Avengers Endgame: Robert Downey Jr. Reveals Iron Man’s Alternate Final Line
Robert Downey Jr. reveals the alternate lines to Iron Man's final words in Avengers: Endgame. In 2019, Marvel Studios wrapped up the Infinity Saga via the Joe and Anthony Russo-directed flick. In order to emphasize the movie's importance in the MCU's history, it also functioned as the swan song to three of the original Avengers, including the franchise's inaugural hero, Tony Stark.
Much has been said about Downey's involvement in kicking off the MCU in 2008. Marvel Studios didn't want to cast him in the lead role of Iron Man because of his troubled past, but director Jon Favreau was adamant that he was perfect for the role. The filmmaker was ultimately right, and from there, Downey's Tony Stark became the poster boy of the franchise for the next 11 years until he capped off his arc in Avengers: Endgame. Starting off as a self-serving industrialist, at the time of his death, Tony had officially been reformed, willingly sacrificing himself to defeat Thanos (Josh Brolin). But ever the snappy one, he declared "I am Iron Man" just before snapping his fingers and killing the Mad Titan and his minions — which referenced the ending of the original Iron Man film. Apparently, however, Downey had a string of alternatives for what's now an iconic phrase.
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The actor opened up about this in his guest appearance on the Hypochondriactor podcast. During the episode's trivia segment, one of the questions was about Iron Man's final line in Avengers: Endgame. Downey, of course, got it right, but subsequently shared that there were other options for it that he himself came up with. Read his full story below:
I had so many so many alt lines that I wanted to put forward...they
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