‘White Lotus’ star Carrie Coon didn’t return for ‘Avengers: Endgame’ over money, husband claims

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2019 action/sci-fi movie “Avengers: Endgame.”The actress, 44, originally starred in “Avengers: Infinity War” the year before; however, her deciding factor not to come back the second time around was money, Letts claimed.“I believe [Marvel] went to her for the second one, and they asked her to be in the second one,” Letts admitted on “The Big Picture” podcast. “And she said, ‘Well, the first one is the most successful movie ever made.

Are you going to pay me any more money?’ And they said, ‘No. We’re not going to pay you any more money.'”“Infinity War” took home more than $2 billion at the global box office. “She said, ‘Wow, you’re not going to pay me any more money, then I don’t think I’m going to do it,'” Letts continued. “And they said, ‘Well, you should feel yourself fortunate to be part of the Marvel Universe.’ So she declined.”The couple tied the knot in 2013, five years before “The Gilded Age” star appeared in the role of villain Proxima Midnight in the MCU.Since Coon’s character died before “Endgame,” she didn’t have any lines, but she did appear on screen.“We would’ve made a bigger deal out of this,” Letts added, “but it would have involved us watching the movies, and we weren’t going to do that.”In a 2020 episode of PeopleTV’s “Couch Surfing,” Coon said she turned down the chance to reprise Proxima Midnight due to a scheduling conflict.But the “His Three Daughters” actress didn’t want the audience to count her out in the long run.“No one ever dies.

It’s very possible I could have my own Avengers movie next,” Coon teased. “But I wouldn’t hold your breath.”In 2018, the “Gone Girl” vet detailed how she nabbed a spot in the MCU to begin with.“It started as a voiceover audition,” Coon told Entertainment Weekly.