After launching the MCU with his 2008 movie Iron Man, it's understandable that director Jon Favreau would have been sad to see Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark die at the end of Avengers: Endgame. Favreau even went as far as to call up Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo in an attempt to try to change their minds on the matter. However, he now admits that they ultimately made the right decision.
"I talked to the Russos, I said, 'I don’t know if people are gonna like… I don’t know, it’s really going to impact people because they were kids that grew up with that character," admitted Favreau on Jimmy Kimmel Live. "But I have to tell you, it was handled so well by them. And Gwyneth [Paltrow] and Robert did such a wonderful job acting, and I think it added a poignancy to it. I think they did a wonderful job. I was wrong."
