Robert Downey Jr. is stepping out for the premiere of his new Max series!
29.05.2023 - 09:23 / nme.com
Iron Man director Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr. was initially considered for a different role in the film that kickstarted the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Downey first starred as Iron Man (aka Tony Stark) in the titular 2008 film, and went on to reprise the role in a further nine MCU entries, including two direct sequels to Iron Man (released in 2010 and 2013, respectively).
He retired Stark’s arc in 2018, with his final appearance coming in Avengers: Endgame. Favreau has also been an integral figure within the MCU, directing the first two Iron Man films and starring as Happy Hogan in a total of eight series entries. In a new interview with Marvel Studios leader Kevin Feige – released last week on Marvel’s YouTube channel to commemorate 15 years of the first Iron Man film – Favreau revealed that he nearly cast Downey in a different role altogether.“I remember you had all met with [Downey] already for like Doctor Doom or something on another project,” Favreau said to Feige.
“I think he had come through on like maybe Fantastic Four, so everybody sort of knew who he was.”After Downey was cast as Stark, Favreau continued, work on the film became much smoother. “Once it was him, that’s when my life got a lot easier because he understood the voice of the character,” he said.
“And then one by one, people were just signing on board because now it became something interesting.”Feige went on to credit Downey as a key reason why Marvel Studios was able to emerge victorious from periods where the odds were stacked against them. He added: “I remember on later movies – we’ll talk about them on the 15th anniversary of those – there were dark days.
Robert Downey Jr. is stepping out for the premiere of his new Max series!
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While it will definitely (as Kevin Feige so eloquently puts it in the same discussion below) go down as one of the best decisions in Hollywood history, there has already been so much written about Robert Downey, Jr. being cast as Tony Stark in 2008’s “Iron Man.” However, in a new interview with Feige and filmmaker Jon Favreau, it’s revealed that RDJ could have shown up in a Marvel film years before his “Iron Man” debut.
When you hear the name Tony Stark the actor that comes to mind is Robert Downey Jr. as he played him in the MCU starting with 2008’s Iron Man. However, Downey was not always going to play the billionaire philanthropist and was in talks to play a whole different character.