The Avengers (2012)

Stellan Skarsgård: Selvig

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• Loki : [as Fury tries to leave with the Tesseract]  Please don't. I still need that.

  Nick Fury : This doesn't have to get any messier.

  Loki : Of course it does. I've come too far anything else. I am Loki, of Asgard and I am burdened with glorious purpose.

  Selvig : Loki, brother of Thor.

  Nick Fury : We have no quarrel with your people.

  Loki : An ant has no quarrel with a boot.

  Nick Fury : Are you planning to step on us?

  Loki : I come with glad tidings of a world made free.

  Nick Fury : Free from what?

  Loki : Freedom. Freedom is life's great lie. Once you accept that, in your heart...

  [walks up to Eric Selvig and touches him with the scepter] 

  Loki : ...you will know peace.

  Nick Fury : Yeah, you say "peace," I kind of think you mean the other thing.

  Clint Barton : Sir, Director Fury is stalling. This place is about to blow and drop a hundred feet of rock on us. He means to bury us.

  Nick Fury : Like the pharaohs of old.

  Selvig : He's right. The portal is collapsing in on itself. We've got maybe two minutes before this goes critical.

  Loki : Well, then...

  [Barton shoots Fury, they leave] 

• Jarvis : [as Iron Man arrives at Stark Tower to confront Loki and Selvig]  Sir, I've shut down the Arc Reactor, but the device is already self-sustaining.

  Iron Man : Shut it down, Dr. Selvig.

  Selvig : It's too late! She can't stop now. She wants to show us something! A new universe.

  Iron Man : OK.

  [blasts the device, which defends itself with a barrier, blasting Selvig into a wall and pushing Iron Man back] 

  Jarvis : The barrier is pure energy. It's unbreachable.

  Iron Man : Yeah I got that - Plan B.

  [he turns to Loki and drifts down to his landing pad] 

  Jarvis : Sir, the Mark VII is not ready for deployment.

  Iron Man : Then skip the spinning rims! We're on the clock!

  [Lands and has his armor removed] 

• Nick Fury : Where's Barton?

  Selvig : The Hawk? Up in his nest, as usual.

• Selvig : The Tesseract is showing me so much. It's more than just knowledge, it's... truth.

  Loki : I know. What did it show you, Agent Barton?

  Clint Barton : My next target.

  Loki : Tell me what you need.

  Clint Barton : I'll need a distraction.

  [Barton grabs his bow] 

  Clint Barton : And an eyeball.