According to Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr. was approached to play an iconic Marvel villain
One of those responsible for all the success of the marvel cinematic universe (MCU) he was Robert Downey Jr. in the role of Iron Man. In addition to the three solo films, the actor played the hero in the Avengers films and other character projects. However, Marvel wanted the star in another role, according to the director Jon Favreau.
It is worth remembering how favreau directed the first two films of the Iron Manin addition to interpreting Happy Hogan in eight productions of MCU. During interview with Kevin Feigepresident of marvel studiosreleased on the channel YouTube from the Marvelthe filmmaker revealed how downey jr. almost played a completely different character.
“I remember that all of you have already met [Downey Jr.] for living Doctor Doom or something on another project,” said the director and actor. “I think he was a possibility in the Fantastic Fourso everybody kind of knew who he was.”
Second Jon Favreauthe decision to escalate Robert Downey Jr. was quite accurate: “Once it was him, that’s when my life got a lot easier because he understood the character’s voice. And then, one by one, people got on board, because it had become something interesting.” Finally, Kevin Feige highlighted the importance of the interpreter of the Iron Man:
I remember later films – we’ll talk about them on their 15th anniversary – there were dark days. I said to robert: ‘We wouldn’t be in this mess if it weren’t for you,’ which means we wouldn’t have a studio if it weren’t for him.
Source: Rollingstone
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