
Portman not being there makes sense on some level, but Skarsgård's character had a hand helping Loki obtain the Tesseract in Joss Whedon's The Avengers. But despite directing that film, Branagh isn't in the photo, and neither are Natalie Portman and Stellan Skarsgård, who played Jane Foster and Erik Selvig, respectively. Then again, having Norton in the photo alongside Mark Ruffalo might've presented yet another awkward situation.Ĭhris Hemsworth and Jeremy Renner, who both first appeared in Kenneth Branagh's Thor, are Avengers, which is why they're in the photo. William Hurt, who reprised his role as Thunderbolt Ross in Captain America: Civil War, is there, but Edward Norton and Liv Tyler are both missing, as is Abomination actor Tim Roth. What's interesting is that The Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier showed up for the photo shoot, but virtually no one from his movie did. And considering that Don Cheadle is included in the group photo, it might've been awkward for everyone if Terrence Howard, who played James Rhodes in Iron Man, also showed up for the photo shoot. On that note, Justin Hammer actor Sam Rockwell and original Howard Stark actor John Slattery are also missing. Jeff Bridges, who played the shared universe's first villain, Iron Monger, in Jon Favreau's Iron Manis missing, as is Mickey Rourke, who played Ivan Vanko in Iron Man 2. A handful of villains are there but not all. Considering that this photo shoot was meant mostly for superheroes, it would be strange for the studio to include villains, but that's exactly what they did.
