AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Co-Director Joe Russo Discusses The "Special Connection" Between Thanos & Tony Stark
As fans know, Thanos has a personal connection to heroes such as Gamora and Drax, but now Joe Russo has addressed how the villain connects personally to Iron Man himself. Hit the jump for more details.
Avengers: Infinity War is fast approaching, and with it begins the conclusion to years of build up that began with 2008’s Iron Man. This set up saw not only the establishing of the six Infinity Stones, but included setting the stage for the confrontation between the Avengers and Thanos.
However, despite the buildup over the years, the Mad Titan still has little connection to many of the characters in infinity War. Among the few that do have ties to Thanos, are Gamora, Drax and Nebula. Yet, the villain seemingly doesn’t connect to any of the Avengers personally, aside from playing a role in their encounters with a few of the Infinity Stones.
But in a recent interview, Joe Russo explained the interesting connection he sees between Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man and Josh Brolin’s Thanos:
“I think he has the most specific connection to Tony because Tony is a futurist, and he has predicted a threat like Thanos. It’s lived in his brain even though he couldn’t name it. Tony is the most desperately driven, down to the core, to react against something like Thanos, although all the heroes will face a threat, no matter who it is or where it comes from. But I think this is intrinsic to Tony’s psychology, and because Tony started it all with Iron Man, he has a special connection to the threat that’s facing him.”
That’s certainly an interesting perspective on the Titan’s connection to Tony Stark and is something that rings true. After all, we’ve seen Stark’s desire to stave off potential threats drive his decisions in Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and to a degree in Captain America: Civil War. This connection also establishes a similarity between the villain and Stark, for the Mad Titan — as the Russo brothers recently explained — is also seeking to prevent potential catastrophes, though Thanos' methods are clearly more twisted than the Avenger's.
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