Speaking with
Reel Blend for a podcast, the directors outlined the very last scene they shot for the film. They previously spoke about how Tony Stark's final line, "I am Iron Man," in response to Thanos' "I am ineviable,"
came together last-minute and required reshoots, but now they've said Robert Downey Jr. didn't want to say it.
Originally, Stark simply said nothing as he snapped his fingers, sacrificing himself to save everyone and finally kill Thanos and his army. "It’s an interesting story. I had dinner with [Downey] like two weeks before we were supposed to shoot it," Joe Russo explained. "And he was like, ‘I don’t know. I don’t really want to go back and get into that emotional state. It’ll take…it’s hard.’ And crazily enough, Joel Silver, the producer, was at the dinner. He’s an old buddy of Robert’s. And Joel jumps in and he’s like, ‘Robert, what are you talking about? That’s the greatest line I’ve ever heard! You gotta say this line! You have to do this!’ So thank God that Joel Silver was at dinner, because he helped us talk Robert into doing that line."
