Which Characters Get The Most Screen Time In ‘Avengers Age Of Ultron’

With Avengers: Age of Ultron, writer and director Joss Whedon brings back the six heroes known as “Earth’s Mightiest” from 2012’s record-breaking team-up epic, and adds to it with several new super-powered characters from Marvel Comics. With even more main characters, more supporting players, and even a few special cameos, how is the screen time divided between so many actors?

That’s part of the problem in servicing not just character arcs, but the desires of the talent bringing them to life onscreen, and fortunately this is what Whedon specializes in. You might be surprised however, in just how much time each character gets on screen for the Avengers sequel.

Joining Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Hulk in the fray for the sequel are the twins, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, alongside the android Avenger known as the Vision. Here’s how their screen time was observed and measured thanks to an army of interns at Vulture who used stopwatches to time whenever each of Age of Ultron’s nine Avengers were on screen, even for brief appearances such as Quicksilver’s speedy movements. It may not be entirely accurate, but...

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