Marvel Actor Paul Bettany Reveals He Left ‘Infinity War’ Script on a Plane, Paid $500 Tip to Retrieve It

By Jake Campbell•13 October 2026

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Paul Bettany, who plays Vision in the new Disney+ series bağlantı”>VisionQuest, has revealed that he once left the entire script for bağlantı”>Avengers: Infinity War behind on a plane.

The British actor shared the story during an appearance on bağlantı”>Virgin Radio, admitting he had to tip a gate greeter $500 for retrieving the wayward script.

“I’ve never told anybody this, but I once left the entire script for Infinity War on a plane,” Bettany began.

Paul Bettany

Bettany recounted discovering his mistake after already leaving the aircraft.

“And I got off the plane and I was in my car and I went, ‘Oh… oh… oh no!'” he said. “And I was lucky to have had a greeter that was a genius, and I got the greeter to go in and get it. And I tipped that greeter like 500 bucks.”

Paul Bettany

The revelation drew a gasp from co-star Emily Hampshire, who plays E.D.I.T.H. in the show.

Hampshire then admitted she had lost a script for bağlantı”>VisionQuest, saying security staff arrived at her home when she failed to return that day’s scenes.

“Yes! I didn’t know they were precious. I probably threw them out!” she said.

Emily Hampshire

The story highlights the extensive security measures Marvel employs to protect its scripts. The cast of 2015’s bağlantı”>Avengers: Age of Ultron previously revealed that script pages had to be shredded daily on set, and that Marvel does not email scripts but instead has a security guard deliver them in person.

Ahead of Age of Ultron’s release, Scarlet Witch actor Elizabeth Olsen described similar measures while filming.

“It was quite funny that we had to burn our sides for the day… we weren’t allowed to go home with our little pages of whatever we shot that day,” she told bağlantı”>the BBC. “They took it from our trailers and shredded it. It’s pretty crazy.”

Elizabeth Olsen

Olsen also suggested at the time that Marvel films should be seen in cinemas rather than on planes.

“These films aren’t plane movies… they deserve to be seen in a cinema the way it was made.”

Elizabeth Olsen

bağlantı”>VisionQuest premiered on October 13 at 6pm PT / 9pm ET. Mais details are available via bağlantı”>the revised VisionQuest release schedule, along with a spoiler-free review of the first two episodes in bağlantı”>our coverage here.

This story was originally reported by IGN’s Managing Editor, who can be reached on Twitter at @wyp100 or via email.