Robert Downey Jr. Reveals Why He Turned Down Iron Man Cameo In Deadpool And Wolverine

Robert Downey Jr. Turns Down Deadpool Cameo

In a surprising twist, Robert Downey Jr. decided not to return as Iron Man in the movie “Deadpool and Wolverine.” This news came from the movie’s writers, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who talked about it in an interview. The movie is doing really well in theaters right now, and fans are loving all the surprise appearances and hidden references. The writers really wanted Downey Jr. to be in the movie too, but he said no.

This is unusual because lots of actors want to work with Ryan Reynolds, who plays Deadpool. But Downey Jr. wasn’t interested this time.

The writers had even written a special scene just for Downey Jr., and he read it. But there was a problem: they didn’t know about the plans for him to play Doctor Doom in another movie. Paul Wernick said, “We had no idea about the Doctor Doom thing. There’s no way he was going to do both.” So, even though the writers wanted him, Downey Jr. turned down the offer.

Reese also said the scene they wrote was supposed to be funny. Deadpool would have made fun of Iron Man, saying he wasn’t good at working with others. It was similar to a scene in the movie, but with two characters instead of one. Jon Favreau, who directed the first Iron Man movie, was involved in this project too, which shows how much everyone wanted to work together.

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The writers really wanted Downey Jr. to be in the movie, but they understood why he couldn’t. Marvel had plans for him to come back as Doctor Doom, a bad guy. Since he was going to play a different character, it didn’t make sense for him to also be Iron Man.

Just last month, Robert Downey Jr. announced he’s coming back to the Marvel movies as Doctor Doom. Kevin Feige, the head of Marvel, told everyone about this at Comic-Con. Fans are excited to see what he’ll do as this new character.