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Robert Downey Jr. has accomplished his run as Iron Man within the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Kevin Feige says the character won’t be coming again.
“We’re going to maintain that second and never contact that second once more,” Feige informed Vanity Fair within the Downey Jr. profile. “All of us labored very exhausting for a few years to get to that, and we’d by no means need to magically undo it in any method.”
Downey Jr. final performed the function in 2019’s The Avengers: Endgame when the superhero died. Followers of the MCU hoping Tony Stark can be resurrected in some type can neglect about it.
Director Joe Russo added, “We’d already mentioned tearful goodbyes on the final day of taking pictures. All people had moved on emotionally. We promised him it might be the final time we made him do it—ever.”
Co-director Anthony Russo famous that for Downey Jr. it was a “tough factor” for him to say his final line because the superhero.
“When he did come again, we have been taking pictures on a stage straight reverse the place he auditioned for Tony Stark. So his final line as Tony Stark was shot actually a pair hundred toes from his unique audition that acquired him the function,” Anthony mentioned.
Downey Jr. has been the middle of the MCU however Feige needed to struggle to solid the actor within the Iron Man function.
“It purely got here right down to the Marvel board being nervous at placing all of their chips of their future movies on anyone who famously had these authorized troubles previously,” Feige mentioned. “I wasn’t superb — and I’m nonetheless not nice — at taking no for a solution. However I additionally don’t pound my chest to attempt to get my method. I strive to determine methods to make it as clear to different folks why we must always head in a route. And that’s when the concept of a display screen take a look at got here up.”
Downey Jr. ended up touchdown the function of Tony Stark and would play the Marvel hero throughout 10 movies of the MCU.
