The Oppenheimer star has done the lot at this point. He has starred as Tony Stark in one of the biggest box office successes ever, he’s made millions, and has now been honoured with an Oscar for his incredible outing in Christopher Nolan’s newest film.
With the choice of anything in the world he could be doing though, it appears that a return to the shoes of Iron Man remains on the cards.
The Iron Man star was asked in an interview with Esquire after his Oscar win whether he would ever step back into the role, and fans will love the answer.
He said: “Happily. It’s too integral a part of my DNA. That role chose me. And look, I always say, Never, ever bet against Kevin Feige. It is a losing bet. He’s the house. He will always win.”
It’s safe to say, Marvel fans are excited.
One replied to the news saying: “I would literally start watching the mcu again if he came back”.
An upcoming Avengers film, Avengers: Secret Wars, has been announced – with the expectation of many fans being that if RDJ is set to return, this will be when it takes place.
Robert Downey Jr. starred as Iron Man in the MCU. Marvel/Disney
One said: “His return in Secret Wars will be the biggest cinematic moment of the decade.”
Secret Wars is a comic event involving characters from various universes coming together, so this news has furthered rumours the Oppenheimer actor will come back, despite the end to Avengers Endgame (if you haven’t seen it at this point that isn’t on us).
In his interview With Esquire, Downey Jr gave an incredibly personal chat, in which he went into his past with his father, who introduced the Iron Man actor to cocaine at 15, as well as an emotional exchange with the writer himself.
Ryan D’Agostino, who interviewed Downey Jr, has spoken in the past about his son’s battle with leukemia.
When D’Agostino’s son – who is an Iron Man fan – called regarding his college essay during the interview, Downey Jr picked up.
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As the conversation turned to his brother’s cancer and trying to write about it for his essay, he went on to give him tear-jerkingly emotional advice on not feeling guilty about utilising trauma.
He said: “I’m sittin’ here with your pops. And listen, I have similes to your experience in my life, and it’s really hard to not feel guilty about them being part of your story, that on some level could benefit you by sharing them, because you never want to profit in any way off something that could be labeled as a tragedy.
“You needn’t burden yourself with that. It’s an exercise.
“Take a second—like we’ve had all these lulls in our interview today. But it’s gonna come.
“It’s hard to give yourself permission to let your experience benefit you when it’s resultant of what has to be classified as a tragedy.”
Well, we’re all in tears – and it’s not even anything to do with the idea of Tony Stark coming back.
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The actors that are chosen for the juggernaut task of heading up a Marvel character are always questioned, with fans often picking out other names they’d rather see.
From Thanos’ snap to Robert Downey Jr. being handed the pivotal role in Iron Man, everyone has their opinion on how the Marvel franchise should be run.
While Marvel boss Kevin Feige may be calling the shots nowadays, there is in fact a different name we have to thank for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
That name is David Maisel, who taught all to walk before Feige taught them to run.
Who created the whole MCU idea all film geeks love today? Yep, that was all Maisel’s idea.
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But perhaps his most daring move was betting it all on Robert Downey Jr. for the role of Iron Man.
Fans will recognise Downey Jr. as the charismatic man behind Marvel’s Iron Man, but a few decades ago he was a drug-addled celebrity with a bad reputation and a rap sheet as long as Iron Man’s flight range.
Seriously, prior to joining the Marvel, Downey had battled with substance addiction and even ended serving 180 days in jail for failing to attend a court-ordered drug test.
In a wide-ranging interview, the godfather of the Marvel Cinematic Universe revealed the film studio thought he was off his rocker to bet big on Downey Jr.
“My board thought I was crazy to put the future of the company in the hands of an addict,” Maisel told Variety.
“I helped them understand how great he was for the role. We all had confidence that he was clean and would stay clean.”
It was the guiding hand of Maisel who would later arrange the massive $4 billion sale of Marvel to Disney in 2009.
He resigned after the deal for Disney to acquire Marvel went through and made room for Kevin Feige, the man we all mistakenly thank for the Cinematic Universe’s raging success.
Feige and the Marvel name have massively outshone Maisel’s initial contributions to the franchise.
Feige replacing him in the eyes of fans as the Marvel King was sort of ‘like a Thanos snap’, Maisel revealed.
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“Most people right now think Kevin started the studio. They don’t know me at all,” he said.
But the beginnings of the Marvel Cinematic Universe hark back further than the 2009 Disney acquisition.
It was 2003 when Maisel had the bright idea that became what we now know as the Cinematic Universe.
“I thought, ‘Hey, if I can get a movie I can believe in, and every movie after that one is a sequel or a quasi-sequel — the same characters show up — then it can go on forever,'” he said.
“Because it’s not 30 new movies. It’s one movie and 29 sequels. What we call a ‘universe.’”
The then-Endeavor agent pitched his idea, revealing ‘the board had really no choice but to approve me making the new Marvel Studios’.
And the rest is well and truly history.
