Robert Downey Jr was initially in talks to play a definite superhero, reveals Jon Favreau
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Robert Downey Jr, whose determine has now grow to be synonymous with Iron Man/Tony Stark, was initially equipped a definite superhero place at Marvel. In a contemporary dialog with Marvel boss Kevin Feige, director Jon Favreau acknowledged, “I keep in mind you had all met with [Downey] already for like Doctor Doom or one factor on one different mission. I consider he had come by means of on maybe Fantastic Four, so everybody type of knew who he was.”
The interview, revealed by Marvel on YouTube, was a retrospective of Iron Man (2008), the film that started the MCU 15 years previously.
While Downey was in talks to play Victor Von Doom, Tuck Star-fame Julian McMahon ended up portraying the superhero inside the 2005 film. Favreau agrees that choosing Downey for the place of Iron Man was the magical half, that in the long run made the film work.
“He was the puzzle piece that made it all work,” Favreau acknowledged. “I remember sitting down with the guy, and I was like, ‘He’s got that spark in him in his eye and he’s ready.’ That’s when we were in your office, and we were pointing to his headshot, saying, ‘We got to try to figure this out.’”
Favreau continued, “Once it was him, that’s when my life got a lot easier because he understood. He understood the voice of the character. And then one by one, people were just signing on board because now it became something interesting.”
Watch the whole dialog between Favreau and Feige inside the video beneath.
Robert Downey Jr, whose determine has now grow to be synonymous with Iron Man/Tony Stark, was initially equipped a definite superhero place at Marvel. In a contemporary dialog with Marvel boss Kevin Feige, director Jon Favreau acknowledged, “I keep in mind you had all met with [Downey] already for like Doctor Doom or one factor on one different mission. I consider he had come by means of on maybe Fantastic Four, so everybody type of knew who he was.”
The interview, revealed by Marvel on YouTube, was a retrospective of Iron Man (2008), the film that started the MCU 15 years previously.
While Downey was in talks to play Victor Von Doom, Tuck Star-fame Julian McMahon ended up portraying the superhero inside the 2005 film. Favreau agrees that choosing Downey for the place of Iron Man was the magical half, that in the long run made the film work. googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“He was the puzzle piece that made it all work,” Favreau acknowledged. “I remember sitting down with the guy, and I was like, ‘He’s got that spark in him in his eye and he’s ready.’ That’s when we were in your office, and we were pointing to his headshot, saying, ‘We got to try to figure this out.’”
Favreau continued, “Once it was him, that’s when my life got a lot easier because he understood. He understood the voice of the character. And then one by one, people were just signing on board because now it became something interesting.”
Watch the whole dialog between Favreau and Feige inside the video beneath.
