How did Josh Brolin get cast as the most evil warlord in the Marvel universe?
He told Kim Holcomb it’s all thanks to his forehead.
Here’s their spoiler-free interview.
BROLIN: "That's why they hired me for this.”
HOLCOMB: “Because of your furrowed brow? That was all that it was?”
BROLIN: “Literally. You think, ‘I'm gonna come in and do the voice,’ that's kind of what I thought. I didn't realize it's as involved as it is. I was like, ‘Well what do they want?’ Well it's the bad guy who gonna half the universe - let's get Josh! He looks angry. He looks constipated."
HOLCOMB: "I want to know how bad Thanos actually is. We know he's the worst guy in the universe, but...”
BROLIN: “I'll tell you anything you want to know. There's all the spoilers that they say don't get into. I'll tell you everything.”
HOLCOMB: “Does he take the last piece of pizza without asking anybody else if they would like the last piece of pizza?”
BROLIN: “Yeah, he's rude like that. He's rude, he's selfish, he's self-involved, in his own bubble. He will always eat the first and last piece of pizza.”
HOLCOMB: “Will he be the last person to last-minute merge and cut off an entire line of traffic, irrespective of anyone else who needs to get through?”
BROLIN: “Without an indicator.”
HOLCOMB: “Without an indicator, even? All right."
BROLIN: "I love it because we have nothing to talk about.”
HOLCOMB: “Nothing to talk about!”
BROLIN: “You literally, we can't talk about the movie, we can't talk about the character. They went all over the world and did a thing but they never showed the movie so there was nothing really to do except say, 'I'm Mark Ruffalo. Yay!' (laughter)"
HOLCOMB: "Do you want to talk about The Goonies? We talk about The Goonies every time I see you because it is still - it never ends.”
BROLIN: “You know, there was a point in my life… there was a moment - well, 'a moment,' there was 20 years, where that name would come up and I'd be like, 'I don't want to hear that name anymore, I just don't want to hear that name,' because it was such a thing and there were no other things. And now that I have other things that I actually enjoy, I actually enjoy talking about The Goonies, so anything you want to talk about regarding The Goonies, I am right here."
HOLCOMB: "I think it's cool that for me, Goonies was a thing for me in my childhood, and now this is a thing for my son in his childhood and I think that's really cool.”
BROLIN: “It is cool. Now it's getting to the point where kids of kids - to see three generations be around long enough to see - it's pretty cool.”
HOLCOMB: “Congratulations. It was really good to see you and talk about absolutely nothing.”
BROLIN: “Nothing!"
Avengers Infinity War is rated PG-13 and opens April 27.
Travel and accommodations provided by Marvel Studios.
