Whereas there is not any doubt that the now Oscar-winning actor Robert Downey Jr. may’ve tackled a facet of Stark that by no means actually made it to screens, it was the choice of the studio that the demon stayed within the bottle for the live-action iteration. Stark’s alcoholism was among the many many tweaked particulars of “Iron Man 2.” Whereas there’s a scene that sees Tony intoxicated, it by no means grew to become greater than that as a result of the studio received concerned out of fears that Stark’s alcoholism would influence gross sales of toys and merchandise.
Most significantly of all, there was concern concerning the plot level impacting the movie’s lead. Susan Downey, Robert Downey Jr.’s spouse, was reportedly disapproving of integrating the comedian ebook arc into the movie and doubtlessly impacting her husband’s well being, as he himself had a widely known historical past of substance abuse. Consequently, the thought was scrapped, with the movie’s author, Justin Theroux, admitting to UGO (through MTV), “It is only a nice, gritty storyline. It does not switch to movie. We did not wish to be the ‘Leaving Las Vegas’ model of ‘Iron Man 2.’ Even just a bit little bit of that may utterly dominate the story.” Fortunately, reducing the well-known comedian ebook thread from the movie does not influence the Marvel sequel or any of Stark’s future story. He’s Iron Man till the tip, and we love him dearly for it.
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