Tony was all about recognition, though at first he didn't care much about the reputation that could bring, and as at that moment his journey as Iron Man was just getting started, he was still driven by his ego, leading him to make that big reveal.
He wore this armor and visited the West Coast Avengers in Iron Man #193 (by Denny O'Neil, Luke McDonnell, Ian Akin and Bryan Garvey), and in order to get Hawkeye to believe he was the Iron Man that he knew for so many years, he revealed his secret identity to Hawkeye and Mockingbird (before they all fight not-Godzilla.
When Tony Stark have his controversial “I Am Iron Man” speech, he was standing up as Earth's defender, a mark of his arrogance but also his commitment. But his admission was only something he was consciously able to do so because of his profile, his wealth, and his status as an acceptable hero.
Tony is the Iron Man because of the qualities inside him - a man with a will of iron. Why did Tony Stark say, “I am Iron Man” at the end of Endgame? Quite aside from being a great throwback to the film that started the MCU, it was the perfect line to end Tony Stark's story.
However, this key moment in the MCU's history can also be seen as Tony's first display of maturity and responsibility, as by revealing he was Iron Man, he was taking full responsibility for his actions during the “incident” at Stark Industries and future events as well – though beneath all that could have also been his ...
Film Theory: Why Iron Man is the WORST Avenger! (Marvel)
Was Tony supposed to say I am Iron Man?
ad-lib. “Iron Man,” the first movie in the McU, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this summer and producer Kevin Feige revealed to Deadline that the movie's twist ending was not planned in the script. “Iron Man” ends with Tony Stark holding a press conference and admitting to the world: “I am Iron Man.” Downey Jr.
According to. “He's aware of Stark from the original Battle of New York as the person who undid the plan,” said Russo about Thanos knowing Stark. The makers also explained the connection between Stark and Thanos in regards to what they want to achieve: a path for a better future.
During Tony's first conversation with Captain America since 2015's "Civil War," Tony gets very emotional and gets mad at Steve Rogers. He puts some blame on him for running away and not wanting to register as a superhero with the government to possibly prevent the Thanos snap in "Infinity War" from happening.
He gets a set of 'final words' as he, not Thanos, obtains the Infinity Stones: “I am Iron Man.” He gets his real final words in a very quiet moment with his wife – “Hey, Pep.” And he gets his last final words in the film in his pre-recorded message to the world, to his family, played during his funeral.
"According to Feige, however, Cruise's asking fee at the time was more than even a profitable studio like Fox was willing to risk on an untested superhero property." Cruise's rejection gave Robert Downey Jr.
Nowadays it's hard to imagine someone other than Robert Downey Jr. playing Iron Man, but while casting the first movie the producers didn't want Robert to play the role. They wanted Tom Cruise instead.
Not even the Avengers knew each other's secret identities, so only Tony's closest friends knew the truth. To the public, Iron Man was Stark's robotic bodyguard, which was loosely referenced in the movie when Tony feeds the press a cover story stating that the Iron Man was a security guard.
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said last month that he won't be asking Downey Jr. to return to the MCU as to preserve Tony Stark's emotional ending (“We all worked very hard for many years to get to that, and we would never want to magically undo it in any way,” he said), but that hasn't stopped rumors from ...
According to the Iron Man movie book, which shows his pov of the scene, he chose not to hide his identity because he didn't want to lie to the public. He believed there're had been enough secrets made by Obadiah and Co and that people deserved more tranparency from him.
Given time, Tony could have found a more dramatic way to get the job done, but a snap was the best quick solution. Tony Stark probably just wished for Thanos' army to fade to dust.
The final battle between Iron Man and Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War secretly proved just how much the Mad Titan feared Tony Stark's armored Avenger.
The start of the conflict between Tony and Steve was caused by the fact that they didn't listen to each other. Instead of letting the other one explain his attitude, why he believed he was doing the right thing, they clashed about the Accords from the start.
Why did Thanos spare Iron Man an Infinity War? Well, of course, it's because he made a bargain with Doctor Strange. But Thanos had every opportunity to break that deal. and kill him after getting the stone, which would have stopped them from defeating him in.
Why did Thanos tell Tony he is not the only one cursed with knowledge?
The Curse part could just be because Thanos sees it as a curse that he is 'the only' one who sees it, and is only faced with what he sees as ignorance. The difference between Stark and Thanos is that Tony already had a number of 'revelations', which came from him reflecting on who he is, with the help of his friends.
In Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos and Iron Man have their long-awaited one-on-one battle that quite literally decided the fate of the entire universe. When Iron Man was beaten, Thanos tells Stark that he has his respect, and that he hopes Iron Man will be remembered after Thanos succeeds in his twisted mission.
“It purely came down to the Marvel board being nervous at putting all of their chips in their future films on somebody who famously had those legal troubles in the past,” Feige said of Downey's arrests. “I wasn't very good — and I'm still not great — at taking no for an answer.
