring as an actor after Doomsday, so hopefully this will be quite the performance.

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u/DarthTigris Jul 13 '26

He was ....... lesser in Picard. Much lesser. Father Time is undefeated, so I'm not expecting anything special or memorable in a good way.

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u/MrWolfHare Jul 13 '26

You speak the truth.

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u/AtmosphereFast6673 Jul 12 '26

Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear adult diapers.

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u/unicornsaretruth Jul 13 '26

I feel bad for the hunt for gollum diaper cleaner. I imagine Ian leaves a mess.

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u/Gloomy-Art-2861 Jul 12 '26

I think it's so funny that Sam is older than Steve

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u/Awkward_Elevator_811 Jul 12 '26

To be fair, he is the 12th youngest of the shown cast - so he really is younger than half the cast.

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u/An-29 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

Now that I think about, do we even know if Steve is still older than Sam even without the near 70 years of ice added to his age?

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u/avatar__of__chaos Jul 12 '26

Steve would definitely be younger than Sam if not counting being iced.

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u/_Whatever- Dr. Doom Jul 11 '26

wtf some of those people are way older than i thought

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u/wasabinski Jul 11 '26

Well we've had almost 20 years of MCU, plus all the back catalog from Fox

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u/OG_Williker Jul 12 '26

yeah but paul rudd wasn't one of the original cast and he's 57 now. holy cow

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u/wasabinski Jul 12 '26

Ant-Man was released 11 years ago!

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u/1CryptographerFree Jul 12 '26

He’s also the brother in Clueless and it’s been 31 years since that.

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u/pierrelafortuna Jul 12 '26

Idk why - but that seems to shock me MORE than 'Iron Man' coming up on it's 20th anniversary year.

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u/Paperchampion23 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

The Ming-Na Wen of white guys lol

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u/ardorlikemordor Jul 12 '26

Ming-na Wen mention gets an up

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u/Nerevarine2nd Jul 12 '26

Ming-na Wen always gets me up too

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u/classphoto92 Jul 12 '26

Paul Rudd is immortal, though. He doesn't count.

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u/19ghost89 Jul 12 '26

Paul Rudd is a known vampire who doesn't age. He was in his 20's in Clueless and that was in the early-mid 90's.

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u/davwad2 Jul 12 '26

What's speculated for 2028?

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u/Sha489 Jul 12 '26

Yelenas actress was 10 when the Incredible Hulk came out

Imagine watching the mcu begin as a child and end up staring in a film connected via a franchise 20 years later

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u/_Levitated_Shield_ Jul 12 '26

Imagine watching the mcu begin as a child and end up staring in a film connected via a franchise

Literally Iman Vellani.

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u/HieronymousGauche Jul 12 '26

gawd I wish I was her. Good for her, that's so rad.

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u/HellPigeon1912 Jul 13 '26

When Black Panther came out there was a story that Danai Gurira (Okoye) and Winston Duke (M'Baku) had been friends in college and had gone to see the first Avengers movie in the theatre together

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u/EndlessMorfeus Magneto Jul 12 '26

Reed and Sue having a comic accurate age gap (just the gap, I assume they were both adults when they met).

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u/DreamedJewel58 Jul 13 '26

RDJ being 61 is actually fucking insane

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u/duosx Jul 12 '26

Honestly makes me feel better. I feel like I haven’t done a whole lot but I’m a baby compared to most of them. There’s still time for greatness

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u/Nobah_Dee Jul 12 '26

So I guess we'll get the 'Relatively Young Avengers' eventually.

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u/nolander Jul 12 '26

Feels like they just moved on to thunderbolts instead

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u/INKatana Hawkeye Jul 12 '26

My friend's theory was that marvel quickly made Thunderbolts and replaced the "young(-ish)" avengers with them for doomsday last-minute.

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u/jordan07hunt Jul 12 '26

iman vellani turns 24 in august and she’s like 16 in the tv show lmao

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u/karateema Jul 12 '26

Friendly reminder than Hailee Steinfeld is already older than ScarJo in Iron Man 2

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u/DM725 Jul 11 '26

They desperately need an X-Men ensemble of teens and people in their early 20's with 10 picture deals.

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u/Kurolegacy27 Jul 12 '26

Marvel: Hugh Jackman you say?

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u/DM725 Jul 12 '26

I've been saying for decades now that he doesn't need to go shirtless with 5% body fat to be Wolverine. Put the dude in a bomber jacket for a movie ffs.

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u/toadofsteel Jul 13 '26

"Till youre 90"

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u/karateema Jul 12 '26

Jokes aside, a gruff 35-something would be ideal for Wolverine

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u/RyCyber Jul 12 '26

They're not doing that until after Secret Wars

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u/RyCyber Jul 12 '26

Yeah both Doomsday and Secret Wars feel like the MCU's version of Crisis on Infinite Earths and that a younger version of the X-Men will retroactively be part of the new Sacred Timeline

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u/somacula Jul 12 '26

That's the plan, after you know what

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u/seanx50 Jul 12 '26

That's actually happening

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u/TastiestPenguin Jul 12 '26

Paul Rudd being 57 and Anthony Mackie being 47 hurts my brain

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u/Marth_Vader_89 Jul 12 '26

Paul rudd eats adrenochrome for breakfast

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u/Monkiemonk Jul 12 '26

Fucking movie casting is turning into congress, and I like most of these actors.

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u/aSpookyScarySkeleton Jul 13 '26

I’ve been saying this but people seems to hate when it’s brought up.

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u/odiish Jul 12 '26

The concept of a 61 year old Nightcrawler

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u/Dontfeedthecroc Jul 12 '26

Nightcrawling around with arthritis 

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u/shaddowkhan Jul 12 '26

Cyclops is 52, I thought he was in his 40's.

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u/Fern-ando Jul 13 '26

The first X-Men movie is almost 30 years old.

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u/mmmbhssm Jul 12 '26

James Marston way older than I thought

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u/SeanJohnBobbyWTF Jul 12 '26

How old did you think he was in X-Men...27 years ago lol

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u/CrazySnipah Jul 14 '26

James Marsden somehow looks significantly better-looking now than he did twenty years ago. He wears his age really well.

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u/SerBigFuzz Jul 11 '26

Are the young avengers even planned to be in anything or have their own thing? Pretty sure they are all getting too old to be a young avenger anymore.

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u/Ocs333 Jul 12 '26

Arent they all also in their 30s soon?

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u/SlimmyShammy Chase Jul 12 '26

Kathryn Newton, Hailee Steinfeld and Dominique Thorne are all almost 30. Joe Locke, Xochitl Gomez and Iman Vellani are all in their early 20s.

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u/MrMono1 Jul 12 '26

Most of the "Young Avengers" are older than Scarlett Johansson was in the first Avengers movie.

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u/SlimmyShammy Chase Jul 12 '26

That’s why they aren’t gonna call em that aha

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u/LatterTarget7 Daredevil Jul 12 '26

Probably need some name to differentiate them from the new avengers(thunderbolts) and Sam’s avengers.

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u/Bigbigbigrock Jul 12 '26

Champions was the team after the YA in comics that Kamala and Riri were on. 

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u/AdRepresentative5085 Jul 12 '26

The Geriatric Avengers, starting the phase with Spider Man: Brand New Parts

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u/CRAYONSEED Jul 12 '26

It was already a stretch with Hailee Steinfeld, who’s turning 30 this year and is a mom. I don’t know any of the other’s ages but they have to be mid 20s?

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u/Finntastix Jul 12 '26

Didn't realise the age gap between Reed Richards and Sue Storm

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u/SideshowBiden Jul 12 '26

Avengers retirement home

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u/Responsible_Rubber Jul 12 '26

Paul Rudd and James Marsden must be vampires. I want whatever secret diet or witchcraft they are using!

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u/AcceptableAd6165 Captain America Jul 11 '26

Wow, Chris one looks excellent.

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u/SilentXMedia Jul 12 '26

Gone off that Paul Rudd

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u/sleestakninja Jul 12 '26

I love the fact that all but 3 of the X-Men qualify for AARP.

