Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow
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Jon Favreau knew Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow‘s on-screen chemistry in Iron Man was one thing particular.
The director just lately revealed to Folks journal that he included among the actors’ real-life conversations into the Marvel film. And it’s one of many the reason why the dynamic between Tony Stark and Pepper Potts felt so genuine.
“I used to be an excellent pupil the place I’d take notes as they’d speak, and whether or not it was improvising and even simply speaking concerning the scene, I’d write stuff down that they’d say,” Favreau recalled.
He significantly remembered one occasion when Paltrow really corrected Downey Jr. “as a result of we had been studying the script and it mentioned, ‘This appears to be like like Jackson Pollock’s spring interval.’ After which she corrected us in rehearsal. She says, ‘No, it’s really The Springs interval. The Springs is the a part of the Hamptons the place Jackson Pollock lived and labored, not spring, not the season.’”
Favreau continued, “So I wrote down each phrase, and he or she’s correcting him within the film when he says, ‘the spring interval.’ So it simply provides to their type of nippy banter. I discover it completely compelling and entertaining to observe the 2 of them on display collectively as a result of that they had this banter that has an edge to it.”
The 2008 Iron Man film not solely helped launch the multi-billion-dollar Marvel Cinematic Universe, nevertheless it additionally cemented Downey Jr.’s place in Hollywood. He and Paltrow went on to reprise their roles in extra stand-alone Iron Man movies in addition to different Marvel tasks earlier than their final appearances as Tony Stark and Pepper Potts, respectively, in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.
Favreau added that “they complement one another so nicely. They’re so completely different, however but [have] a lot mutual respect and admiration. I like that.”