Endgame Meeting That Made Robert Downey Jr. Cry

Robert Downey Jr. is far from the only «Endgame» actor to have had an emotional response to the film. As it garnered traction as a critical and box-office triumph, several of the movie’s cast members — particularly those who had been with the franchise since its humble beginnings — described what the Infinity Saga’s grand conclusion meant to them.

Chris Evans, who portrayed Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, in nearly a dozen installments of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was among these passionate performers. He got sentimental at the film’s premiere, telling Variety, «I have a lot of my friends and family here tonight, and a lot of them are right up here. We have this bond that transcends what we do for a living … I cried like six times [tonight].»

Hawkeye star Jeremy Renner got similarly emotional at the event, sharing a photo of him hugging his mother on Instagram in the early hours of the following day with the caption «Wow… words will only betray my feelings for this movie … this picture from last night represents … love … pride of my family, my friends, and crazy for my [A]venger family.»

Hulk actor Mark Ruffalo used both «Avengers: Infinity War» and «Endgame» to argue against those who don’t believe that the MCU is true cinema in a 2019 interview on «The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.» «I have never in my life seen the emotional response [to] a movie that I did in those two screenings,» he said. «All these kids were bawling, crying, freaking out, screaming in the car. And that’s real emotion, I think.» Whether from the audience or the stars themselves, «Endgame» did whatever it took to bring viewers to tears.