Avengers: Infinity War may be the most lucrative film in existence, but that doesn't mean its stars are immune from criticism. So on Monday's Jimmy Kimmel Live, most of the film's boldface-name actors read mean tweets about themselves for your amusement and schadenfreude. (Thor and Iron Man sat this one out.) Some of the critiques were bizarre and others quite mean, but not all of them. Chadwick Boseman, for example, might want to frame his, while Benedict Cumberbatch found his mean tweet hilarious and Elizabeth Olsen actually agreed with hers. Watch below. Peter Weber
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