Why Iron Man Died In Endgame But Not Captain America, Explained By Director
Director Joe Russo explains why they chose Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) to die in Avengers: Endgame and not Captain America (Chris Evans). Joe and his brother, Anthony, entered the MCU back in Phase 2 with the political thriller, Captain America: The Winter Soldier. After the success of their second Marvel Studios collaboration, Captain America: Civil War, the pair was brought on to wrap up the Infinity Saga with Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, which was no walk in the park. Luckily, all their hard work paid off as both films became critical and commercial successes.
Aside from properly introducing Thanos (Josh Brolin) and then culminating Marvel Studios' decade-long narrative, the Russos were also tasked with coming up with the best way to send off some of the MCU's founding heroes. That included the Avengers' co-leaders, Tony Stark and Steve Rogers. Now, the characters are both retired in the franchise, although their respective stories ended differently in Avengers: Endgame. Iron Man died by sacrificing his life to defeat the Mad Titan. Meanwhile, Captain America was given a second chance at life as he went back in time to reunite with Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) in the '40s.
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When asked how the Russos, alongside writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely decided this, Joe said that it all goes back to what they think would be a more compelling narrative. Speaking with Deadline as he launches a new film festival called Sands International Film Festival of St. Andrews, the filmmaker explained why Tony dying was more impactful than the idea of Steve's sacrifice. Read his full comment below:
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