‘Thanos’ nabbed by local officer
Marvel super villain was ‘arrested’ on Yonge St. after mingling with fans
Spoilers ahead! Don’t read further if you still plan on seeing Avengers: Infinity Wars. Thanos proved too much for the Avengers in the latest movie from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but he met his match with Toronto police. The main villain in Avengers:
Infinity Wars was “arrested” Friday afternoon following a run-in with an officer near Dundas Square.
Behind the mask was 42-yearold Frank Coraci. Armed with Thanos’s body armour, several Infinity Stones and a handler to avoid bumping into pedestrians, Coraci took to Yonge St. to bring a bit of laughter to Toronto following the van rampage on April 23.
“I couldn’t walk two steps without someone asking for a selfie,” Coraci said.
Among the selfie-seekers was Sgt. Noel DeGuzman, who stopped Coraci as he made his way down Yonge. While Coraci initially worried that he was about to get in trouble, it turned out that the constable was a fan and requested a photo for his daughter.
Coraci said the scene was largely DeGuzman’s idea.
“What started as good-hearted banter between two Marvel fans and subsequently a photo for my daughter, apparently exploded onto social media,” DeGuzman wrote in an email to the Star. “I am thankful that it put a smile on many people’s faces.”
The sergeant said he was pleased he did“what the Avengers couldn’t do,” quoting a tweet about the photo. DeGuzman said the photo put a smile on his daughter’s face.
While internet users speculated the costume was made for the Toronto Comic Arts Festival this past weekend, Coraci said his costume was unrelated.