After months of rumors related to Avengers: Secret Warsthe Oscar-winning actor Robert Downey Jr has begun to open up to a possible return in the role of Iron Man for the maxi-event that will conclude the Multiverse Sagabut in these hours they were the directors Anthony and Joe Russo to play dumb.
In a recent interview with GamesRadar+, in fact, the directors of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, who also worked with Robert Downey Jr on the acclaimed blockbuster Captain America: Civil War, expressed some confusion about the possibility of Iron Man’s return in the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, given that the character of Tony Stark was killed by them and in such a heroic way in the record-breaking cinecomic. “I don’t know how they could do it,” Anthony said. “I don’t know what route you could take to get there.” he added, with GamesRadar+ however wanting to underline the laughter generated in the Russos by their own statement. Turning serious, Joe Russo added: “I mean, we closed that book so I guess it’ll be up to Marvel to figure out how to reopen it“.
The reference is obviously to infinite possibilities offered by the Multiverse Saga: Kevin Feige has also stated in the past that Iron Man’s death in the MCU will not be reset or erased in any way, but that doesn’t mean Robert Downey Jr. can’t return to the franchise to play an alternate version of Tony Stark coming from a parallel universe: in Spider-Man: No Way Home we witnessed the return of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield as Peter Parkerwhile in a couple of months fans will also meet Hugh Jackman again as an alternate version of Wolverine in Deadpool & Wolverine, with the clawed mutant returning to the big screen after dying in James Mangold’s acclaimed neo-Western Logan, released in 2017.
Not surprisingly, according to the reliable scooper My time to shine hello, Hugh Jackman, Tobey Maguire and Robert Downey Jr will be together in Avengers: Secret Wars, currently expected for May 2027.
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