ASSEMBLING THE AVENGERS
What does it take to be a superhero? Just ask Sarah Finn, Marvel’s long-standing casting director. She’s been there from the beginning, when she handed Robert Downey Jr. the role of Iron Man, and she has spent the better part of 12 years personally selecting the perfect actors to play Marvel’s roster of heroes.
“You don’t ever know what you’re going to find,” Finn tells Total Film of her often global searches, when we meet in London’s Corinthia Hotel. “Somebody might walk in and breathe life into a character in an unexpected way and you realise, that’s it, that’s the most exciting version [of the character].”
Now that Phase 3 of the MCU is complete, Finn is speaking about her work for the first time. “It’s nice to take a minute and look back at all we’ve accomplished,” she says. “I have a 12-year-old and
