One of many biggest “what ifs” in Marvel Cinematic Universe historical past was the truth that Tom Cruise was nearly solid as Tony Stark within the unique Iron Man. Now, fifteen years out from the unique movie, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige reveals why he was by no means solid.
Robert Downey Jr. has gone down in historical past along with his portrayal of Tony Stark, turning into the face of the MCU for over a decade. Nonetheless, earlier than he was ever solid, actor Tom Cruise flirted with the thought of starring in Iron Man earlier than stepping away from the challenge. In accordance with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, his departure needed to do with one factor: chilly onerous money.
“Cruise’s asking price on the time was greater than even a worthwhile studio like Fox was prepared to danger on an untested superhero property.” wrote the authors of MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios following their dialog with Kevin Feige.
It’s definitely comprehensible why the actor parted from the challenge. Tom Cruise is without doubt one of the largest actors in historical past, so it didn’t make sense to take a pay reduce for a franchise with out a safe future. Whereas it might have been attention-grabbing to see Cruise as Tony Stark, Kevin Feige doubtless made the fitting alternative in casting Roberty Downey Jr. as each Iron Man and the face of the MCU.
Marvel Video games has promised the at present untitled Iron Man sport will ship an unique story in its personal continuity. The sport will mark the primary solo Iron Man sport of this sort for console launch for the reason that Iron Man 2 film tie-in again in 2010.
Whereas few particulars have been revealed, the actual fact the sport is described as a “single-player, third-person, action-adventure title” is massive information. Marvel has launched surprisingly few video games of this selection in recent times, although the PS4 Spider-Man video games have been properly obtained and will have inspired the event of comparable video games resembling this Iron Man challenge and the upcoming Wolverine.
Whereas Marvel is progressively increasing within the realm of gaming, it’s odd that every of their video games takes place in its personal continuity, foregoing the shared universe format made well-liked by the MCU. Some dialogue in Spider-Man had implied it will happen in the identical continuity as Avengers, although it’s attainable working with totally different builders on totally different titles has made such integration troublesome.
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