The U.S. Military Censored 1 Iron Man Line from the First Movie

Thanks to the US Military, one line in the original Iron Man movie was censored.

The United States Military censored one line fromRobert Downey Jr.‘soriginalIron Manfilm.

Marvel Studios has worked with the US Military a handful of times for its movies.

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Strub served as Marvel Studios’ main point of contact with the US Military itself.

It was over a single line of dialogue.

‘It never got resolved until we were in the middle of filming,’ Strub said.

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Hes getting redder and redder in the face and Im getting just as annoyed.'

As he saw it, that phrase was a common idiom.

Strub insisted that he didnt want an enlisted man making a joke that he believed made light of suicide.

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‘It was pretty awkward,’ Strub recalled.

An angry Favreau shot back: ‘Well, how about theyd walk over hot coals?’

Strub immediately approved the new line.

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‘[Favreau] was so surprised it was that easy,’ he said."

Things didn’t always work out between the two parties, though.

The US Military and Marvel Studios famouslydidn’t work togetherfor 2012’sThe Avengers.

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The next time the two parties worked closely together was for 2019’sCaptain Marvel, starringBrie Larson.

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