Robert Downey Jr Talks Civil War Iron Man

Expect big changes for Iron Man in ‘Captain America: Civil War’ as Robert Downey Jr. explains how Tony Stark may never be the same again…

It’s no secret that ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ will bring big changes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. For one thing, it’s set to introduce several new heroes as well as an iconic, robotic villain. But it looks as though Tony Stark will be changed too… and by the time ‘Civil War’ comes around, we might be dealing with a very different Iron Man.

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During an interview with Empire Magazine, the 49-year-old Iron Man explained how Tony Stark might differ in the upcoming ‘Captain America: Civil War’.

“It’s natural to change your views,” he said. “The main thing to me is, and this is where I think the Russos are quite brilliant and where Kevin [Feige] backed the play, is what sort of incident could occur and what sort of framework could we find Tony in? The clues are in Avengers: Age of Ultron about where we might find him next.”

Of course, ‘Age of Ultron’ sees Tony faced with the consequences of his own actions – how his own desire to aid humanity has put the entire world at risk. And it’s presumably this sense of responsibility which causes the Iron Man himself to take stock and reassess what it means to be a superhero.

“What would it take for Tony to completely turn around everything he’s stood for, quote-unquote, because he was the right-wing guy who could still do his own thing… the idea of Tony being able to march into Washington and say, ‘I’ll sign up’, wouldn’t have made sense if the political climate in the real world hadn’t shifted the way it has.”

“It’s kind of weird that these guys would have all these throw downs all over planet Earth and it looked like a little collateral damage happened over there, and yet when the movie’s over, it’s like nobody minds,” he added. “You have to figure, ‘Were you to ask the question, what would the American government do if this were real? Wouldn’t it be interesting to see Tony doing something you wouldn’t imagine?’”

Of course, the Civil War in the comic books sees Tony Stark do just that – to support the Super Human Registration Act which essentially forces all superheroes to give up their secret identities.

And it sounds as though Stark is doing ti for similar reasons on the big screen.

But does this make Iron Man the villain?

“I wouldn’t put it that way,” said Downey Jr. “Ultimately it’s Steve’s story; it doesn’t say ‘Iron Man 4: Civil War’. I think that’s great too. I think Chris [Evans] has been hungry to bring even more of an underside and some shadow to that. I remember the comics – on the surface you got the sense that Cap was baseball and apple pie, but underneath there was all this churning stuff of being a man out of time. Now we know he’s made his peace with that. What’s the bigger issue? It can have a little something to do with the past, but it can be about someone becoming more modernised in their own conflict.”

Quite how all this plays out remains to be seen. But expect to see the tides shifting in ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’.

‘Captain America: Civil War’ heads to cinemas on 29 April 2016.

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