What All Does Robert Downey Jr. Miss About MCU?

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MCU alum Robert Downey Jr. revealed the biggest things he misses about working on the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

To say Marvel Studios’ Iron Man actor is an icon would be an understatement. The MCU has changed the very fabric of movie-making, and Robert Downey Jr. has an intrinsic part in that.

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However, the franchise has been without its first leading man for nearly four years now, as Downey said goodbye to Tony Stark in the closing moments of Avengers: Endgame.

Despite the actor not popping up in the super-powered world for a few years, his character’s impact is still being felt, with characters like Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s Riri Williams being “a nod to Tony Stark.” Pair that with constant rumors and theories of the actor’s return, and Downey’s connection to the MCU has remained about as strong as it has ever been.

But with some separation between the Iron Man star and his Marvel Studios departure, Downey can now look back. And he has, offering up the four things that he misses most about the MCU.

RDJ Misses the MCU

Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr. broke down four points he misses about the MCU, after his decade-long tenure with the franchise came to an end in Avengers: Endgame.

Downey told that he fondly looks back on “being in the trenches” with Marvel mastermind Kevin Feige. The actor then listed off three more notable segments of his MCU journey (1.”The Beginning”; 2. “The Middle”; 3. “The End”) that he also misses the most:

“What I miss most? Being in the trenches with Kevin Feige throughout; the beginning, with Jon Favreau, it’s like a beautiful dream now; the middle, with Shane Black on Iron Man 3, we’d just had Exton and shot it mostly in Wilmington NC. It was idyllic and subversive. And The End, when I realized I’d made so many close friends in the MCU cast, and the Russo Brothers helping me embrace Tony’s arc.”

He also addressed the Iron Man audition process, noting that despite many of the Marvel Studios brass not wanting Downey for the role, director Jon Favreau “[pushed] for [him]” and “knew he had to play the politics or he would have no leverage moving forward”

The iconic actor then brought up what his father (iconic Hollywood director Robert Downey Sr.) thought of him taking on the role of Tony Stark/Iron Man, remarking that the first Iron Man film was much like “a big budget Sr. movie”

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