Popsugar Entertainment The Avengers The Avengers Cast Get Matching Tattoos 2018 Almost All of the Avengers Got Matching Tattoos — Can You Guess Who Opted Out? 13 May 2018 by Karenna Meredith First Published: 9 May 2018 @avengers part 1... They say it’s better to give than to receive ... @joshualord 🎥 and #dj credit @jimmy_rich A post shared by Robert Downey Jr. (@robertdowneyjr) on May 7, 2018 at 8:57am PDT Image Source: Instagram user robertdowneyjr You know a cast is basically family when they opt to get tattoos together. The core members of the Avengers cast — Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, and Jeremy Renner — celebrated the release of Avengers: Infinity War by taking a permanent plunge: getting inked. According to Entertainment Weekly, the tattoos were originally Johansson's idea. She and Evans started the trend in New York; then she brought the artist, Josh Lord, to Los Angeles to ink up Downey Jr. and Renner. Downey Jr. told EW that they eventually "bullied" Hemsworth into participating, but Mark Ruffalo opted out. Think he's hiding out after he realised he spoiled the end of Infinity War? The five members of the cast now sport a simple Avengers symbol intertwined with the number six — but they're not the only ones. After getting inked, the actors turned the needle back on Lord, and each contributed to their own version of his tattoo, which Downey Jr. described as a "total massacre." Keep scrolling to see the process in action, and check out how Lord's expertise compares to the cast's . . . work of art? Related: The Cast of Avengers: Infinity War Gets Burned in the Latest "Mean Tweets" Video @avengers part 1... They say it’s better to give than to receive ... @joshualord 🎥 and #dj credit @jimmy_rich A post shared by Robert Downey Jr. (@robertdowneyjr) on May 7, 2018 at 8:57am PDT 1 / 5 @avengers part 2... But on this night receiving was just as sweet ... Thank you @joshualord on behalf of all of us #chrisevans #scarlettjohansson @renner4real @chrishemsworth ... 🎥 and #dj credit @jimmy_rich A post shared by Robert Downey Jr. (@robertdowneyjr) on May 7, 2018 at 9:04am PDT 2 / 5 And last but certainly not least to the #firstavenger my brother #ChrisEvans “Now we are one...” @renner4real @chrishemsworth #scarlettjohansson #chrisevans 🎥 @jimmy_rich and tattoos @joshualord A post shared by Robert Downey Jr. (@robertdowneyjr) on May 7, 2018 at 2:31pm PDT 3 / 5 After 20 years of tattooing, this is absolutely my Favorite tattoo ever!!! (With respect to @callmecorvine @cheopark and @jessmachete who will be doing the frame) still riding high on this Marvel high. Thank you all for being patient with me during this brief beautiful moment in time. When I was young often comics and books where my only friends. 😢 like many of you (old enough) I grew up reading the Avengers. Please imagine how special this was for me. @robertdowneyjr @renner4real @chrishemsworth #scarlettjohansson #chrisevans special credit to the unsung Avenger @jimmy_rich plus background help from @callmecorvine and @colinjost thank you all so much. Plus, although I love tribute tattoos, I will never again do their original avengers tattoo. But I will happily duplicate their tattoo on me to anyone who wants it!😉 also, east side ink unicorns of death limited issue t-shirts available at @eastsideinktattoo now!! (As worn by all the OG avengers (mostly) @marvel @avengers #unicornsofdeath #ironman #hawkeye #blackwidow #thor #captainamerica #tracer @4tus and #gunsnroses there in hat form. A post shared by Josh Lord (@joshualord) on May 8, 2018 at 12:17pm PDT 4 / 5 Thanks for the ink, Joshua Lorde!(and for letting all of us maim you in return) Love to @RobertDowneyJr @Renner4Real @chrishemsworth Scarlett (we just need to get Ruffalo blackout drunk) ❤️ pic.twitter.com/mNtJ6xCyOP— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) May 8, 2018 5 / 5 The AvengersRobert Downey Jr.Chris HemsworthJeremy RennerChris EvansScarlett Johansson