Kevin Feige says that Marvel did not want Robert Downey Jr. to play the role of Iron Man

Warning: any spoilers of Marvel Universe are coming.

It is now difficult to imagine another actor in the role of Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, in the Marvel film universe. But in a Reddit Ask Me Anything session online Wednesday night, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said he had to fight for the cast.

Feige has actually answered this question twice.

First of all, JokerFaces2, the user of Reddit, asked Feige what he sold the hardest to leaders, the only thing "for which you fought the most, that others have tried to close ? "

And the second time, WhoDey42, the user of Reddit, asked: "For which casting did you have to beat the strongest?"

Downey was the answer both times. Feige said that he also had to fight to make Captain America: The first avenger a movie from the period of World War II.

Feige has also answered many other questions about Marvel films. For some, he kept a little mystery alive. GentlemanGearGrinder, a Reddit user, asked, "Is it planned to incorporate the Ten Rings of the first Iron Man, or the" real "teasing Mandarin in" All Hail the King "in the future?

Feige simply said "yes". But that sent readers spiraling, as the Infinity-Gauntlet user pointed out in a spoiler text that there have been rumors that Mandarin would appear in the next Shang-Chi movie.

Feige also revealed that the late Marvel Comics leader, Stan Lee, had not seen Avengers: Endgame before. his death in November 2018.

"Stan loved to wait to see the final film at first, so he unfortunately could not see the finished film," Feige said. "Stan downloaded the complete story the day he came and shot him."