15 Best Acted Scenes In MCU Movies
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When you’re a grown man having to pretend to be able to fly or shoot webs out of your wrists, it’s only natural that you may feel a little silly. Those who have seen unedited footage that shows how ridiculous actors can look in scenes pre-CGI and special effects know that acting in a comic book film can be difficult, because it truly tests the limits of your imagination.
The characterisation can be equally difficult – as actors need to both add a personal touch to their characters’ lines, while not straying too far from the canon personality of the role. Add in a dash of brutal workout regimes to look like their chosen hero, and you have a job that – while cool as hell – can easily prove grueling to carry out right.
That said, this only makes it all the cooler when actors do their absolute best in their role. Be it from perfect emoting, adding small details or just being amazingly in character, the best performances will stay with you a long time after the film ends.
15. Doctor Strange Meets Thor And Loki - Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Ragnarok is a very different film to its older siblings – most notably, it can be seen as much more of a comedy, which the other films had moments of, but didn’t focus on. This means that were the more outlandish comedic moments not acted outright, the entire franchise could’ve been ruined, due to it feeling to different to the prior films.
For example, the scene between Thor, Loki and Doctor Strange would’ve been easy to mess up – it involves more crazy magic moments than a Harry Potter book, and contains three of the biggest personalities found in the MCU universe. Despite this, it’s one of the funniest scenes in the film, as the casual way the characters chat and react to completely insane magical things is nothing short of hilarious.
It’s the kind of banter that could genuinely happen if you took your brother to meet your friend – only, if your friend was a wizard you’d never met before, and your brother was occasionally genocidal – so actually, hopefully nothing like that.