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6 facts from 1 episode, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
2007
Maisel says he left an hour of each shooting day for Robert Downey Jr. to improvise, producing at least half of Iron Man's comedy.
“I left an hour a day in the schedule for Robert to improvise, and I'd say at least half of the comedy in Iron Man came out of him riffing”
2008
Iron Man ends with Tony Stark announcing 'I am Iron Man', departing from the comics, followed by the Ozzy Osbourne song.
“Where Tony Stark never says he's Iron man, he keeps that Iron man's, his like bodyguard, he says, I am Iron man.”
2008
Maisel says Kevin Feige came up with the post-credits Samuel L. Jackson 'Avengers initiative' scene after shooting finished, requiring actors to be recalled.
“That was just inspiration that Kevin Feige, my president of production, had actually, um, after we finished shooting and we had planned it and we had to call all the actors back”
2008
Maisel says Iron Man grossed roughly $600 million worldwide while The Dark Knight grossed over a billion dollars.
“Iron man did like 600 million and change, and dark knight, which was a great movie. Chris Nolan, Christian Bale did over a billion.”
2008
Maisel says Marvel gave no gross participation to Iron Man's director or actors and kept 100% of the film's equity.
“I gave 0% to my actors or my director for Iron Man. And then to make it worse, I kept 100% of the equity, so we had 100% of the upside.”
Undated
Maisel says Iron Man was licensed to Warner Brothers for roughly eight or nine years for about $50,000 and never made into a movie.
“Iron man was actually at Warner Brothers for about eight, nine years as a license deal for like $50,000 they paid, and they never thought it was worthy to make it into a movie.”
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