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For as long as one can remember, Robert Downey Jr. has been a beacon of pure and absolute joy. The actor, ever since his debut inPound(1970), has made his audience split sides with laughter while being unable to stop wondering about the utter brilliance of his subtle and vastly understated comic performance.
With each role crafted with precision and ingenuity, the modern-day cinematic landscape would have failed without the presence of RDJ to bring alive a franchise as well-built as the Marvel universe. But with his exit comes a flailing derailment of what was once considered a great and epic masterpiece.
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Robert Downey Jr. Hints a Comeback as MCU’s Iron Man
After what seems like forever,Robert Downey Jr.is finally openly talking about some of the mainstream Marvel events, almost as if he’s been holding back until the dust officially settled on Phase Four. Speaking toDeadlineabout Marvel CEO Kevin Feige, his co-stars, his Iron Man role, and what he misses the most among all of it, RDJ claimed,
“What I miss most? Being in the trenches with Kevin Feige throughout; the beginning, with Jon Favreau, it’s like a beautiful dream now; the middle, with Shane Black on Iron Man 3, we’d just had Exton and shot it mostly in Wilmington NC. It was idyllic and subversive. And the end, when I realized I’d made so many close friends in the MCU cast, and the Russo Brothers helping me embrace Tony’s arc.”
And all of the Marvel talks have made the fandom spring up from their slumber in the hopes that the actor might be finally reconsidering his 100%-confirmed resignation from the MCU since the Multiverse has made it impossible for any actor to ever be fully gone from the Marvel universe.
Your time as Ironman is not done. Or have you not seen we in that part of the marvel where everybody and they momma come back with the multiverse.
— Kevin (@DatsAllFokes)June 10, 2025
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If there’s anyone who would legit miss the MCU, it’s probably him. They resurrected his career and brought it to heights no one expected from him
— Alex Marson (@AllenMarson)July 04, 2025
He knows all about fighting in the trenches😭😂pic.twitter.com/HB09Omy3Qi
— SiREE ۗۗۗۗۗۗ⃟⃞⃢⃠⃤⃝̸𝅲⃜︮͠꙲ (@ReallyTallNerd)August 03, 2025
There’s a 5-year gap and 35 suits unaccounted for. Just saying!
— Face Front (@FaceFrontBlog)June 01, 2025
WithAvengers: Secret Warsplanning a showdown big enough to put evenEndgamewhimpering in the former’s shadow, the debates surrounding the appearance of past legends like Iron Man and Black Widow have taken center stage among the unfolding events. It is well known in the comics that many Avengers were picked up from their respective timelines moments before their death to fight in the Multiversal War and that opening has now become the ultimate go-to for fans wishing for one more cameo from the godfather himself.
Also read:Robert Downey Jr. Misses Being a Part of the MCU and Lists 4 Reasons Why
Nostalgia Helps RDJ Reconcile With His Marvellian Past
The time for Robert Downey Jr. to be away from the limelight is over. The actor is now back at the forefront with his role in the Park Chan-wook project,The Sympathizer, an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by the Vietnamese-American author, Viet Thanh Nguyen. However, even with such literary and industry greats filling up the actor’s roster, an aspect that has been missing considerably from his life is the role, the people, and the franchise to which he has been devoted since 2008.
“I exchanged my previous obsession with an obsession for this role… Then we proceeded to launch a historic run of what is now the cinematic universe with Favreau.”
Also read:‘I’d made so many close friends in the MCU cast’:Iron ManStar Robert Downey Jr. Misses His Marvel Co-Stars the Most After Retiring from Marvel
Iron Mannot only gave the actor his career’s biggest success but a second chance and a family when he had barely any credibility to hold on to. Kevin Feige’s vision, even then, had been sharp and his nose for potential even stronger, and when it landed on RDJ, there was little doubt that the actor whose reality looked exactly similar to Tony Stark’s (sans the technological aspect of it), would be the perfect fit to represent the latter on the screens with absolute precision. Robert Downey Jr. did not disappoint.
Iron Manis currently available for streaming on Disney+.
Source:Deadline
Diya Majumdar
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Diya Majumdar is a Senior Content Writer at FandomWire with over 2000 published articles on the website. Since 2022, she has been working as an entertainment journalist with a special focus on films and pop culture.Among the countless genres and themes of Hollywood, the ones that particularly favor Diya’s tastes include Game of Thrones, DC, and well-aged thrillers and classics.
