"The Avengers" have landed

SOUNDBITE: Scarlett Johansson, "The Avengers" Actress, saying (English):

"We spent so much time in this movie fighting each other and the bad guys...."

SOUNDBITE: Scarlett Johansson, "The Avengers" Actress, saying (English):

"..and you're bruised and battered..."

SOUNDBITE: Scarlett Johansson, "The Avengers" Actress, saying (English):

"...and I think at the end of the day you're just thinking, 'dinner.'"

Scarlett Johansson talks about working on the latest Disney film "The Avengers", which had its world premiere in Los Angeles on Wednesday (April 12).

She's amongst a list of recruits put together by "Nick Fury", played by Samuel L. Jackson.

His job - to save the world from evil god Loki, played by Brit Tom Hiddleston.

Fury assembles a rag tag team of superheroes to fight, but far too often their egos get in the way.

Jackson joked that the job allowed him to put his feet up.

SOUNDBITE: Samuel L. Jackson, "The Avengers" Actor On Not Wanting To Run In The Film, saying (English):

"It's just me being sort of an old guy, saying, 'I can get things done, and not run.'"

To his team, Fury adds "Captain America" played by Chris Evans, "The Hulk" starring Mark Ruffalo and "Hawkeye", played by Jeremy Renner.

Marvel Comics' "Iron Man" kicked off the series and its star Robert Downey Jr. said he was happy to be be sharing the spotlight.

SOUNDBITE: Robert Downey Jr., "The Avengers" Actor, saying (English):

"For me the 'Iron Man' franchise is what opened up all these other opportunities in some ways. It's really fun. 'The Avengers' is a much broader audience in net that it's casting, which I think is smart and kind of cool and I don't know, I like to work."

Australian Chris Hemsworth who plays "Thor", said his character had more at stake because of his family ties to Loki.

SOUNDBITE: Chris Hemsworth, "The Avengers" Actor, saying (English):

"You know the storyline in this is that his brother's there causing chaos. His motivation of how to stop him is with a little softer approach than the rest of the guys because they're not related to him."

The action adventure will open in Australian and European cinemas on April 25, with other territories to open shortly thereafter.

Cindy Martin, Reuters