If Iron ManTony Stark wouldn’t have survived if Jon Favreau, the director of Jon Favreau.
The most recent episode Vanity Fair’s “Notes on a Scene”Joe Russo and Anthony Russo dissected many of their most memorable scenes. Unsurprisingly, one of the scenes was Iron Man’s death in Avengers: Endgame. The brothers say that Favreau wasn’t on board when he first heard about the decision.
Iron ManTony Stark was saved by a director
During their break down of the EndgameScene, Russo brothers talk about the pressure they felt to deliver a satisfying ending.
“Part of the pressure came from Jon Favreau, who called us up after he read the script, and said to us, ‘Are you guys really going to kill Iron Man?’”Anthony retold.
“He did,”Joe was confirmed.
“I remember pacing on the corner of a stage on the phone with Favreau trying to talk him off a ledge. He’s like, ‘You can’t do this, it’s going to devastate people, and you don’t want them walking out of the theater and into traffic.’ We did it anyways.”
Favreau’s long history with the MCU
Favreau’s reaction was certainly understandable, given that he helped establish the MCU as well as Robert Downey Jr’s character. He was also the director. Iron ManAnd Iron Man 2He has appeared in many MCU movies and shows, including Happy Hogan. Like his fans, he has an emotional connection to the character.
Nevertheless, the Russos have explained this to me. “he hadn’t stepped through the process in the way that we had.”They confessed that they would feel exactly the same if someone had dropped that bombshell. But they believed that they had “earned the arc” that would end with Iron Man’s death as he sacrificed himself to save the universe from Thanos.
The Russo brothers have certainly left their mark on the MCU, but it’s unclear if or when they will return. We already know that they won’t direct either Avengers: The Kang DynastyOder Secret Wars with Avengers. In fact This week, we found out earlierThat Shang-ChiDestin Daniel Cretton, director, will oversee the first of these two AvengersFilms to be released in 2025
The entire video is worth a watch if you’re a fan of the Russo brothers’ work:
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