Robert Downey Jr. portrayed Tony Stark/Iron Person for practically 15 decades all more than the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and he has created additional open-minded to a probable return.

Speaking to Jodie Foster as a element of Variety’s Actors on Actors series, Downey was asked no matter whether or not he’d at any time return to the legendary superhero goal.

The legendary actor joked that he nonetheless seems to be superb additional than sufficient to do it, and has warmed up to the tactic.

“It’s just crazily in my DNA. Probably the most like-me character I’ve ever performed, even while he’s way cooler than I am. I’ve grow to be shockingly open-minded to the strategy. Involving Nyad and [True Detective: Night Country] and, for me, Oppenheimer and then Sympathizer, it genuinely is mad for the reason that we glimpse really excellent. I was really wanting at the stills we ended up taking, building certain: ‘Do we however glimpse type of Okay?’ I’m like, ‘We glance pretty great.’”

Robert Downey Jr. helped usher in the MCU

1st displaying as Tony Stark/Iron Person in 2008’s Iron Gentleman, Downey’s job as the superhero is usually credited as supporting usher in the superhero genre of motion pictures that would dominate the 2000s.

In comprehensive, the actor would appear in 10 distinct Marvel Cinematic Universe motion pictures spanning from 2008 to 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.

Downey’s final all round appear in an MCU film came in Endgame, in which Tony Stark dies following defeating Thanos. Because his final Marvel Studios film, Downey has starred in a variety of initiatives, most notably 2023’s Oppenheimer, for which he gained the Academy Award for Finest Supporting Actor.