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Avengers: Endgame Star Says Robert Downey Jr Deserves An Oscar For Iron Man Performance


In case you missed it, people are now hoping Robert Downey Jr. will finally be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Tony Stark in Avengers: Endgame. Not surprisingly, even Downey's co-star Jon Favreau agrees and have even explained why the Sherlock Holmes 3 actor deserves an Oscar.

Favreau recently spoke to Variety about his upcoming film The Lion King but also discussed Downey's dramatic turn in Endgame. The Jungle Book director immediately pointed out that he is rooting for his Iron Man 2 co-star.

"He has my vote for sure. I think he was able to discover and explore dimensions of the character over the course of many, many films, which is a bit of its own category. But I have to say that if you look at, especially how it began and how it ended in his performances between the first one and ‘Endgame,' there was a really thoughtful arc to the character, both in his performance and how all the filmmakers contributed to that character," Favreau said.

Downey and Favreau have worked together on several projects starting with 2008's Iron Man and more recently in Endgame. Not surprisingly, the Mandalorian creator only has great things to say about the Avengers: Infinity War star.

"I'm glad I got to be a part of it and be there for those meaningful scenes as an actor, but also to be there as a friend, and to watch him explore things deeply through a character [when] you don't normally have that opportunity. And he took full advantage of it," Favreau said.

Although it is unlikely that Downey will return as Tony in the MCU, there have been speculations that Iron Man will have an appearance in Spider-Man: Far From Home. However, this has yet to be confirmed so it is best to take it with a grain of salt.

Favreau is set to reprise his role as Happy Hogan in Spider-Man: Far From Home, which premieres on July 2.

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