Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige joined director Jon Favreau in a recent video celebrating the 15th anniversary of Iron Man, the 2008 film that launched the ridiculously successful Marvel Cinematic Universe and changed blockbuster filmmaking forever. Feige doesn’t hog all the credit for the MCU’s domination of Hollywood, either. In fact, he thinks there’s one reason the whole shared universe experiment worked: actor Robert Downey Jr.
While discussing casting, Feige said hiring Downey Jr. is “one of the greatest decisions in the history of Hollywood.” Although that sounds like a massive pat on the back for Feige and Favreau, remember that back then, Feige didn’t have the influence he does today and likely had to convince skeptical executives that the actor could draw a crowd. (At that point, Downey Jr. hadn’t yet seen massive box office success in a leading role.)
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