Random Movie Trivia - The Avengers

Here is the next edition in our weekly Random Movie Trivia post.  Enjoy:

The Avengers

• Edward Norton was supposed to reprise his role as Bruce Banner/The Hulk but negotiations broke down and he was replaced by Mark Ruffalo.  Also considered for the role was Joaquin Phoenix.  Yikes.
• The voice for The Hulk was done by none other than the original Hulk, Lou Ferrigno.  Actually, Ferrigno did all of The Hulk's growling/roaring and Ruffalo does all of the talking.
• After Loki is brought on board the helicopter after being caught, Tony Stark can be seen wearing a 'Black Sabbath' t-shirt.  Of course, Black Sabbath is the band that performs the song 'Iron Man'.
• The original cut of the film was over 3 hours long but director Joss Whedon cut out 30 minutes.  Those deleted scenes mostly contain footage of Captain America adjusting to life in modern America and most of those scenes will be featured in the Captain America sequel, Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
• Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury is the only character other than Hugh Jackman's Wolverine to have appeared in five comic book movies as the same comic book superhero.  On top of that, Nick Fury was re-imagined in 2000 in the comic books and his likeness was based on Samuel L. Jackson only later to actually be played by the actor.
• The battle cry of The Avengers in the comic book is "Avengers Assemble", but it was never uttered in the movie.  However, Chris Evans (Captain America) would constantly say it off-camera and text it to fellow cast members.
• After Thor pseudo-kidnaps Loki off of the hover-jet and they land on the ledge of a mountain, two ravens fly by.  In Norse mythology, Thor and Loki's father Odin was always said to have two ravens named Huginn and Muninn.
• The reason Tony Stark mentions wanting to eat at Shawarma Palace is because after flying through one of those giant flying worms, he crash lands in front of the restaurant.
• This was Chris Evans sixth appearance in a comic book/graphic novel movie.  The others being Fantastic Four, TMNT, The Losers, Captain America, and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.

"And this was easily the best and funniest scene in the movie, maybe even in any comic book movie."