One of the latest "Iron Man 4" rumors was based on what the "X-Men Days of Future Past" director said in an interview. Fans of the metal-clad superhero still hope to see their Tony Stark on the big screen again. However, the chance of that may be slim because Robert Downey Jr. has revealed that he is ready to give up the role during an interview with The Edge.
The 49-year old actor said, "The smart money is you have to look at everybody's age." He added, "I'll put myself at the top of the list. Sooner or later, they've got to start over and get somebody young. I'm not there with them yet."
Robert Downey Jr. explains, "When you really think about it at the end of the day, these films are entertainment largely driven by young folks. There is something very honorable about that." Because of that statement, "Iron Man 4" rumors about him being replaced by a younger actor started to spread.
Some people believe that Robert Downey Jr. was the main reason why "Iron Man" became successful. Can you imagine another actor playing Tony Stark? Even the director of "X-Men Days of Future Past" implied that "The Avengers" overly rely on Iron Man.
Based on the report of the MoviePilot, the film director thinks that the X-Men can beat The Avengers if Iron Man wasn't with them. Bryan Singer said, "The Marvel universes - particularly Avengers and Iron Man - are... and it sounds defensive, and it is defensive, but only because people make comparisons between X-Men: Days Of Future Past and The Avengers, which is ludicrous.
The director further explains, "The Avengers is a mash-up of massive single character franchises of incredibly familiar characters and Iron Man. They are huge, colossal franchises that are peppered with all these other characters that are, again, extremely famous and so yes, Fox will at some point synergise the X-Men characters and that process is slowly beginning, but it's very different than taking movies that gross close to a billion dollars and then pushing them together into these giant broad movies."
Bryan revealed, "If you want to give me Robert Downey, Jr. in a metal suit and have him join the X-Men, then yes, let's go head-to-head with Marvel Studios." If ever the director's wish will come true, then the latest "Iron Man 4" rumors could be the return of Tony Stark together with the mutants. Isn't that awesome?
