How Robert Downey Jr. Was CAST as IRON MAN

How Robert Downey Jr was cast as Iron Man and Tony Stark in Iron Man 2008 and what it was like. Let me know what you all think in the comments down below, like & sub for more!!

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Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark was a billionaire industrialist, a founding member of the Avengers, and the former CEO of Stark Industries. A brash but brilliant inventor, Stark was self-described as a genius, billionaire, playboy, and philanthropist. With his great wealth and exceptional technical knowledge, Stark was one of the world's most powerful men following the deaths of his parents and enjoyed the playboy lifestyle for many years until he was kidnapped by the Ten Rings in Afghanistan, while demonstrating a fleet of Jericho missiles. With his life on the line, Stark created an armored suit which he used to escape his captors. Upon returning home, he utilized several more armors to use against terrorists, as well as Obadiah Stane who turned against Stark. Following his fight against Stane, Stark publicly revealed himself as Iron Man.

Fresh off from defeating enemies all over the world, Stark found himself dying due to his own Arc Reactor poisoning his body, all while he was challenged by Ivan Vanko who attempted to destroy his legacy. After the Stark Expo incident, Stark reluctantly agreed to serve as a consultant for S.H.I.E.L.D. where he used his position to upgrade their technology while he began a relationship with Pepper Potts. With the world yet again being threatened, Stark joined the Avengers and helped defeat the Chitauri and Loki. Due to the battle, he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, leading him to create the Iron Legion to safeguard the world and help him retire.

The 2013 "Mandarin" terrorist attacks forced Stark to come out of retirement to protect his country, inadvertently putting his loved ones at risk and leaving him defenseless when his home was destroyed. Stark continued his mission, finding Aldrich Killian as the mastermind of the attacks. Eventually, Stark defeated Killian, and was prompted to destroy all of his armors with the Clean Slate Protocol after almost losing Potts. However, when the Avengers were officially demobilized due to the War on HYDRA, Stark built more armors and resumed his role as Iron Man, aiding them in the capture of Baron Strucker and acquiring Loki's Scepter.

Once the threat of HYDRA had been ended, at last, Stark, influenced by Wanda Maximoff's visions, built Ultron with the help of Bruce Banner as a new peacekeeping A.I. to protect the world and allow the Avengers to retire. However, Ultron believed that humanity threatened the world and thus, according to his program, decided to extinguish humanity. Through the work of the Avengers, Ultron was defeated, however, not without massive civilian cost and many lives being lost during which Sokovia was elevated into the sky.

After the Ultron Offensive, Stark retired from active duty, still haunted by his role in the chaos the A.I. created. The guilt of creating Ultron and causing so much destruction and loss of life eventually convinced Stark to support the Sokovia Accords. Stark was forced to lead a manhunt for his ally Captain America when the latter began protecting the fugitive Winter Soldier, igniting the Avengers Civil War. The result left the Avengers in complete disarray, especially after Stark learned of the Winter Soldier's role in his parents' deaths. Afterwards, Stark returned to New York to mentor and guide Spider-Man into becoming a better hero than he ever was, also becoming engaged with Potts in the process.

In 2018, when Thanos and the Black Order invaded Earth in their conquest to acquire the six Infinity Stones, Stark, Doctor Strange, and Spider-Man convened to battle Thanos on Titan with the help of the Guardians of the Galaxy. When Stark was held at Thanos' mercy, Doctor Strange surrendered the Time Stone for Stark's life. After the Snap, Stark and Nebula remained the sole survivors on Titan. Stark and Nebula used the Benatar to escape Titan, but were stranded in space as the ship was damaged. They were rescued by Captain Marvel, who brought them back to Earth.

[BradBardy]

The role that gave him the opportunity to rebuild his career after no one wanted to work with him after his past substance abuse legal issues

[cjbird]

Not only hired the best actors but also excellent writers! DC proves that great casting isn’t enough on its own. Gotta have a great script too

[madelineschaffer]

Iron Man and the Maevel Universe would not be what it is today had they given the role to someone else. RDJ took it to a whole different level; he made Tony Stark REAL, and made people feel all of Tony's emotions, and made him relatable on some level. Truly the best casting ever.

[charlesbritzman]

I will forever be grateful that the screenwriters included showing him make mistakes and occasionally find something out the hard way. He was a genius but he was revolutionizing so many disciplines at once (metallurgy, electronics, deployable control surfaces for a flying metal suit, etc) that if he wasn’t shown not quite hitting the mark some of the time, no one would be able to relate. And then there was the icing problem . . . But I also would like to hear his account of how magic works.

[l_dalchemist]

Thanks to Terrence Howard also for believing in him enough to back him up for this role with the Director

[slingshotnerd]

“We are serious about our characters. We really respect them…”

Oh how that aged like a block of cheese under direct sunlight

[chriswyatt]

Iron man 1 is still my favourite MCU movie. They don’t make em like that anymore. Most of their projects now feel souless and look unfinished

[ChrisFBartlett]

“I had hypnotized myself into such a state of confidence, that I was certain everything we were doing worked.” Is the best fake until you make it story in cinematic history

[starrunner]

I wish they still respected their characters 😢

[stacy]

So glad Robert Downey jr. Came back to films! I can not imagine anyone else being Iron Man!❤

[edwardgreenjr]

2008: We are serious about our characters and really respect them to only hire the best possible actors for them....
2019 on: If our fans criticize our decisions with these beloved franchises we are just going to call them bigots until they fall in line....
2024: for the love of Pete PLEASE come back!!

[NPCLiam]

If you’ve ever seen the hockey movie “Miracle” she was also on casting for that. SO GOOD.

[mpredgate]

I'm heartbroken that Wesley Snipes isn't still Blade. He looks GREAT in the D + W film!

[soul_asmr]

Well now I need to know that Hypnosis for MY confidence

[VELVETVELVENIR-q]

An amazing franchise who could've thought?

[tambobam]

One of the greatest comebacks ever!! Iron Man forever.❤❤❤❤

[ChiquitaBanana-siqq]

I’m so happy he made it through the 80s. He’s like JD, a treasure from our past.

[shahariarkhan]

Man, there was a time a lot of thought and effort was put into casting the right actors. Not anymore.

[williamg]

No one ever mentions it. We know it was a dark time for him, but before Iron Man. Didn't this guy just get locked up and rehabilitated? He never mentions but that's the true superhero story that he as a real person did.

[gloriaohara]

Like having Dr. STRANGE played by Cumberbatch