If it wasn’t for Robert Downey Jr., Tony Stark’s death in Avengers: Endgame would have been a lot different. At the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely revealed that the character originally had lines written for his death scene. However, Downey Jr. insisted the character should not say anything.
Robert Downey Jr. knew Tony Stark should not say anything
In Avengers: Endgame, Tony Stark’s famous last line is “I am Iron Man.” This occurs after he takes the Infinity Stones from Thanos, and he then snaps his fingers, defeating Thanos and his army. However, the power from the Infinity Stones is too much for Tony Stark to bear. As he dies, he looks on lovingly as Peter Parker, Pepper Potts, and Rhodey say their goodbyes.
“These actors have spent a lot of time with these characters,” McFeely said at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con. “So Chris and I are very happy, and did, to write all sorts of lovely dying words for Tony Stark. Robert is not happy to say them, right?”
The screenwriter also added that Downey Jr. “instinctively” knew that “a guy who has talked and talked and talked for many, many movies, when he doesn’t talk, you are crushed.”
“He knew that, and we didn’t feel we could turn in a page where he didn’t talk,” said McFeely. “So he says, ‘Listen, I want to do much, much less,’ and he was right.”
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