2019’s Avengers: Endgame , the 22nd of the Marvel movies in order , marked the end of an era for the Marvel Cinematic Universe in many ways, chief among them being that it saw Robert Downey Jr . and Chris Evans departing the franchise. As far as the former goes, despite his character, Tony Stark, sacrificing his life to defeat Thanos, Downey has said he’d “happily” play Iron Man again .
In fact, he reaffirmed this stance while he was discussing his connection to the popular Marvel hero in a recent interview. Downey sat down with his Home for the Holidays costar/director Jodie Foster for the newest episode of Variety’s Actors on Actors series. Towards the end of their conversation, she brought up how he’s done his fair share of “crazy, kind of unsafe stunts” and has “been in a suit,” which of course refers to his time as Iron Man.
Foster then asked Downey if he’d want to “put the suit back on again for Tony Stark,” and he answered: It’s crazily in my DNA. [It’s] probably the most 'like me character' strangely I’ve ever played even though he’s way cooler than I am. And, again, speaking of renaissance and coming full circle, I’ve become surprisingly open-minded to the idea.
Robert Downey Jr. played Tony Stark across ten Marvel movies, which will leave him tied with Hugh Jackman ’s Wolverine run once the upcoming Marvel movie Deadpool & Wolverine arrives at the end of July. With so many Tony Stark performances under his belt, one couldn’t f.