A ‘Leftovers’ star plays a key villain in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’

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Carrie Coon is Proxima Midnight, one of four members of Thanos’s villainous Black Order.

The Leftovers star obviously isn’t just now joining Avengers: Infinity War — a movie that is shot, almost certainly in the can, and speeding toward its April 27 release. But it’s news to us.

Confirmation comes from no less a reliable source than the sibling filmmakers behind Infinity War. Anthony and Joe Russo revealed Coon’s involvement and role during a recent interview with Radio Times.

You can get a glimpse of Proxima Midnight in this July 2017 tweet from Marvel Studios co-president Louis D’Esposito, in which he referred to the Black Order as the “Children of Thanos.” She’s the second one from the left. Read more…

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