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Josh Brolin Talks Playing The Mad Titan, Thanos

In an interview with IGN, Josh Brolin talked about what got him to take the role of the Mad Titan and even having done other comic based movies (Jonah Hex, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, Men In Black 3) that being part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is different than just about anything else he's done.

Seems Brolin had an existing relationship with one of the big shots…

"First and foremost, I have a really good friend who I've known for years who's the co-president of Marvel, Louis D'Esposito. I knew Louis as a first AD, and he's the one who initially called me, and then [producer] Jeremy Latcham. Then I talked to Kevin Feige, ultimately. But there's something about them that's so insular and so geeky and so real. I loved it — because I've turned down a lot of those types of movies. Not Marvel, but I've turned down a lot of those types of movies. When they started telling me the story about them getting together in Palm Springs, nine of them flipping burgers and talking about what Thanos was going to do and going, 'What do you think?' like, 'Captain America's going to show up here!' Then, 'Oh my God, what if the Hulk came in at that point?' and all that — I love that sh**. I love it, because those guys are absolutely saturated with that world, and they love story."

And he sees his friend Robert Downey Jr. helping him get into being Thanos:

"We had constructed this small thing, Kevin Feige and I and Robert, and going on-stage at Comic-Con. Then it became something else. Once I got on-stage, it sort of became its own improv. I knew at that point, because I saw the rivalry between Robert [Downey Jr.] and I, and I thought, 'I get this. I suddenly really get it.' So I feel like I'm more inside it than I was. It was more a display to me before that. It was more cosmetic. Now I think I'm starting to get who the guy is a little bit."

How he looks at Thanos' love for Death:

"His relationship with Death, who is actually the woman, I love that. You can take Sin City [in which Brolin plays a man obsessed with a dark-hearted woman] and pump it full of steroids, and then you have Thanos. I like that he's motivated by that — not just motivated by destruction or death or this or that. He's motivated by a very identifiable, human trait."

But even he doesn't have the full picture yet on just how much he will be playing Thanos:

"I know what one appearance is going to be for sure. There's one or two that I don't know."

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