Rumors have been doing the rounds that Robert Downey Jr. is ready to return as Tony Stark within the Marvel Cinematic Universe for a fairly some time, and a current commerce report claimed that the Marvel Studios was contemplating bringing again a number of of the Avengers OGs in an try to reignite viewers curiosity within the franchise.
Whereas there’s nonetheless an opportunity we’d see the likes of Chris Evans (Captain America) and Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) play Variants of their characters in Secret Wars, it would not sound just like the studio has any intention of “resurrecting” Downey Jr.’s tackle the Armored Avenger.
Whereas some followers would clearly like to see RDJ again within the MCU, it is most likely truthful to say that almost all would like that the hero’s noble sacrifice in Avengers: Endgame caught, and that reintroducing Stark – at the same time as a Variant – would tarnish the character’s emotional send-off.
Because it seems, Kevin Feige is in full settlement.
In a brand new Vanity Fair piece on Robert Downey Jr., the Marvel Studios chief promised that there are not any plans to “magically undo” Stark’s Endgame demise.
“We’re going to preserve that second and never contact that second once more. All of us labored very onerous for a few years to get to that, and we might by no means wish to magically undo it in any method.”
So, the authentic model of Stark will not return, however might we nonetheless see Downey Jr. as a Variant? It would not sound just like the actor has a lot curiosity, and was reportedly reluctant to even do temporary reshoots for a single line of dialogue after wrapping his remaining scene.
“We’d already stated tearful goodbyes on the final day of capturing. Everyone had moved on emotionally,” Endgame co-director Joe Russo says. “We promised him it might be the final time we made him do it—ever.”
“That was a troublesome factor for him to do, to return again to choose up that line,” Anthony Russo provides. “When he did come again, we have been capturing on a stage instantly reverse the place he auditioned for Tony Stark. So his final line as Tony Stark was shot actually a pair hundred ft from his authentic audition that obtained him the position.”
A while has handed, and Downey Jr. might really feel otherwise now. “By no means say by no means” does appear to be a mantra for a lot of the former MCU stars, however based mostly on Feige’s feedback, we would say followers have seemingly seen the final of the actor as Iron Man within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
