At last night's MTV Movie Awards, the Whedonverse won big with "The Avengers" taking home three golden popcorn trophies for Best Fight, Best Villain, and Best Movie.
”We are humbled to be standing here. No, we’re not humbled, we won. We’re… what’s the opposite of humbled? We’re Biebered to be standing here tonight.”~ Joss Whedon via Popwatch ~ Best Sound Bite of the Night
"Everyone's got to thank this guy. Joss Whedon: creator, writer, director, our fearless leader," Samuel L. Jackson said.~ Via Zap-2-It
When Whedon took to the stage, he joked, "Chris [Evans] wants to thank me too. Thank you guys, this was very unexpected."
Whedon, Evans and Jackson were joined on stage by costar Tom Hiddleston, who used the opportunity to make a joke of his own. "I just want to say I'm happy to be Hulk smashed any day of the week," he quipped.
In addition to Best Movie, "Marvel's The Avengers" earned victories in the night's Best Fight and Best Villain categories. All three of the Marvel Studios picture's awards were at least partly due to the involvement of Tom Hiddleston, who terrorized the iconic superheroes as Loki, Asgard's very own God of Mischief. Speaking with MTV News back-stage at the show, Hiddleston said "it was fun" to be "burdened with glorious popcorn" in front of so many fans as a big winner throughout Movie Awards night.~ MTV.com
"I'm so proud," he said. "Loki is the richest, deepest and most exhilarating character I've ever played. When I started, when I was cast in 'Thor,' I'm not sure Loki was particularly well-known within Marvel. But people like ['Avengers' director and writer Joss Whedon], who write him so beautifully, and all of the people who help me be him — hair and make-up guys, costume guys — I'm so proud that he's been taken to heart, if that's a right word for a villain. I'm really touched and really proud."
