Avengers: Age Of Ultron: 8 Ways It's A Banner-Stark Science Bromance

7. Ruffalo and RDJ Are The Greatest

Marvel StudiosMarvel StudiosThis isn€™t to take anything away from any of the other stars of the Avengers franchise. Chris Hemsworth is perfectly cast as the God of Thunder, managing to play Asgardian gentleman prince and hotheaded beefcake at one and the same time without breaking a sweat. Meanwhile, Chris Evans essays the most difficult role in the franchise €“ making a boy scout dressed in a flag both real and likeable €“ and never puts a foot wrong. But it€™s Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jnr. who are arguably the two most charismatic actors in the franchise, and probably the most loved€ even though the former has never played Banner in a Hulk movie of his own. RDJ€™s credentials are a matter of public record by now, given that he€™s starred in four massive hit movies as Stark. But let€™s look at Ruffalo. Remember that scene in the hut in Avengers with Black Widow attempting to persuade Banner to join her on the way to the Helicarrier? Ruffalo nails a self-deprecating sense of humour mingled with resigned despair, and while there€™s not even a sniff of the Hulk, the scene is fraught with tension as Banner plays with Romanoff€™s fear of what would happen if the Hulk got out. That€™s all down to Ruffalo, who€™s been stealing movies for about as long as he€™s been acting in them. There€™s pretty much nothing that these two can€™t do onscreen given the opportunity, but especially when€
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