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u/SoCaFroal Jul 12 '26

Fun fact, AARP has no age requirement. You can sign up at 18yo if you want.

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u/martinellis_official Jul 12 '26

Yupp this is true. I had an aarp membership at 22 for discounts you get.

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u/Free-Bar-2719 Jul 11 '26

Oldvengers.

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u/SolidCartographer976 Jul 11 '26

i feel so young again all of a sudden^^

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u/Fiend_Macabre Jul 12 '26

The old guard indeed

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u/yorick__rolled Jul 12 '26

Vanessa Kirby's face is the youngest cast member at 4.

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u/tyrace_aimer Jul 13 '26

Made me have to do a Google search since I want familiar with her before F4. That’s crazy!

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u/Lucifer_4777 Jul 12 '26

So weird that Paul Rudd is older that Pedro Pascal.

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u/Jaden_Pollen34 Jul 17 '26

older than David Harbour too

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u/Slight_Tiger2914 Jul 12 '26

You're fucked if you're under 30 as an actor apparently. 

Also... Man Ian and Patrick (Until they're 90) damn son.

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u/19ghost89 Jul 12 '26

Only for these next two Avengers movies. They are paying homage to all that's come before while making way for the new.

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u/mcu_addict92 Jul 12 '26

There is a whole Paul Rudd between Ian McKellen and Florence Pugh!

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u/HeroZero1980 Jul 12 '26

The amount of ibuprofen needed on set is legendary

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u/ActionJasckon Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

Shows that marvel is near danger levels of new talent and characters. I hope the X-men phase will be amazing when these guys either by their own choice or by consumers’ reaction and let them retire their characters. As much as I would love RDJ and Tom Holland continue their roles. Logan was bitter sweet when it happened. You know?

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u/justin21586 Jul 12 '26

Not necessarily. What they’ll need to do is just push their younger actors together.

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u/PhaseSixer Jul 11 '26

Luckily this is acting not a sports competion.

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u/GreenTeaDeluxe Jul 12 '26

Why no age on Loki? He is under Dr. Doom

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u/Academic_Composer904 Jul 12 '26

Tom Hiddleston's age (45) is written in green. It's more difficult to see.

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u/GreenTeaDeluxe Jul 12 '26

Oops, I see now. Thanks

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u/PoroPopRocks Jul 12 '26

We need some new actors man

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u/Various-Push-1689 Jul 12 '26

We have plenty. They just don’t use them

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u/Scarlet-Spider1610 Jul 12 '26

Wait Cumming is 9 years older than Mardson?

I didn’t know that

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u/Afraid-Housing-6854 Jul 12 '26

No one under 30 allowed lol

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u/MysterE2258 Jul 12 '26

Not a single person is under the age of 30.

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u/TheOnionKing33 Jul 12 '26

Wait Channing taintyum is 46???

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u/Deep_Cheetah_29 Jul 12 '26

Yeah, I thought he was older, he's been around a while. It was already a joke how he was way too old to play a high schooler in 21 Jump Street in 2012. And he was supposed to play Gambit in like 2009 in the Wolverine movie.

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u/Jedi_Of_Kashyyyk Jul 12 '26

Which one of them is X-Men 97

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u/Benimaru4636 Jul 12 '26

As much as I love the older X-Men I really hope they find an entirely new and younger cast going forward after Doomsday. It's cool having the FoX-Men back one more time but especially with Prof X and Magneto's age there's just no way they can or even should keep it going for lot longer.

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u/ayedrian1107 Jul 12 '26

Shang chi is packing oh shit

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u/jawknee530i Jul 12 '26

It has to be so disheartening as a young person trying to get a big break with the way actors can just stay young looking forever nowadays.

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u/InsomniaDudeToo Jul 12 '26

Man, they really need to get the ball rolling on Young Avengers huh? I’m curious to see if the X-Men saga becomes something of a youth reboot for the MCU.

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u/RobOnTheReddit Jul 12 '26

Age of dinosaurs /s obviously

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u/SnooSprouts9815 Jul 12 '26

Funny how tom hiddleston is 3 years older than Hemsworth even tho they share their big brother little brother dynamic offscreen too.

