  Robert Downey Jr has revealed that he does not want to be put forward for an Oscar nomination for his work on Avengers
  Fans recently launched a petition to push Disney to add the actor to their Oscars consideration list after they noticed he wasn’t put forward for the best actor nomination
  Robert has played Tony Stark since the first Iron Man movie – and the first MCU film at that – in 2008, but he made his last appearance as the beloved superhero in Avengers: Endgame
  However, now the actor has admitted he was the one to speak up and say ‘let’s not’ when it came to the nomination
  ‘I’m so glad you brought this up because there was some talk about it, and I said “let’s not”,’ he said on The Howard Stern Show on Monday
  He added: ‘I’ll tell you the truth. I didn’t expect [the Marvel Cinematic Universe] to become what it became, and it is this very large, multiheaded Hydra at this point
’  The petition from fans reads: ‘We, the undersigned, were so moved by Mr. Robert Downey Jr
’s performance as Tony Stark in Avengers: Endgame that we believe he is unquestionably deserving of the Academy’s Award for Best Actor
    ‘The creative choices he made and immense depth of emotional energy he infused in Tony Stark forged an unforgettable experience for the viewers
’   To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web   browser that   supports HTML5  video    Disney launched this year’s official For Your Consideration website, which lists the movies from their studio which are being put forward for the Oscars 2020 nominations
  Following their success at the Academy Awards at the last Oscars with Black Panther, Disney are clearly feeling lucky again as they’ve put Avengers: Endgame forward for several categories including best picture, best director for Anthony and Joe Russo, best cinematography for Trent Opaloch, best adapted screenplay for Christopher Markus and best original score for Alan Silvestri
  There’s also: best film editing, best production design, best costume design, best makeup and hairstyling, best sound mixing, best sound editing, and best visual effects
      
