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You don't need to be super to be a hero.
Ordinary people in superhero movies standing up to the bad guys and/or showing extreme bravery for others.
An old man with no powers stands up to an Asguardian God attempting a takeover in Avengers (2012).
An ordinary and scrawny IT guy refusing to comply with a HYDRA Agent's orders to launch their death machines despite knowing his death is imminent due to that in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).
Malik, a food vendor who fed Superman once, has been captured by Lex Luthor as a hostage to make Superman comply in Superman (2025). Despite the gun against his head, he begs Superman to refuse to comply with Luthor's interrogation and lies about lacking a family to try to ease Superman's guilt.
u/AFantasticTomorrow — 2 days ago