Avengers cast members assemble for Joe Biden fund-raiser

Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) and Mark Ruffalo (Hulk).

LOS ANGELES • The Avengers are assembling again, but this time for United States presidential candidate Joe Biden.

The cast of the hit Marvel movies will gather today for a virtual fund-raiser called Voters Assemble! for Mr Biden, who is running against incumbent Mr Donald Trump in the US presidential election on Nov 3.

According to Variety magazine, the fund-raiser will feature Avengers cast members Chris Evans (Captain America), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man) and Zoe Saldana (Gamora).

They will be joined by the Russo Brothers, directors of four films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Mr Biden's running mate, Ms Kamala Harris.

The fund-raiser will feature a trivia game and a question-and-answer session with the Avengers cast.

According to Variety, fans can attend by donating any amount to the Joe Biden Victory Fund.

Celebrities in the US have been vocal about the coming presidential election, with many of them pledging their support for Mr Biden of the Democratic Party, who was vice-president under former president Barack Obama.

Ruffalo has been retweeting pro-Democratic tweets on social media, while Evans has been urging voters to vote in the coming election.

The next Marvel movie Black Widow, starring Johansson, is scheduled to be released in May next year, after being delayed twice from its original release date of May this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 20, 2020, with the headline Avengers cast members assemble for Joe Biden fund-raiser. Subscribe