When Marvel was first thinking about making a Iron Man movie, Tom Cruise he was considered for the lead role of Tony Stark aka Iron Man. This is one of those fun “What If” scenarios because the MCU would have played out very differently. I also don’t think Cruise would have stayed that long Robert Downey Junior. Done. It was a truly enormous commitment.
So what happened with Cruise? Why didn’t you accept the role? According to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, the actor’s requested fee was too high. This information was recently published in the book MCU: The Kingdom of Marvel Studios Of Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales and Gavin Edwards. The book says:
“Ten years earlier, when the rights to Iron Man were at 20th Century Fox, Tom Cruise, then thirty-four, had flirted with the idea of playing Stark. According to Feige, however, Cruise’s requested fee at the time was more than a profitable studio like Fox was willing to risk on an untested superhero property.
You know, it’s a good thing Cruise didn’t work out for Iron Man because who knows how things would have turned out in the long run! If that Iron Man movie had been made by 20th Century Fox, when it was time for Marvel to start making their own Marvel movies, they would have launched it with a completely different movie. My guess is that it would have been Captain America.
I’d love to take a look at the alternate universe where Cruise made the Iron Man movie and see how things would go for Marvel after that.
Via: CinemaBlend
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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