Robert Downey Jr.’s return as Iron Man isn’t “on the table” according to a Marvel Studios producer

Despite his departure from the Marvel Cinematic Universe four years ago, It’s not impossible to see Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man in the future without altering the character’s death. Now that Marvel Studios is exploring the multiverse and we’ve seen variants of Doctor Strange and Spider-Man, among other characters, it is inevitable to wonder if the franchise has thought of using this concept for the public to see a variant of Tony Stark played by the actor himself.

In 2026, “Avengers: Secret Wars” is released, a Marvel Studios film in which the multiverse should reach its maximum potential, so There are not a few fans who believe that this project could be the one to see RDJ as Tony Stark again. However, Stephen Broussard, producer of ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’, among other Marvel Studios titles, revealed in an interview with io9 (via Gizmodo) that there are no plans with Robert Downey Jr.: “I think one of the narratives in Phase Four was about new characters. It was about new people carrying on legacies, like Cassie and Kate Bishop, and introducing new characters like Jack in ‘Marvel Studios Presents: The Curse of Man. Lobo’ After these first 10 years of Marvel stories, torches are passed, Robert Downey Jr. is off the table and stuff. It was like a new generation stepping forward, something that, again, has always happened in comics.”

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Of the new character introductions Broussard points out, the most recent is Cassie Lang, played by Kathryn Newton, who just made her MCU debut in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.” One of the responsibilities when joining Marvel Studios is not to reveal spoilers up front., something that has made domestic actors like Tom Holland or Mark Ruffalo become memes because they are not very good at keeping secrets. We recall that, among many other spoilers, Ruffalo leaked the audio of the first 15 minutes of ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ because he didn’t know how to disable a live Instagram. Holland, who is known as Spoiler-Man for so many that he has done, Benedict Cumberbatch literally had to cover his mouth more than once because he was rambling about the details of the ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ promotional tour.

According to Newton in an interview with Digital Spy, she’s not exactly discreet either, to the point that Paul Rudd compares her to the king of spoilers, Tom Holland: “I’m very gullible. My friends come up to me and say, ‘You told me that so-and-so you die.’ And I’m like, ‘Really? Well… No! Because it doesn’t happen in the movie!’ But I’m not very good at keeping secrets. Paul Rudd says I look a lot like Tom Holland.”

‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ is already in cinemas