Jon Favreau didn't want Iron Man to die
Jon Favreau urged the Russo brothers not to kill off Iron Man. The 55-year-old filmmaker-and-actor - who directed 'Iron Man' and 'Iron Man 2' and portrayed Harold 'Happy' Hogan in the Marvel Cinematic Universe - was shocked when he read the 'Avengers: Endgame' script and called his fellow directors to urge them to rethink the decision to have Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) sacrifice himself to restore the world and defeat Thanos, insisting it would "devastate" too many people. Speaking to Vanity Fair, Anthony Russo recalled: “Part of the pressure came from Jon Favreau, who called us u...