Before ‘Iron Man,’ Robert Downey Jr. Was In Talks For Another Marvel Film, Says Jon Favreau
I think he had come through on maybeFantastic Four, so everybody sort of knew who he was. Favreau and Feige sat down for aretrospective lookat the film that started the MCU 15 years ago. For Favreau, casting Downey inIron Manwas the component that was missing that made the film work. Robert Downey Jr. played Iron Man in the MCUJay Maidment / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection...