If you’re nonetheless not over the lack of Iron Man in Avengers: Endgame, bust out the tissues earlier than studying any additional. Apparently we are actually getting into the part the place Marvel Studios is simply going to make us cry, if the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever trailer is any indication.

In a scene breakdown with Vanity Fair, Endgame administrators the Russo Brothers shared a little-recognized anecdote about Robert Downey Jr.’s last bow as Tony Stark. It was a giant accountability to deal with it deftly and one thing the administrators took their time with. It additionally shocked a sure Endgame co-star and Iron Man director. “Part of the pressure came from Jon Favreau, who called us up after he read the script… and said to us, ‘are you really going to kill Iron Man?” Anthony Russo shared.

Joe Russo recalled the second it went down. “He did. Yeah. And I remember pacing on the corner of a stage on the phone with Favreau trying to talk him off a ledge. ‘Cause he’s like, ‘You can’t do this. It’s gonna devastate people, and you don’t want them, you know, walking out of the theater and into traffic.’ We did it anyways.” They positive did—and whereas it was heartbreaking to say farewell to the MCU’s dad, the gutting was effectively thought of. “We felt like we had earned the arc that would feel redemptive and emotional and uplifting and hopeful even though he had sacrificed his life,” Joe stated.

Finding the ultimate second was no straightforward activity. Downey improvised traces and so they tried just a few variations, some extra snarky than others, and initially settled on a model the place he stated nothing when he did his snap. They re-did it thrice. It wasn’t till their editor Jeff Ford, who additionally edited the primary Iron Man film, stepped in with an thought. Anthony defined, “He had been on the journey with the character since [the original] Iron Man.” Joe jumped in. “He hit play and Thanos says ‘I am inevitable’ and Jeff went ‘I am Iron-Man.’ We were like, ‘Stop!’ … We called Downey, we said ‘you gotta put the suit back on.’ He had already said good-bye to the character like twice now.”

The emotional journey of discovering Iron Man’s last scene didn’t cease there. Anthony revealed extra about Downey’s final day, “That pickup we did with Robert was at a stage in Los Angeles; it was directly across the from the stage where he originally auditioned for the role of Iron Man, to make the whole thing even more emotionally devastating for Robert.” The full circle second from Favreau having a tough time to Downey going again to the place all of it started is a historic case of unhappy however joyful synchronicity in movie cinema that’s not misplaced on the administrators. “We asked him to put the suit on, come back to where he had originally secured the role, and to give his final line,” shared Joe.

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