Robert Downey Jr. could have not too long ago received his first Oscar for Oppenheimer, however he’s not seeking to run from his Marvel previous.
In truth, the actor says he’d “fortunately” return as Tony Stark / Iron Man.
“It’s too integral part of my DNA,” Downey advised Esquire in a brand new interview. “That position selected me. And look, I all the time say, by no means, ever wager towards Kevin Feige. It’s a dropping wager. He’s the home. He’ll all the time win.”
Downey’s Iron Man met his destiny in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame in what was arguably essentially the most emotionally devastating second within the 33-film Marvel Cinematic Universe. Whereas Marvel Comics additionally all the time performed quick and free with character deaths, usually killing off heroes and villains for impact, solely to rapidly carry them again, Marvel Studios boss Feige has beforehand mentioned he’s moderately protecting of the second Iron Man sacrificed himself to defeat Thanos. It makes Downey returning to the MCU more and more tough because the years tick by. A prequel story look would doubtless require CG de-aging (which nonetheless appears to be like a bit awkward and uncanny valley), whereas a sequel return dangers cheapening Endgame. After all, Marvel might all the time set a narrative in several universe, the place something is feasible. Marvel continues to discover multiverse tales after Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity and Spider-Man: No Manner House featured totally different actors enjoying acquainted heroes. There have additionally been rumors of an Avengers: Secret Wars film bringing again all the unique Avengers, however nothing has but materialized.
The Esquire profile additionally had an intriguing quote from Downey’s Marvel co-star Gwyneth Paltrow, who performed Tony Stark’s assistant and spouse Pepper Potts. Paltrow revealed she stopped studying her strains for MCU movies attributable to Downey’s penchant for improvising and developing with totally different (and higher) dialogue on the final minute.
“There can be this technique of [director] Jon Favreau and Robert and I going into Jon’s trailer within the morning and Robert being like, ‘I’m not fucking saying these strains’ and throwing them out,” she mentioned. “After which reside improv-ing both within the trailer or on the set. I believe to ensure that one thing to really feel alive for Robert, it has to really feel recent, and he makes it recent by making it really feel prefer it was simply invented. So a lot of these well-known strains had been written ten minutes earlier than we mentioned them.”
Downey has a number of upcoming tasks within the meantime. He’s hooked up to return as Sherlock Holmes for Sherlock Holmes 3 with director Dexter Fletcher, although the movie has but to materialize. Extra instantly he’s in The Sympathizer, HBO’s Vietnam Struggle restricted collection based mostly on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that’s coming April 14.