Avengers: Endgame returned to theatres this weekend with bonus footage–and included in that is Epic Games boss Donald Mustard. Mustard, who is worldwide creative director at the Fortnite studio, said on Twitter that he appears for 3.2 seconds as a pony-tailed character.
Mustard shared a photo of himself in costume, chatting to Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. and Doctor Strange actor Benedict Cumberbatch. A second photo posted by Mustard’s wife, Laura Mustard, shows them all hanging out with directors Joe and Anthony Russo.
Go see the re-release of Endgame this weekend on the biggest screen possible! Watch closely and you might just see 3.2 seconds of the greatest ponytail wizard ever wrecking baddies! pic.twitter.com/dDdV9kfzsK
— Donald Mustard (@DonaldMustard) June 29, 2019
Love these guys! Thanks @Russo_Brothers for inviting us in to experience the making of #avengers with you. And fun dinner dates too! pic.twitter.com/GYsM0FTMg5
— Laura Mustard (@lauramustard) June 29, 2019
In another tweet, Mustard says he thought about stealing his sling ring, but the film crew had security locked down. The Russo brothers are big fans of Fortnite; they’ve worn Fortnite t-shirts in various media appearances, and they even put a Fortnite scene in Endgame.
I was THIS close to stealing that Sling Ring but when ‘They’ came to take out the ponytail (which was a whole thing) there was a person making sure every piece of the costume was returned…
— Donald Mustard (@DonaldMustard) June 29, 2019
Endgame made a further $5.5 million in the US and Canada this weekend, and a few million more overseas, pushing its total lifetime haul to $2.76 billion. That’s about $27 million shy of Avatar’s overall all-time record; it’s a record that Endgame may never beat.