 "Josh Brolin says he was inspired by Benedict Cumberbatch's Smaug while playing Thanos")
Los Angeles: Josh Brolin says he was initially skeptical about playing Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War , but when he saw Benedict Cumberbatch’s immersive performance as Smaug in The Hobbit, he was inspired to dig deep into his character. The 50-year-old actor said the Doctor Strange star set high standards and he was inspired to take the challenge head on. [caption id=“attachment_4563971” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]  File image of Benedict Cumberbatch and Josh Brolin.[/caption] While researching for his role, Brolin stumbled across a YouTube video, which showed Cumberbatch playing out the part of the dragon Smaug in a behind the scenes footage from the Peter Jackson film series. “He was in this (motion capture), and he’s crawling around like a snake, snapping his tongue out doing this incredible performance. I saw that and was like, all right, that’s the bar. “This is not like bulls**t. This is something you… Have to sink your teeth into conviction, embarrassment, and all this kind of stuff,” Brolin told EW. _Infinity War_ released on 27 April and went on to become the fourth-highest grossing movie of all time, with close to $2 billion at the global box-office.
Josh Brolin said he was skeptical about playing Thanos, but Cumberbatch’s performance as Smaug in The Hobbit inspired him to dig deep into his character
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