Selvom at mange uden tvivl ønsker at se Robert Downey Jr. vende tilbage i rollen som Iron Man, så ville det samtidig underminere et ret centralt øjeblik i en af Marvels bedste og mest succesfulde film. Det lader desuden nu også til at være derfor, at Kevin Feige direkte afviser at rygterne skulle være sande.
I et interview med Vanity Fair siger Feige nemlig dette:
"We are going to keep that moment and not touch that moment again. We all worked very hard for many years to get to that, and we would never want to magically undo it in any way."
Desuden siger instruktør Joe Russo også, at det var et følelsesladet øjeblik for Downey Jr. på settet under optagelserne til Avengers Endgame;
"We'd already said tearful goodbyes on the last day of shooting. Everybody had moved on emotionally. We promised him it would be the last time we made him do it—ever."