Robert Downey Jr. is “grateful” his function as Iron Man “opened [his] eyes wider” to how expertise can profit the world.
The 59-year-old actor led the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) because the character from 2008’s ‘Iron Man’ till ‘Avengers: Endgame’ in 2019 and is honoured to have introduced such an “iconic superhero” and what he represents to life.
In an interview with Display Rant, he mentioned: “[It’s] 17 years I have been related to this iconic superhero … It’s the message he represents that I am grateful for.
“Tony Stark opened my eyes wider to the ability expertise has to influence the world for good, and that is one thing I will carry for the remainder of my life.”
Whereas Downey Jr.’s time as Iron Man could also be over, the ‘Oppenheimer’ star is because of return to the MCU because the villainous Physician Doom in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’.
Administrators Joe and Anthony Russo teased that Downey Jr. is at present “so immersed” within the character of Physician Doom.
Chatting with Leisure Tonight, Joe mentioned: “It’s a really intense course of creating the character. He’s so immersed in it. He’s so dialed in.”
Anthony added: “That’s the form of artist he’s. That’s the form of actor he’s.”
Joe continued: “[Downey Jr.’s] writing backstory, costume concepts … I believe he simply loves actually wealthy three-dimensional characters and I believe he sees an actual alternative right here with that character.”
The Russo brothers teased that the 2026 superhero blockbuster and its sequel ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’ can be “very radical” and “problem audiences”.
Joe instructed The Hollywood Reporter: “I believe we’re at all times in search of new faces as a result of there’s at all times new tales to inform. I believe these films are going to be a shock to folks — we discovered a approach into the story that’s very thrilling to us however we expect very radical and I believe it’s going to problem audiences.”
The directing duo – who helmed ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’, ‘Captain America: Civil Struggle’, ‘Avengers: Infinity Struggle’ and ‘Avengers: Endgame’ – teased they wished “to beat these youthful variations of [themselves]” with ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ and ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’.
Joe instructed GamesRadar+: “Completely, we wish to beat these youthful variations of ourselves.
“Now we have to be, proper? As a result of we have now to outdo these films in a approach, or we at the least must take you on an equally participating journey.”
Anthony added: “These films are an unbelievable alternative for us, they usually’re an unbelievable alternative for audiences. So we’re doing what we are able to to ship the expertise everybody, I believe, hopes for.”
The 2 films are to be shot back-to-back in London – with ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ slated to start principal images later this month – and Joe admitted the pair “might or might not survive” the gruelling filming schedule.
Chatting with Deadline, ‘The Electrical State’ director mentioned: “It’s all in London, we’re capturing them pretty back-to-back, it’s a variety of work once more, we might or might not survive, we’ll see.
“However we’re very enthusiastic about it. We discovered a approach into the story that we expect is gonna be difficult for audiences, it’s difficult for us to execute. And it’s actually thrilling for us, it will get us off the bed to do it.”
