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Portals battle ("Avengers Assemble")
The mass-portal opening at the climax — every prior Avenger arriving via Doctor Strange's mandala, Cap raising Mjolnir, the cavalry charge across the battlefield. Coordinated as a multi-day shoot across more than two hundred stunt performers, with separate units handling each character's entrance and rigging. The "Assemble" line and the leading charge were a single working day, with the wide-shot hero plates pulled from twelve cameras simultaneously.
Credits
Stunt team
Coordinator
Double
- Bobby Holland Hanton(doubling Chris Hemsworth)
Thor entrance via portal + hammer-throw choreography on the final cavalry charge.
- Sam Hargrave(doubling Chris Evans)
Cap-with-Mjolnir close-quarters work.
- Aaron Toney(doubling Anthony Mackie)
Falcon flight rigging across the battle.
- Heidi Moneymaker(doubling Scarlett Johansson)
Rigging
Equipment + technique
wire-flying
Aerial wires for Falcon, Wasp, and Iron Man-class characters; 200+ wire-cycles across the battle.
pole-cat
Used for the airborne entrances of multiple characters.
Mounts
- Falcon wing-pack flight rig
- Iron Man flight rigs across multiple armours
Safety
Officer + bulletins
Bulletins observed
Rigging glossary
9 rigs used in this sequence
Each entry explains how the rig works mechanically and the safety bulletin that governs it. Click through for the full glossary detail.
descender
Fan descender
A controlled vertical descent rig where a centrifugal fan brake regulates rope payout. The reference rig for the Burj Khalifa work in Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol.
wire
Wire-flying rig
The harness-and-pulley system that lifts a performer through prolonged airborne action — the workhorse rig of the post-Crouching Tiger martial-arts era.
wire
Descender wire (controlled rappel)
The single-line rig used for sustained vertical descents at narrative speed — the rig under most "elevator shaft" and "skyscraper window" frames.
fall
Pad arrangement (catch-pad layout)
The choreographed layering of foam, airbag, and pad elements behind set walls and props that catches a performer hitting an unrehearsed surface during fight choreography.
References
Further reading
- Inside the Portals battlefxguidearticle