Marvel Exec Confirms Robert Downey Jr. Won’t Be Back For More MCU Movies
etcanada.comDon’t hold your hopes for the return of Tony Stark. Speaking with io9, Marvel Studios Vice President of Production & Development Stephen Broussard shut down any speculation about Robert Downey Jr.’s return to the MCU. READ MORE: Robert Downey Jr.
Pens Emotional Tribute To The Marvel Cinematic Universe Downey’s last real appearance in the franchise came in 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame”, in which his character, Iron Man, died. “I think one of the meta-narratives of Phase Four was about new characters,” Broussard said about the transition into Marvel’s planned Phase Five of the MCU. “It was about new people stepping into mantles.
If you look at, like, Cassie [Lang in ‘Quantumania’] getting a suit and Kate Bishop [in ‘Hawkeye’], new characters being introduced like Jack in ‘Werewolf by Night’.” He continues, “After these first 10 years of Marvel storytelling, torches are being passed, like with Robert Downey Jr.
no longer being [on the] table and stuff like that. So it was kind of like a new generation stepping to the forefront which, again, has always happened in the comics.” READ MORE: Robert Downey Jr.
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