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Jon Favreau Called the Russo Brothers to Stop Them From Killing Tony Stark: ‘You Can’t Do This’
Zack Sharf The death of Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark/Iron Man in “Avengers: Endgame” remains one of the most definitive moments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It turns out Jon Favreau, who kicked off the MCU with “Iron Man” and also directed “Iron Man 2,” tried his best not to let filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo kill off the fan favorite superhero.“Part of the pressure [not to kill Tony Stark] came from Jon Favreau, who called us up after he read the script… and said to us, ‘Are you really going to kill Iron Man?'” Anthony Russo recently told Vanity Fair.Joe Russo added, “He did. Yeah.