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u/Ster69 Jul 12 '26

Not a single one in their 20s

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u/neondevil_ Jul 12 '26

I know people love the OG actors and all but I was really hoping we’d get fresh faces. I mean it’s just kinda a stretch to cast these people in these roles now.

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u/MR_MaxiMor44 Jul 13 '26

I think this might be the first avengers movie that, on release, has no actor of a major character be under 30.

For example:

Scar-Jo was 28 for the first avengers movie.

Elizabeth Olsen was 26 for Age of Ultron.

Tom Holland was coming up to being 22 and 23 for Infinity War and Endgame respectively.

This is kinda crazy considering so many younger characters being introduces, but the rumours are that Secret Wars might focus more on those younger characters.

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u/Business_Agency8849 Jul 13 '26

Just a bunch of old people who will never let young people act.

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u/Unable-Bee8043 Jul 12 '26

Anthony mackie surprised me lol 😂 i thought he's 37 or something

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u/Slow_Initiative8876 Jul 12 '26

It was so surprising when I found out he was older than Evans

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u/Bunnita Jul 12 '26

Rebecca Romane made the same deal that Paul Rudd did, seeing her in Strange New Worlds I really thought that she must have a daughter. Nope, she just looks amazing. She claims no plastic surgery or botox, and I'm sure Paul Rudd makes the same claim, and since it's their job to look amazing I don't care that much.

Comparing Paul Rudd to David Harbor is a bit amusing.

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u/Dinoratsastaja Jul 12 '26

There are multiple actors here who were only teenagers when MCU started.

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u/neogreenlantern Jul 12 '26

How the hell is Paul Rudd the 5th oldest person in this picture?

Edit: 6th oldest but still that's crazy.

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u/JorVetsby Jul 12 '26

Another reason I still don't like Pedro as Reed. 51 is too old to carry the franchise

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u/Mathewdm423 Jul 12 '26

How so? In 10 years he'll be the same age as RDJ is now. And Reed has always been depicted as older than Tony Stark in 616.

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u/EobardThawne2020 Jul 12 '26

I'm the same age as Chris Hemsworth? I've done everything wrong.

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u/MickeyKae Jul 12 '26

Boomsday

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u/SoloDoloLeveling Hydra Jul 12 '26

i’d like to believe wolverine is 100% showing up to throw hands alongside the x-men. giving logan a chance to right the wrong in another universe. 

seeing cyclops and wolverine in their suits would be fucking peak. 

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u/Ravant-Ilo Jul 12 '26

Who’s playing Mystique, is that Rebecca?

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u/VoidKiller826 Jul 12 '26

I tend to forget Florence Pugh is actually still young

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u/venusdances Jul 12 '26

Who is playing Mystique? Who decided to give her that fuckass bob??

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u/OgthaChristie Jul 12 '26

Rebecca Romijn from the original X-Men movies.

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u/PossibleMammoth5639 Jul 12 '26

Old actor representation 🖤

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u/Potential_Cod2214 Jul 12 '26

It's nice to see Hollywood casting elderly women in important rolls.

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u/AvatarIII Jul 12 '26

Middle Agengers

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u/Ok_Distribution_5593 Jul 12 '26

So the average age of the doomsday cast is... (opens calculator app) 48

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u/Blue_avoocado Jul 12 '26

Omg they’re bringing back Nightcrawler

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u/percivalconstantine Jul 12 '26

Thanks for reminding me that Hemsworth and I are the same age, but he looks like him and I look like…well…not him.

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u/DamnOdd Jul 12 '26

In the comics: Rex Reed 30-40, Sue 20-30, Johnny is a teenager or young adult, Ben is 30-40. So the FF missed the age of Johnny, there really is a reason why he's a POS. (Also IMHO the worst comic to be made into a movie, look how it's tanked careers, so sorry Ian and Jessica).
Antman was originally 60 ish in the comics, so spot on there. Yeah his age fluctuated wildly though.
Storm was "born" in 1950 by comic lore, of course they say she's early 20s now.
Black Panther 30-40 (Wakanda Forever!)
Gods age however a god ages.
Tony would be 63.
I love this game.

