Jon Favreau begged the Russo brothers not to kill Iron Man in “Avengers: Endgame”

Tony Stark’s death in “Avengers: Endgame” left fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe orphaned. In what was the grand finale of the first phase of the UCM, Robert Downey Jr. said goodbye to character 11 years after starting it all with “Iron Man”‘, the first film in the Infinity Saga. The blow was hard (and it was not the only loss that the ending left us), but the Russos, directors of the film, do not regret it.

In fact, in a recent interview with Vanity Fair, on the occasion of the premiere of their latest work as directors, ‘The Invisible Agent’, the Russos revealed that they had been resisted by Jon Favreau, director of the single ‘Iron Man’ franchise ‘. and interpreter of Happy Hogan in the UCM. As they say, Favreau even begged them not to kill Iron Man.

“Part of the pressure [de no matar a Iron Man] It came from Jon Favreau, who called us after reading the script and said, ‘Are you really going to kill Iron Man?’ “recalls Anthony Russo, to which Joe adds: “I remember talking to Favreau on the phone, as if trying to dissuade him from jumping off the ledge. He said to me: ‘You can’t do this. It will tear people apart and you don’t want them to come out of the theater and get into traffic. ‘ But we did it anyway”.

‘Avengers: Endgame’, which closed Marvel Studios’ first decade with $ 2.798 million raised worldwide, marked the end of Robert Downey Jr.’s Marvel Universe experience, greeting with Tony Stark’s sacrifice. to defeat Thanos. According to the Russos, Downey Jr. cried when he found out that Iron Man would die in the film.

an easy job

In the same interview, the Russos continue to recall Robert Downey Jr.’s time in the Marvel Universe, joking that thanks to the fact that his character was CGI most of the time, the actor didn’t even have to go to the set. “Some are lucky, like Evans, who is a stuntman when he wears a helmet”says Joe Russo. “You know Robert, I think the reason he played Iron Man for a decade is because he never had to go on set. As soon as Iron Man donned the suit, Robert disappeared”.