Not Iron Man, Marvel had supplied Robert Downey Jr the position of this iconic villain first. Jon Favreau reveals particulars
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Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man has basically established the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is sort of not possible to think about some other actor within the position of Tony Stark, so definitively he has owned the on-screen model of the character.
Other actors may conceivably play the position, and possibly properly sufficient, however Downey Jr left an indelible impression on the followers that won’t be matched anytime quickly. Now once they consider the character, it’s his face that springs as much as thoughts.
But Marvel had supplied him one other position, a extra villainous one in every of Doctor Doom, earlier than MCU existed. At least that’s what Jon Favreau, MCU actor and director of first two Iron Man films, says.
In the ebook The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he stated: “Marvel had already met with [Robert Downey Jr.] before, I think, to play Doctor Doom.”
Doctor Doom is an archenemy and typically ally of archenemy of Fantastic Four. King of the fictional nation in Marvel Comics known as Latveria, he possessed a genius degree of mind who has invented a number of nefarious machines which have troubled superheroes.
What makes him harmful is that he’s additionally conversant in sorcery and makes use of each science and magic to devastating results.
While the character is but to look in MCU (his final on-screen appearances had been in 2005 movie Fantastic Four and its 2007 sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer), it’s maybe properly that Downey Jr didn’t settle for the position.
For if he had, his portrayal of Iron Man didn’t exist, and MCU would have felt completely completely different.
