VIDEO: Cleveland Residents Use Lunch Hour to Spy Avengers Set Construction

This is how it begins, Marvel. First, fans are checking out construction on the Cleveland set of The Avengers; next, they’re posting videos, spy pics and scene descriptions to the Internet at a pace that can only be described as break-neck. (If you don’t believe that, just ask Christopher Nolan.) ABC affiliate WEWS in Cleveland hit the still-building set of Joss Whedon’s superhero supergroup spectacular during lunch hour, and found many local residents delighted at the prospect of a Hollywood production shooting on their very own streets. Never mind that Cleveland is reportedly being used as a stand-in for New York. Click through to see what foam rubble looks like. Bonus points for the newsman saying “hey, Clevelanders!” in a tone reminiscent of Perd Hapley. [NewsNet5 via Coming Soon]