When discussing how Thanos could break vibranium, Joe Russo, director of Avengers: Endgame, compared the villain to Genghis Khan.
Thanos has truly been the most devastating threat the Marvel Cinematic Universe has faced and it is going to be hard to find someone who can compare to the chaos he has been able to cause. His feats are endless but one that certainly caught attention was his ability to break Cap’s vibranium shield.
In Endgame, Thanos utilised his double-bladed sword to break Cap’s shield in the climactic battle. How was he able to do this? Well, director Joe Russo commented to ComicBook.com: “Clearly, Thanos, you know, is a thousand-year-old character who has fought everyone in the universe. He’s the greatest. He’s the Genghis Khan of the universe. He would have the greatest weapon.”
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When thinking about all the worlds and civilizations that Thanos must have run through in his long life, it does make sense that he would have picked up a weapon of such power. Of course, it wasn’t enough to save the villain in the end.
Avengers: Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Josh Brolin (Thanos), Brie Larson (Captain Marvel), Paul Rudd (Scott Lang), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther), Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier), Anthony Mackie (Falcon), Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Benedict Wong (Wong), Chris Pratt (Star-Lord), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Dave Bautista (Drax), Bradley Cooper (Rocket), Vin Diesel (Groot), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Pom Klementieff (Mantis), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Gwyneth Paltrow (Pepper Potts), Evangeline Lilly (The Wasp), Letitia Wright (Shuri) and Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie).