{"id":412173,"date":"2026-04-22T18:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/412173\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:34:15","slug":"i-was-wrong-to-resist-killing-off-tony-stark-in-avengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/412173\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I Was Wrong&#8221; to Resist Killing Off Tony Stark in Avengers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWriter-director Jon Favreau successfully launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe with 2008\u2019s Iron Man, but there was one MCU move he admits that he resisted behind the scenes: killing off Robert Downey Jr.\u2019s beloved Tony Stark in 2019\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/avengers-endgame\/\" id=\"auto-tag_avengers-endgame_1\" data-tag=\"avengers-endgame\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avengers: Endgame<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAppearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday to promote his upcoming Star Wars film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/the-mandalorian-and-grogu\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-mandalorian-and-grogu_1\" data-tag=\"the-mandalorian-and-grogu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Mandalorian and Grogu<\/a>, Favreau says he called up Anthony and Joe Russo to push back against their plan to end the character he helped create. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI talked to the Russos, I said \u2018I don\u2019t know if people are gonna like \u2026 I don\u2019t know, it\u2019s really going to impact people because they were kids that grew up with that character,\u201d Favreau said. \u201cBut I have to tell you, it was handled so well by them. And Gwyneth [Paltrow] and Robert did such a wonderful job acting, and I think it added a poignancy to it. I think they did a wonderful job. I was wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tFavreau admitted even he got emotional when he watched the film. \u201cI was choked up,\u201d he said. \u201cEven though it\u2019s a movie, those people, those characters, have been part of my life for so long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tFavreau added he\u2019s \u201cexcited to see\u201d Downey as Doctor Doom in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday. He noted the \u201csmartest thing I ever did\u201d was give himself a cameo as the character Happy Hogan in the first Iron Man movie, because he\u2019s been invited back to appear so many times in the franchise that the role has \u201cput my kids through school.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAsked who is \u201cscarier,\u201d Star Wars fans or MCU fans, Favreau diplomatically replied they\u2019re \u201cequally invested\u201d in their respective franchises, but Star Wars fans have a longer attachment given the first film came out in 1977. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tFavreau showed a new clip from The Mandalorian and Grogu, which you can watch around the 9-minute mark in the footage below. 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