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Marvel Studios explicitly told Jon Favreau that under no circumstance they would hire Robert Downey Jr. for Iron Man. Favreau fought back: “We won’t go with safe choice. Best and worst moments of Robert’s life have been in public eye” “That’s Tony Stark”

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