'Avengers: Endgame' Directors Reveal the One Star Who Got the Full Script

We're just one week away from the most highly-anticipated film in recent memory: Avengers: Endgame. The culmination of Marvel's 22-film long Infinity Saga is right around the corner, which means Marvel is trying everything to prevent spoilers from leaking.

Earlier this week, the film's directors, Anthony and Joe Russo, released a statement urging fans to not spoil the film for those who have not seen it yet. “When you see Endgame in the coming weeks, please don’t spoil it for others, the same way you wouldn’t want it spoiled for you," the letter read.

But it's not just fans that the directors are assuring won't spoil the film. During the Endgame press tour, plenty of the movie's stars revealed that they don't know how the film ends, as most of them haven't been given the full script.

"You just sort of get your part, and some explanation about what came before, and what goes after and kind of how things fit in," Don Cheadle, who plays War Machine, explained.

But despite the secrecy of the film, there was one actor who got to read the entire script. In a recent interview with Rotten Tomatoes, the Russo's revealed that Robert Downey Jr. received the whole script.

"[Robert Downey Jr.] was probably the only one to actually read the entire script," Joe said. "I think Benedict [Cumberbatch] got the script that included his scenes only. [Chris] Evans might have read the whole script."

It's understandable that Marvel entrusted Downey Jr. to read the script, as the 54-year-old actor has been a mainstay in the MCU and can handle the pressure of keeping spoilers in-house. However, other stars struggle with that task, so the filmmaking brothers decided to relieve them of the pressure and just not reveal the full film to them.

"Part of our motivation to do that is it just takes a lot of pressure off of people," Anthony said. "It is hard to constantly censor yourself about what you're saying, how you talk, because these movies are your whole life... So we take a lot of pressure off of people just by saying, 'Okay, the less you know, the less you have to mind yourself.'"

Avengers: Endgame lands in theaters on April 26.