Not to be petty but Kevin Feige literally says “the man who started it all” when introducing RDJ while all his cast mates are cheering so like…
RDJ was center front row for the 10 year Anniversary photo I am LIVING
I’m going to add to the RDJ love by adding this quote by Chris Pratt:
“Early on, James said that, when he was casting the role of Quill, he was thinking of somebody who was gonna one day be in a scene opposite Robert Downey Jr. He knew that character had that potential, that there was a collision course for these characters, potentially,”
So a character in a different part of the franchise was cast like what 5 years before IW with the idea that he should MAYBE have a scene with Robert Downey Jr. That my dears is when you know you’re good.