The cast and crew of "Marvel's The Avengers" were riding high the day after the world premiere of their film. Fans, celebrities and journalists couldn't help but tweet out their ecstatic reactions to the long-await film, and it had seemed that Joss Whedon and friends may have finally put together the film we were all hoping for.

But at a press conference the next evening, Robert Downey, Jr., stated that they weren't finished just yet. The actor said that the cast was filming an additional scene that very night. The audience laughed at what seemed to be a joke from the notoriously wry Downey, but he assured the crowd saying, "I'm not kidding." He then promptly ended the press conference, leaving the world abuzz.

This was the first anyone had heard of a last minute scene, so at a later press conference, one writer put the question to director Joss Whedon, who denied the planned shoot. It seemed that lid had been blown off Downey's joke, but The Playlist caught up with Mark Ruffalo later, who confirmed the shoot.

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