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Robert Downey Jr. may be fired/released from his duties as Iron Man for his demands pertaining to a role in Captain America 3. The movie should be primarily about Chris Evans as Cap vs the NSA one would think, but Downey reportedly demanded a bigger role in the film. Bigger role equals bigger payday we get it. What we don’t get is why it is in someone else’s movie.

Evans can already summon up blockbuster appeal with ease just like he did in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Granted Downey as Iron Man would be money in terms of his on screen charisma with Evans and if they really do go with the Civil War storyline as reported. In that story arc Tony Stark is for the NSA’s Superhero Registration Act and Cap isn’t. So in terms of a role, the question is how much involvement though and supposedly Downey’s demands on this infuriated Marvel Studios execs according to Variety.

Originally, Marvel wanted to hire Downey for a small role, which would have required just three weeks of work. But Downey wanted Stark to have a more substantial role in the film’s plot, which would give him more screen time and naturally a bigger payday. This angered Marvel Entertainment chief Ike Perlmutter, who ordered the screenwriters to write Iron Man out of the script entirely, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

Chris Evans signed a 5 movie deal, but Sebastian Stan who portrayed his former sidekick Bucky Barnes has signed a 9 movie deal. He has appeared in 2 films already, which leads many to believe he will be the new Captain America when Chris is done. Concerning Iron Man though the problem is that America would probably revolt like they did when Don Cheadle replaced Terrence Howard as War Machine. This one would be such a backlash that Downey would have to come back and most assuredly would demand a bigger payday.

If they did replace Downey – who would make a better Iron Man than he could?

12 thoughts on “Marvel pissed off, may remove Downey as Iron Man after Avengers 2”
  1. I think they were right to write him out of Captain America. They needed to make a statement. But dropping him as Iron Man is out of the question, and hopefully the clash of egos doesn’t cause that to happen.

  2. There was a revolt when Cheadle replaced Howard? I don’t think so. Most of us didn’t even notice, except to note in passing that it was a different actor. We didn’t care.

    Now, replace Downey and people will definitely notice!

  3. If marvel does not use Mr. Downey then those idiots better look for other jobs cause they won’t have those anymore. So it’s to keep him and pay what ever he wants.

  4. The Civil War storyline requires Cap and IM. Downey IS Iron Man. Any change would be disastrous to the greatest movie franchise ever.

    Brubaker wrote the best Marvel storyline EVER. They also plan to follow it…. that’s obvious from the contracts for Evans and Stan.

  5. Jeffrey Dean Morgan .. He did a great job as the comedian in another comic book movie ( DC ) The Watchmen.. Gave the best performance of the entire cast in that mediocre Zack Snyder effort.. Sorry Watchmen fans but a 2 hour movie was stretched into 162 MINUTES..

  6. “If they did replace Downey – who would make a better Iron Man than he could?”

    No one, but that doesn’t means that he gets to modify scripts just to make more money.

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