Tonight on TMC, at 9:10 p.m., we can fly with the feature film Iron Man ! And the film could have been very different! Before Robert Downey Jr. stands out as the essential face of Tony Stark and all the Marvel Cinematic Universe for 17 years, another renowned actor was expected to embody the famous Iron Man: a certain Tom Cruise. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Marvel sought to adapt her famous hero to the screen, long before the MCU launch. At that time, Tom Cruise, an undisputed Hollywood superstar, was seriously envisaged for the role, to the point of considering producing the film itself.
Iron Tom ?
The project seemed to be tailor -made: Cruise had charisma, the aura of star and the experience of blockbusters. In addition, the actor is known to get involved in his roles, including physically. Imagine cascades signed Tom in the MCU, it could have created moments of anthology! But despite the interest of the eternal Ethan Hunt, the adaptation ofIron Man Remained stuck in Hollywood limbo for years. Between studios changes, unconvincing scenarios and a Marvel universe still poorly defined in the cinema, the project did not see the light of day. Tell yourself that at that time, Michael Jackson almost bought Marvel and Stan Lee’s ideas just to embody Spider-Man … But that’s another story!
One Iron Man …
It was not until 2008 that Jon Favreau managed to impose a then risky choice: Robert Downey Jr., talented actor but with a slightly chaotic course. His performance will mark a major turning point: with humor, vulnerability and arrogance perfectly dosed, Downey Jr. redefine Tony Stark and becomes the pillar of the emerging MCU. The success of the film gives birth to a franchise that will dominate the world box office for more than a decade, soon two … that does not rejuvenate us! The rumor of a Tony Stark embodied by Tom Cruise returned to the front of the stage with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Signed Sam Raimi! Some hoped to see an alternative version of the character, finally interpreted by Cruise, we really believed there at the time! An idea mentioned, never materialized. But the multiverse is far from over, so we can imagine a cameo of Mr. Cascade in the MCU during the events ofAvengers Doomsday Or Secret Wars… Henry Cavill had still put on the Logan claws for an appearance lighting in Deadpool & Wolverine! After considering that Robert is officially back in Doctor von Doom and rumors run that he will embody several different characters, we do not really see the interest of disturbing Tom in his already very busy schedule … But who knows? Nothing is impossible especially not for Tom Cruise! As a small gift to conclude: this false trailer of the first Avengers If the film had been made in the 80s and 90s, the casting is just crazy!
