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As #AvengersEndgame rightfully celebrates all the great @Marvel heroes on screen, I just wanted to tip my (ahem) Cap to the actors who play them… many of whom take seriously the responsibility of portraying champions of goodness. I got to see that up close over the years. 1/8
…putting together charity screenings with Disney and @NYDailyNews. Back when the effort was just a cocktail napkin idea to honor kids who did volunteer work after Hurricane Sandy, @RobertDowneyJr volunteered: . He did a second one a few years later. 2/8
Then, to surprise a group of underprivileged young actors in 2013, @twhiddleston literally flew in to New York from London (between play performances) for less than 24 hours. Yeah, Loki is a big hero. 3/8
When “Captain America: Winter Soldier” came out a year later, @AnthonyMackie and Sebastian Stan surprised kids with parents serving in the military oversees and filmed greetings for their parents: 4/8
For our “Guardians of the Galaxy” charity screening, @prattprattpratt wouldn’t leave the theater until he took a selfie with each and every kid in attendance — despite the protests of the security over his safety because of the crowd size: 5/8
Paul Rudd is on the board of a charity that helps kids overcome stuttering, and for “Ant-Man,” he made one of those kids an honest-to-Stan-Lee superhero, Ant-Kid. I dare you to watch the video and not tear up.
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Speaking of tearing up, Captain America himself, @ChrisEvans, surprised a 13-year-old who volunteers throwing birthday parties for kids at homeless shelters with his own birthday cake and a chorus of Happy Birthday. Don’t bill me for the Kleenex. 7/8
Just some really good people doing even bigger things than punching out Thanos.
