Was Robert Downey Jr. The Key Factor In Gwyneth Paltrow Taking Up Iron Man? ( Photo Credit – Facebook )

In 2008, Iron Man kicked off the MCU with a bang, giving us the dynamic duo of Stark and Potts. But here’s a fun fact: Paltrow almost didn’t join the cast. What sealed the deal? Robert Downey Jr. himself. She once called him “a genius” and said working with him was a dream too good to pass up.

“It had nothing to do with the size of the budget. It was like, if I got a call that there’s a six-million-dollar movie, and these are the people, I’d do it. I’ve always wanted to work with Robert Downey Jr. I had never been asked to do a film with him before.” she once told Entertainment Tonight.

Flash forward a decade, and the Pepper-Tony ship came to a gut-wrenching halt in Avengers: Endgame.