Avengers : Endgame is a movie almost entirely about providing a sense of payoff — tovaryingdegreesofsuccess — to 11 years of Marvel film making . But one of its most powerful take to the full Marvel Cinematic Universe was n’t actually in the motion-picture show from the head start . In fact , it did n’t even come from the Russo brothers or the screenwriters .
Tony Stark ’s final blaze of halo concludes with him taking up the Avengers’jerry - rigged Infinity Gauntletto volunteer a counterpoint to Thanos ’ barrage . “ I am inevitable , ” the crazy Titan triumphantly boasts to the weaken , buckle human . “ And I … am Iron Man , ” Tony responds , snap his fingers to dust Thanos and his forces away .
It ’s perhaps the unadulterated response — it ’s so brilliantly , egotistically Stark - ian , while also a powerful moment of sacrifice . And that ’s even before you get to the fact that it ’s an excellent callback to the final moments of the original Iron Man , which wrick 11 just day after Endgame hit theaters . It ’s kismet .
Tony Stark dares to dream of what could be.Image: Marvel Studios
Can you conceive it was n’t originally in the movie ?
Speaking toReelBlend ’s Kevin McCarthy , Joe and Anthony Russo let on that their original cut of the film only include Thanos ’ self-praise — Tony just replied by snapping his digit . The Russos did n’t like it , and then Endgame editor in chief Jeffrey Ford dropped the perfect idea in their laps :
Anthony Russo : in the beginning when he snapped , he did n’t say , ‘ I am Iron Man . ’ The idea come up while we were in post production . Our editor , Jeff Ford …
Joe Russo : We were sitting on our editorial , and we were rework that sequence , and Thanos says ‘ I am inevitable . ’ And we were like , ‘ We need a response to that . What is the reaction to that ? ’ And our editor said , ‘ What about I am Iron Man ? ’ And we were like , ‘ That ’s it ! ’
Anthony Russo : We must shoot that , we have to germinate that !
SPOILER ALERT .
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The instant ultimately became the very last thing the directors would shoot for avenger : Endgame when the film went to pickup — but once again , it almost did n’t happen . This time not because no one had had the idea yet , but because , as Joe Russo continued , Robert Downey Jr. himself had hangups about returning to the emotion of the moment to deliver the line :
It ’s an interesting story . I had dinner with [ Robert Downey Jr. ] like two workweek before we were supposed to shoot it . And he was like , ‘ I do n’t know . I do n’t really want to go back and get into that emotional res publica . It ’ll take … it ’s gruelling . ’ And crazily enough , Joel Silver , the producer , was at the dinner party . He ’s an honest-to-goodness chum of Robert ’s . And Joel jumps in and he ’s like , ‘ Robert , what are you talking about ? That ’s the not bad business line I ’ve ever try ! You got ta say this line ! You have to do this ! ’ So thank God that Joel Silver was at dinner , because he helped us talk Robert into doing that line .
So thanks , Jeffrey Ford and Joel Silver — because without them , Tony Stark ’s net human activity might not have been quite so good as it was . What seemed like destiny came down to a niggling number of hazard .
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