Fans Mob Westfield for Avengers Assemble Premiere


Watch video of the stars coming out in Shepherd's Bush

Westfield was mobbed by thousands of excited film fans on Thursday night as the stars of the new movie Avengers Assemble turned out in force for its European premiere at the Vue Cinema.

The famous names lined up on the red carpet included Scarlett Johansson, who plays catsuit wearing assassin Black Widow in the new Marvel blockbuster and co-stars Robert Downey Jr (Iron Man), Tom Hiddleston (villain Loki), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) and Clark Gregg (Agent Phil Coulson).

You can see highlights of the evening on the YouTube video linked here. If you went along, you might even spot yourself in the crowd!

It wasn't just the fans - many of who came along dressed up for the occasion in superhero style - who were thrilled by the event.  The evening's compere Jonathan Ross tweeted: "Just finished introducing the cast of the Avengers movie on stage. Fanboy heaven. Whoooooop! The movie's great btw."

Marvel Avengers Assemble opens in cinemas on April 26.

April 20, 2012