Avengers: Infinity War’s Benicio del Toro on if He’ll Return in Doomsday

Benicio del Toro recently shared his thoughts on whether he will join the cast of Avengers: Doomsday as The Collector. The actor debuted in the MCU in the 2013 film, Thor: The Dark World. Although after the 2018 film, Avengers: Infinity War, The Collector hasn’t been seen in any Marvel movies.

Benicio del Toro says he hasn’t been invited for Avengers: Doomsday

Benicio del Toro recently sat down for an interview with ComicBook to promote The Phoenician Scheme, when he talked about The Collector’s potential role in Avengers: Doomsday.

The outlet asked Benicio del Toro whether he would join the cast of the upcoming Avengers movie. In response, he expressed uncertainty about The Collector’s future in the MCU and stated, “I don’t know. I mean, it’s like, you gotta get invited to play in that international tournament, and I’d love to play in it, but fingers crossed that’ll happen soon. I haven’t been invited yet for a second round.”

The Collector, aka Taneleer Tivan, last appeared on the big screen in Avengers: Infinity War when Thanos arrived at Knowhere to obtain the Reality Stone. Here, Tivan was shown in the illusion that Thanos created to deceive the Guardians of the Galaxy. However, whether The Collector survived or was killed by Thanos on Knowhere remained a mystery.

In 2018, Benicio del Toro shared that he believed that The Collector was alive after Infinity War. He said, “I think he’s alive…I think that, you know. You’re talking to him!” (via CinemaBlend)

Additionally, in November 2022, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn also hinted that The Collector might be alive. While talking to Entertainment Tonight about the base the Guardians had in the GOTG Holiday Special, Gunn conveyed, “They’ve bought Knowhere from The Collector, that’s their home base now.”

Avengers: Doomsday will come out on December 18, 2026.

Originally reported by Ishita Verma on SuperHeroHype.

Source: Comingsoon.net