Paul Rudd Secretly Sold $100K in Avengers: Doomsday Tickets—Kept Marvel in the Dark

Paul Rudd’s never exactly been shy about being a bit cheeky, and his most recent stunt proves he’s still got the knack. The Ant-Man star has admitted – rather openly, in fact – that he flogged tickets to the world premiere of Avengers: Doomsday for a cool $100,000, and didn’t bother to ask Marvel Studios if that was actually all right.

If You Want to Annoy Marvel, Do It for Charity

Rudd dropped this one on Jimmy Fallon’s sofa, where the conversation turned to Big Slick (that’s the Kansas City fundraising event Rudd co-hosts alongside fellow celebrities like Jason Sudeikis and Eric Stonestreet). Over the years, their efforts have pulled in more than $40 million for Children’s Mercy Hospital. Not a bad number, frankly.

Fallon handed out the usual congratulations, then threw in a curveball: Paul, did you really auction off tickets to the Avengers: Doomsday world premiere – and did you get Marvel’s blessing?

Rudd’s response:

'I mean, it’s so crazy that that kind of caught on. Because I didn’t even ask Marvel. I just auctioned them off. So I’m hoping it’s okay.'

Marvel’s Nerves of Steel (or Not)

If you know anything about Marvel premieres, you’ll know they guard those events like MI5 with superpowers. Security, secrecy, no mobile phones even near a screening room. So you can guess how unusual it is for someone – even an Avenger – to raffle off their plus-ones to just anyone, never mind for a princely sum.

Fallon, never missing a beat, pressed him: could Rudd actually bring a random ticket winner? Paul’s answer: do that, and his own family’s sat at home watching ITV.

'Well, then my family’s not going because I only get, like, a very small allotment.'

That got Fallon cackling, but it’s a fair point. Even the main cast get handed a limited guest list. Sorry, kids.

What Exactly Does $100,000 Buy You?

• Entry for you (and presumably one guest) to the glitzy Los Angeles world premiere of Avengers: Doomsday
• Exclusive access to the official after-party (everyone wants to see which Avenger breaks first on the dance floor)
• Paul Rudd himself will introduce you to whatever stars he runs into and
  – yes, he will take the selfies for your Insta

If you missed it, there’s a video of Rudd on stage at the charity auction – absolutely working the crowd – that’s gone viral. Safe to say, that’s a rare chance to both meet a bunch of Marvel stars and make Rudd your temporary chum for an evening.