10 Biggest Ever Sacrifices In MCU Movies

5. Quicksilver Saves Hawkeye - Avengers: Age Of Ultron

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All the way through Age Of Ultron, it looked like we were going to lose Hawkeye. We even got to meet his family, as if Joss Whedon were just keen for him to walk around with a DEAD MEAT sign painted on his forehead. But then it all turned out to be a red herring and the real Whedon moment targeted someone else entirely.

At the end of the movie, Hakweye has quickly grown into a sort of surrogate father to the twins after their defection from Ultron. He looks after them - particularly Scarlet Witch - because he recognises in them what his own children would be without him. And they see a father they were missing.

So when the time comes for Haweye's inevitable death, Quicksilver throws himself in front of the bullets mean for Clint, sacrificing himself so that the Barton children don't have to face the unspeakable tragedy of his own life.

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