--- title: Mark Ruffalo Spoils Avengers Infinity War in Video Interview description: Avengers: Infinity War may have just hit theaters, but thanks to Mark Ruffalo, Marvel fans could have figured out the ending months ago. canonical: https://time.com/5262938/mark-ruffalo-spoiled-avengers-infinity-war/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-02T16:15:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:34.906Z og:title: Mark Ruffalo Spoiled the End of Avengers: Infinity War Months Ago og:description: Spoilers ahead og:url: https://time.com/5262938/mark-ruffalo-spoiled-avengers-infinity-war/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49dde1e74a555d99/69892ec8e76ad25b27631cf5/mlu-21862_r_c.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5760 og:image:height: 3240 og:image:alt: Avengers Infinity War og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mark Ruffalo Spoiled the End of Avengers: Infinity War Months Ago twitter:description: Spoilers ahead twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49dde1e74a555d99/69892ec8e76ad25b27631cf5/mlu-21862_r_c.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mark Ruffalo Totally Spoiled the End of _Avengers: Infinity War_ Months Ago > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 2, 2018 4:15 PM UTC  L to R: Doctor Strange/Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), Iron Man/Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), Bruce Banner/Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Wong (Benedict Wong) L to R: Doctor Strange/Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), Iron Man/Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), Bruce Banner/Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Wong (Benedict Wong) Chuck Zlotnick—Marvel Studios  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 2, 2018 4:15 PM UTC **Warning:** This post contains [major spoilers](http://time.com/5252990/avengers-infinity-war-deaths/) for [_Avengers: Infinity War_](http://time.com/5252727/avengers-infinity-war-review/). _Avengers: Infinity War_ may have just hit theaters on Friday, but thanks to Mark Ruffalo, fans could have figured out [the ending](http://time.com/5255759/avengers-infinity-war-ending-explained/) months ago. In a July interview with _Good Morning America_ that is once again making the Internet rounds, the Hulk actor seems to accidentally reveal that half of the Avengers die—[or at least disintegrate](http://time.com/5252990/avengers-infinity-war-deaths/)—in Marvel’s most recent superhero installment. “Like every other Marvel movie, it doesn’t end well for the superheroes,” he says in the clip. “Wait until you see this next one, ha— everybody dies.” He adds: “Well, half.” Ruffalo and his _Infinity War_ co-star Don Cheadle try to play the slip-up off, but it’s clear Ruffalo is flustered by his mistake. 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