IRON MAN Director Jon Favreau Says The MCU's Very First Post-Credits Scene Was Initially Just A Lark

IRON MAN Director Jon Favreau Says The MCU's Very First Post-Credits Scene Was Initially Just A Lark

Jon Favreau, director of the first Iron Man film, recently discussed the first film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Entertainment Weekly and detailed the process of including the post-credits scene..

By Nebula - Mar 17, 2018 07:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Iron Man
Source: Entertainment Weekly
Marvel Studios took a chance on Iron Man to launch their massive cinematic universe, a risk that undoubtedly paid off. Iron Man director Jon Favreau however, says a change was made to the original script in order to start the universe off right.

The very first post-credits scene of the Marvel Cinematic Universe was "a lark," according to a Favreau during an interview with EW.

That was a bit of a lark. I wanted to include Easter eggs that the fans would appreciate and we thought the idea of a post-credit scene it could be fun. It was something that wasn’t really in the script originally.

Favreau went on to explain that once he saw a reimagined Nick Fury in the image of Samuel L Jackson, he had to include it in the movie.

Kevin [Feige] was way into it, too. Kevin really lit up. We worked on that dialog together. We were very careful how we selected the words. ‘You’re part of a bigger world now, a bigger universe,’ and ‘the Avengers Initiative,’ laid breadcrumbs for what was to come.

Ever since; post-credits scenes have become a staple in Marvel movies. While most MCU flicks will come with a pair of scenes either wrapping up one of the movie's minor plot lines or teasing the next film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

What do you think about the iconic scene? Here it is:

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Nebula
Nebula - 3/17/2018, 8:00 AM
Origame
Origame - 3/17/2018, 8:41 AM
@Nebula - doesn't really work here since this is discussing the history of a franchise that's reaching a huge milestone next month.
Nebula
Nebula - 3/17/2018, 8:45 AM
@Origame - Issa jok
RocknRolla
RocknRolla - 3/17/2018, 9:32 AM
@Origame - it actually does work on both points soooo
Origame
Origame - 3/17/2018, 10:11 AM
@RocknRolla - no it doesnt.
parkerray
parkerray - 3/17/2018, 11:29 AM
@Nebula - I keep saying this, so maybe it's just me but the article thumbs up is not working. Clicked it over and over and it stays at +1.
Nebula
Nebula - 3/17/2018, 11:31 AM
@parkerray - Well, it's the thought that counts. Thanks for trying 💙
ChangAlang
ChangAlang - 3/17/2018, 1:07 PM
@parkerray - I think it might be a loading error. Sometimes it works right away and other times not. I’ll come back to the article and see it’s at say +5.

Love this site and every contributor deserves a +1 I think (personal preferences aside).
parkerray
parkerray - 3/17/2018, 2:34 PM
@ChangAlang - Ah, I hope so. I love these spoiler-free articles.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 3/17/2018, 8:01 AM
Neat... How about coming back and doing Iron Man 4?
Nebula
Nebula - 3/17/2018, 8:01 AM
@Spock0Clock - He's busy with Star Wars stuff 😕
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 3/17/2018, 8:04 AM
@Nebula - (Star Wars isn't good enough for him...)
parkerray
parkerray - 3/17/2018, 11:25 AM
@Spock0Clock - Yes! give him as much creative control this time as Black seemed to have on IM3.
parkerray
parkerray - 3/17/2018, 11:26 AM
@Spock0Clock - I don't know if you're half joking, but after Last Jedi I agree.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 3/17/2018, 9:59 PM
@Spock0Clock - This x1000
Pierce
Pierce - 3/17/2018, 10:50 PM
@Nebula - The force is dead with Luke, cmon jon, come back to marvel and give us a worthy Mandarin
Menks123
Menks123 - 3/17/2018, 8:04 AM
I can never get enough of Marvel's post credit scenes. They're so fricking good, but this one MIGHT be their best...just because where we are now in this universe.
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 3/17/2018, 8:55 AM
@Menks123 - Agreed. Second favorite is this amazing troll one
LaserKing
LaserKing - 3/17/2018, 8:57 AM
@Menks123 - We need an article ranking post credit scenes ASAP!
Nebula
Nebula - 3/17/2018, 9:12 AM
@LaserKing - I was just thinking about doing that, but there's so many it's crazy.
LaserKing
LaserKing - 3/17/2018, 9:15 AM
@Nebula - I admire your GIF skills (more like jealous of)
Kumkani
Kumkani - 3/17/2018, 10:45 AM
@Nebula - I've been thinking of doing that, but just with the best scene from each movie. But I don't know how to write articles on here.
Nebula
Nebula - 3/17/2018, 10:59 AM
@BlindWedjat - It's really not that difficult, you should give it a shot
ChangAlang
ChangAlang - 3/17/2018, 1:10 PM
@BlindWedjat

Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 3/17/2018, 8:08 AM
Uh...For some reason i was sure that it was Bendis who came up with that scene.
write33
write33 - 3/17/2018, 10:05 AM
@Doomsday8888 - sort of, yes! He scripted a series of lines and then Favreau & whoever else selected which ones to use......’read that in an interview with Bendis ages ago
PartyKiller
PartyKiller - 3/17/2018, 8:09 AM
A lark the led to an unsuccessful DCCU rip off where Bruce Wayne & Diana pretend they are Nick Fury & Tony Stark trying to create a "team" to fight an army even worse than the Shitauri.

Origame
Origame - 3/17/2018, 8:58 AM
@Deathnaut - you keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it does.
aflynn
aflynn - 3/17/2018, 8:09 AM
Such humble beginnings.

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