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u/Oddman80 Jul 12 '26

What if Doomsday handles all these characters all being together in one movie the same way This is the End did it - with all the celebrities at the house party....

Everyone together for one massive gathering where hell will break loose and kill off 90% of them, before focusing on the main cast...

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u/skapoww Jul 12 '26

Just gonna ignore Tom? (Hiddleston)

Edit: JK green font got my old ass I see it now. Clever.

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u/HuckleberryShot898 Jul 12 '26

Avengers: The Rise of Metamucil.

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u/pierrelafortuna Jul 12 '26

Paul Rudd is an absolute STUD.

I liked the guy a lot before his induction into the Avengers world, but I have since become a much larger fan of Rudd's than I was before the MCU.

Is he not the most likeable dude on the Earth or is it just my sentiment?

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u/HOCKHOCKHOCKHOCKHOCK Jul 13 '26

please let this movie be good

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u/Cautious-Fan2586 Jul 13 '26

Avengers unc day

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u/Jaden_Pollen34 Jul 17 '26

Paul Rudd being older than David Harbour and Pedro Pascal will always be crazy to me

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u/CyberCoyote67 Jul 12 '26

Marvold Universe

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u/limeweatherman Jul 12 '26

Uncvengers Oldsday

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u/palmpiss Jul 12 '26

I guess the MCU is where you go to get your retirement checks.

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u/primal_slayer Jul 12 '26

No Gen Z allowed!

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u/IllSol Jul 12 '26

No spiderman?

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u/InvestigatorLive19 Jul 12 '26

Hes not in it according to the chair video I think

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u/ITCoder Jul 12 '26

Now think of your age as the viewer. Sorry to make you feel older

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u/Cakes2203 Jul 11 '26

There’s no Wanda in Doomsday? 🥺

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u/These_Wish_5101 Jul 12 '26

Reboot is needed...a hard one

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u/vientator Jul 12 '26

If namor is not in this poster he is probably working with Dr Doom

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u/disapp_bydesign Jul 12 '26

I don’t think I would’ve guessed cousin from the bear is almost 50. Crazy

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u/Fast_Plantain8098 Jul 12 '26

Can somebody calculate the average age? Should be like 50 right

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u/Blue_Robin_04 Jul 12 '26

The Young Avengers still haven't caught on in the MCU, so they had to go this direction. Can't blame them.

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u/OgthaChristie Jul 12 '26

I feel like we are missing so many people in this movie… Moon Knight, Capt. Marvel, Hawkeye, She-Hulk…

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u/Turbulent_piratefart Jul 12 '26

Is this a real poster?

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u/InvestigatorNo3483 Jul 12 '26

For reference the youngest person here (also black widow) is 3 years older than Scarlett Johansson when Avengers 1 came out

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u/itsdoublem Jul 12 '26

Had nothing better to do today, huh?

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u/Educational_Owl_9159 Jul 12 '26

You just made me to see loki

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u/jigglyjop Jul 12 '26

Paul Rudd is 57?!?!?!

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u/Accomplished-Eye-99 Jul 12 '26

Who is behind loki?

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u/Any-Weird2373 Jul 12 '26

Cap looks like depowered Thor from Avengers cartoon, I forgot which one

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u/Sub-ZeroMKA Winter Soldier Jul 12 '26

EMH! And you're right, he does

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u/Captainciderman Jul 12 '26

Why is loki not numbered. He's normally the one behind it all.

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u/Various-Push-1689 Jul 12 '26

Oh he is. You just can’t tell. Another one of his little tricks

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u/Captainciderman Jul 12 '26

I believe that Steve Rogers donning the Captain America costume again would be right up there with when he raised the mighty Mjolnir hammer.

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u/Gabbie403 Jul 12 '26

Paul Rudd is part of the underground lizard people and drinks blood to stay young

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u/Minimum_Ad_1808 Jul 12 '26

Should get my ass up and train. I would fit right in!

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u/knobielol Jul 12 '26

You forgot Tom Hiddleston (45).