Marvel’s most profitable director duo Joe and Anthony Russo have revealed that actor Robert Downey Jr received teary eyed when he first received to know that his Tony Stark aka Iron Man will die on the finish of Avengers: Endgame.
In the most recent guide titled ‘The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’ by Tara Bennett and Paul Terry, the Russo Brother, together with a number of different Marvel associates and actors have unraveled tales about making its 23 movies.
Robert Downey Jr performed Iron Man for nearly ten years. He kicked off the MCU in 2008 with Iron Man, making method for the Infinity Saga and structuring Marvel Studios’ as one in every of Hollywood’s most profitable banners. Iron Man finally laid down his life to deliver again half the humanity and decimate the Mad Titan Thanos and his military, by snapping his finger in Endgame.
Robert Downey Jr starrer Iron Man (2008) established the MCU. (Photo: Marvel)
In the guide, Joe and Anthony Russo recalled the second when Robert Downey Jr was advised in regards to the final destiny of his Tony Stark. “When we started winding down the pitch, and getting to his death, Robert started crying. And when we were done, he said, ‘That’s f**king awesome.’ That’s when we knew that we had to do it. Because he felt it,” Joe mentioned within the guide, in accordance with Business Insider.
The Russos additionally recalled their assembly with Robert Downey Jr submit the discharge of Captain America: Civil War to debate how they’d deliberate to take the character graph of Iron Man forward. Joe remembered the second when the actor received to learn about his ‘sacrifice to save the humanity’. “In a way, it’s almost like a death in the family. When you’re saying to someone, ‘All these people you’ve loved and have hung out with for 10 years? That’s all gonna go away because we want to tell a story a certain way.’”
“What we wanted to do is communicate the entire pitch to Robert, to sort of take his temperature on it, because he had so much creative ownership over the character,” Anthony mentioned. “We were like, ‘If Robert gets this, if Robert feels this, then we know we’re in a good place’,” Joe Russo mentioned within the guide, as reported by Business Insider.
Joe and Anthony Russo, popularly known as the Russo Brothers, have helmed Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame for Marvel Studios.
