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In \"Avengers: Infinity War,\" Mantis asks Thor if Bacon is one of \"Earth's Mightiest Heroes,\" to which Thor suggests he \"may have joined\" the Avengers in his absence from Earth.

In the same film, Quill asks Tom Holland's Peter Parker/Spider-Man if \"Footloose\" is \"still the greatest movie ever made\" on his native planet, to which Peter jeers, \"It never was.\"

For his part, Bacon told Esquire in 2021 that Gunn name-dropping him into MCU was a happy surprise.

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