I believe everyone was a bit surprised when Marvel announced that an Iron
Man 4 wasn't on the horizon, and that Robert Downey Jr. would instead share the
lead role in Captain America's third (by now not so solo) outing. Of course
this could only mean one thing, the studio had plans to adapt Mark Millar, and
Steve McNiven's Civil Wars storyline, which was later confirmed during their
special film schedule presentation.
Speaking to Empire Magazine, Robert Downey Jr. revealed why he chose to
join the Russo brothers, and Chris Evans in Captain America: Civil War.
"They said to me, 'If we have you, we can do this, or Cap 3 has to
be something else. It's nice to feel needed. And at this point it's about
helping each other, too. I look at it as a competition and I go, 'Wow, maybe if
these two franchises teamed up and I can take even a lesser position, with
people I like and directors I respect, maybe we can keep things bumping
along."
By the time Captain America: Civil War comes, Tony Stark will no longer have
that carefree, charming, don't trust the man kind of personality, in fact quite
the opposite. Downey says that he sees this change as a natural evolution for
the character, and that all starts in Age of Ultron.
"It's natural to change your views," he says. "The main thing to me is, what sort of incident
could occur, and what sort of framework could we find Tony in? The clues about
where we might find him next are in Ultron. But what would it take for Tony to
completely turn around everything he's stood for? Joss brings this up all the
time. It's kind of weird that these guys would have all these throw downs all
over planet Earth and yet when the movie's over, nobody minds. What would the
American government do if this were real? Wouldn't it be interesting to see
Tony doing something you wouldn't imagine?"
Depending on which side of the should superheroes surrender themselves
and register with the government question you fall in, you might see Iron
Man as the villain, manipulating everyone, even going so far as to clone Thor.
But this is in the comics, how about in the film?
"I wouldn't put it that way. The biggest question is, for Chris and
for Cap, how do we bring Cap to a place where people go, 'Man, I never thought
I would see such a vast change in Steve.' After you see Snowpiercer, you're
like, 'I want to see a little bit of that guy.'"
What do you think of Downey's comments?
Source - Empire
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