'Avengers: Infinity War' Directors Respond to "Hot Thanos" Love

Thanos was definitely the villain of Avengers: Infinity War, but he also amassed quite a few fans who thought he was...well, a bit sexy.

That might not have been the direction Avengers: Infinity War directors Joe and Anthony Russo envisioned for the character, but as they told ET they are perfectly fine with Marvel fans admiring the Mad Titan's hotness so to speak.

"I mean listen, everybody's got their own thing," Joe Russo said. "We're supportive of whatever your fantasies about Thanos may be."

"He's a Tony Soprano type ya know," Anthony Russo said. "But again we really wanted to make him a compelling and relatable character and I think that's a, maybe a dimension of the fact that he does feel compelling to people."

Joe thinks that much of attractive quality comes from Thanos actor Josh Brolin, who really brought the character to life behind all the CGI work.

"I think that emotion can translate...or that passion can translate directly to Josh Brolin, because it really is Brolin, and we're mapping everything that he does so, I think that's what's unique about that character is that there's really the essence of an actor behind him and that's what people are ascribing to," Russo said.

The subject of Thanos' attractiveness came up during the Infinity War commentary with Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, and writers Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus.

McFeely brought it up when he said "I have seen lots of online stuff about "Can we talk about that Thanos is hot?"

Anthony was surprised, saying "Oh Really?" Markus didn't seem so shocked though, saying "of course."

Thanos will return in Avengers 4, which stars Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Josh Brolin (Thanos), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Brie Larson (Captain Marvel), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Evangeline Lilly (The Wasp), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Bradley Cooper (Rocket Raccoon).

Avengers: Infinity War and Ant-Man and The Wasp are in theaters now. Other Marvel projects coming soon are Captain Marvel on March 8, 2019, the fourth Avengers movie on May 3, 2019, Spider-Man: Far From Home on July 5, 2019, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in 2020.