Favreau was done: he had no interest in figuring out how to make The Avengers work, no interest in fending off Marvel’s increasingly frequent meddling, no interest in running himself into the ground any further than he already had for Ike Perlmutter’s bottom line. He remained part of the Marvel ensemble as an actor, making half a dozen appearances as “Happy” Hogan, and even getting an on-screen romance with Marisa Tomei’s Aunt May. And as a director, he took charge of other CGI extravaganzas, including The Jungle Book and The Mandalorian. But he never directed another MCU movie after Iron Man
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