Kevin Feige makes a bold statement about Robert Downey Jr’s casting as Tony Stark

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Kevin Feige, the president of the Marvel Studios hails the casting of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark
Kevin Feige, the president of the Marvel Studios hails the casting of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark

Marvel Studios’ head honcho Kevin Feige and director Jon Favreau not too long ago reminisced concerning the inception of the studio and the long-lasting resolution to forged Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark, as Iron Man marks its fifteenth anniversary.

Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, recalled laying the muse of the studio, “I keep in mind on later films – we’ll speak about them on the fifteenth anniversary of these – there have been darkish days. I’d say to Robert, ‘We wouldn’t be on this mess if it wasn’t for you,’ that means we wouldn’t have a studio if it wasn’t for him. Otherwise you” he stated to Favreau.

Director of Iron Man films, Jon Favreau revealed how he knew Robert Downey was the suitable match for Iron Man, “I keep in mind sitting down with [Robert] and I used to be like, he simply acquired it and he is acquired that spark in him and his eye and he is prepared. As soon as it was him, that is when my life acquired quite a bit simpler.”

Praising Downey’s excessive requirements for the movie, Favreau says, “had a really [high] commonplace that he wished to hit with, not wanting this to really feel fundamental. He wished it to be particular”.

Releasing a number of big-budget movies yearly, Marvel comics have grow to be a worldwide phenomenon. However it wasn’t all the time this fashion, as comedian ebook movies weren’t as mainstream as they’re now, and definitely not the sort that may earn over a billion {dollars} on the field workplace.

Nevertheless, every little thing altered with the discharge of the primary Iron Man film in 2008.