Avengers Infinity War: Thanos and Iron Man ‘CLOSE LINK from the beginning’ revealed

The entire Avengers and Marvel Cinematic Universe started with Iron Man and it is fitting that it all comes back to him.

Many fans suspect that Avengers 3 and 4 will be the final glorious swan song for the hero that launched a galaxy-conquering franchise. 

The directors of Infinity War, Joe and Anthony Russo, have just revealed that Iron Man also has a special connection to their ultimate villain that links all the way back to the very first movie.

True to form, this is something that will please and upset Stark at the same time.

The Russos gave a major new interview to the Telegraph India and revealed what ties Tony to Thanos.

Earth’s greatest inventor and tech genius (outside Wakanda) hardly needs any more ego massaging, but it seems he was right all along. However, even Tony Stark would probably prefer to be wrong in this case…

Joe Russo said: “I think he (Thanos) has the most specific connection to Tony because Tony is a futurist, and he has predicted a threat like Thanos. It’s lived in his brain even though he couldn’t name it.”

Russo added: “Tony is the most desperately driven, down to the core, to react against something like Thanos, although all the heroes will face a threat, no matter who it is or where it comes from. But I think this is intrinsic to Tony’s psychology..

“Because Tony started it all with Iron Man, he has a special connection to the threat that’s facing him.”

This also reinforces the perception that what started with Tony will also end with Tony – and be an ending for Tony.

The character has always had a slight Messiah complex, combined with his drive to protect his friends and family.

It seems likely that he will make the ultimate sacrifice, just as he did in the first Avengers movie, but this time there could be no coming back.

READ THE FULL INTERVIEWS IN TELEGRAPH INDIA

AVENGERS INFINITY WAR IS OUT ON APRIL 26