MCU: 30 sets of actors and crew who have worked together outside the franchise

"Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier"..L to R: Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) & Captain America/Steve Rogers (Chris Evans)..Ph: Zade Rosenthal..© 2014 Marvel. All Rights Reserved.
"Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier"..L to R: Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) & Captain America/Steve Rogers (Chris Evans)..Ph: Zade Rosenthal..© 2014 Marvel. All Rights Reserved. /
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LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 07: (front L-R) Danai Gurira, Jeremy Renner, Director Anthony Russo, Chris Evans, Director Joe Russo, Brie Larson and Mark Ruffalo, (back L-R) Karen Gillan, Paul Rudd, Scarlett Johansson, President of Marvel Studios/Producer Kevin Feige, Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle and Chris Hemsworth onstage during Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Endgame” Global Junket Press Conference at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown on April 7, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney) /

11. Brie Larson and Chris Evans

If you’ve ever seen Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, you might’ve spotted Captain America himself, Chris Evans, in a villainous role, and the future Captain Marvel, Brie Larson, who played the title character’s ex-girlfriend. As odd as that might seem to MCU fans, the film didn’t do well at the box office but has since become a cult classic.

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HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JULY 09: (L-R) Chiwetel Ejiofor, Director/producer Jon Favreau and Donald Glover attend the World Premiere of Disney’s “THE LION KING” at the Dolby Theatre on July 09, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Disney) /

12. Jon Favreau and Donald Glover

Jon Favreau isn’t just an actor. He’s a great filmmaker, too. But few people who don’t follow Disney’s live-action films might know that he worked with Spider Man: Homecoming actor Donald Glover.

While they don’t appear in the same MCU film, they worked together on The Lion King where Favreau was the director, and Glover played the lead character, Simba as an adult. Glover played Aaron Davis, the criminal uncle of Miles Morales.

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LAS VEGAS, NV – APRIL 23: (L-R) Actor Bobby Cannavale, actress Rose Byrne, recipient of the Female Star of the Year Award, and actor Paul Rudd, recipient of the Male Star of the Year Award, attend The CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards Brought to you by The Coca-Cola Company at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, on April 23, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for CinemaCon) /

13. Bobby Cannavale and Paul Rudd

They’re always at each other’s throats in the Ant-Man films, as they’ve both romanced Maggie Lang, but did you know Bobby Cannavale and Paul Rudd are actually BFFs in real life?

The actors worked together on the film The Ten, and it was Rudd who convinced Cannavale to take the role of Jim Paxton, Maggie’s fiancée in the first Ant-Man. Rudd and Cannavale later worked together on The Fundamentals of Caring.

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NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 21: Jon Favreau and Scarlett Johansson attend Tribeca Talks: Jon Favreau with Scarlett Johansson during 2017 Tribeca Film Festival at SVA Theatre on April 21, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival) /

14. Scarlett Johansson and Jon Favreau

Scarlett Johansson and Jon Favreau haven’t just worked in the MCU together as Black Widow and Happy Hogan, but they’ve worked together on a Disney movie too. Favreau directed Johansson in his live-action version of The Jungle Book where she plays the snake, Kaa. She also sings in the movie. He probably had a positive experience working with her in Iron Man 2 that he chose to cast her. And before The Jungle Book, Johansson also reteamed with Favreau for his 2014 indie film, Chef.

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CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 15: Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany and Stormtroopers attend a ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ party at the Carlton Beach following the film’s out of competition screening during the 71st International Cannes Film Festival at Carlton Beach on May 15, 2018 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Antony Jones/Getty Images for Disney) /

15. Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, and Stellan Skarsgård

You might be thinking, “what do Vision, the AI known as Karen and Erik Selvig have in common?”. Paul Bettany and Stellan Skarsgård have been good friends for years, having worked together on (Kiss Kiss) Bang Bang and Dogville. Through Bettany, Skarsgård became good friends with Jennifer Connelly, Paul’s wife.

While they all appear in different MCU projects, Connelly has been referenced to as J.A.R.V.I.S’ spouse because she’s Bettany’s wife and because she voices Karen, the AI inside Peter Parker’s Spider-Man suit in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Also, the couple named their son, Stellan after Skarsgård.