Avengers Endgame writers tried avoiding tragic Iron Man twist

Note: There are Avengers: Endgame spoilers on this article. Like, actually massive ones!

Avengers: Endgame climaxes with a twist that brings the heroes of the MCU to tears and broke the hearts of legions of followers too. Yet, it did not essentially must occur!

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We’re after all referring to the highly effective second within the Avengers’ battle with past-Thanos when Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) makes use of the Infinity Gauntlet to Snap Thanos out of existence, however dies due to the immense energy surging by his physique.

While this second brings an finish to the primary period of the MCU, writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have instructed Canada.com that they actively looked for alternate options to killing off Iron Man.

“We weren’t there to just kill characters off,” Markus defined. “We have been instructed, ‘If the story calls for it, you possibly can take individuals off the board.

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“‘But if there’s a good story to be told and no one dies, go ahead and tell that one too’.”

His accomplice McFeely elaborated on why they reached their final choice: “In Endgame, we have been attempting to complete arcs and for Iron Man/Tony Stark to surrender his life and sacrifice himself for the nice of the universe appeared like a extremely good narrative closure for the billionaire playboy who had been studying over the course of a number of movies.”

However, the writers did put critical thought into the place the MCU may go subsequent if Tony Stark had someway survived the occasions of Avengers: Endgame.

“We considered ways to let Tony live and whether there was a story there,” Markus recalled. “But [dying] was the very last thing he wanted to do to turn out to be a fully-realised hero.

“There was by no means a greater story than that.”

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Their option to kill off Stark additionally allowed for one of the vital poignant MCU scenes ever as the present heroes of the MCU —and maybe a future hero — gathered to say farewell to their chief.

Avengers: Endgame is out on digital obtain now and on bodily launch on September 2, out there to pre-order on DVD, Blu-ray, 3D and 4K now.