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Tom Cruise could also be indestructible as an motion star, however that also would not make him Iron Man!
The actor, 60, revealed in a brand new interview with podcast Section Zero that whereas rumors have been circulating over time about him probably taking part in the enduring Marvel hero, he wasn’t anyplace shut to truly snagging the function.
“Not shut,” he confirmed. “I really like Robert Downey Jr., and I am unable to think about anybody else doing that function, and I feel it is good for him.”
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The assertion comes practically a yr after Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity screenwriter Michael Waldron revealed to Rolling Stone that Cruise was pitched to play a variant of Tony Stark within the 2022 movie.
And even earlier than then, followers had been passing alongside the rumor that Cruise was thought of for the unique Iron Man function, which Downey Jr., 57, took on in 2008 to kick off the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
“Yeah, that was completely made up. I imply, there is not any lower footage of Tom Cruise,” Waldron stated of the web rumors. “However I really like Tom Cruise, and I stated to [Marvel Studios president] Kevin [Feige] at one level, I used to be like, ‘May we get Tom Cruise’s Iron Man?’ I keep in mind studying about that in Ain’t It Cool Information again within the day, that Tom Cruise was going to be Iron Man.”
He added, “Because it was being talked about on-line, I used to be like, ‘Yeah, that’d be cool!’ “
Waldron clarified that he did not suppose anybody reached out to the actor “due to availability.”
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Again in 2005, Cruise advised IGN about being approached to play Iron Man for the MCU on the time and why it did not pan out. “They got here to me at a sure level and, once I do one thing, I wanna do it proper,” he defined. “If I decide to one thing, it needs to be completed in a manner that I do know it is gonna be one thing particular.”
“And because it was lining up, it simply did not really feel to me prefer it was gonna work,” he added. “I want to have the ability to make choices and make the movie as nice as it may be, and it simply did not go down that street that manner.”
Whereas Cruise is probably not a part of the MCU, those that have been during the last decade say they see their costars as extra than simply costars.
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In December, Don Cheadle advised PEOPLE that it is “at all times like house once we return” — referring to the MCU.
The star, who has performed Col. James “Rhodey” Rhodes (aka Struggle Machine) within the movies since becoming a member of the forged of 2010’s Iron Man 2, added, “I’ve sort of grown up during the last 12 years with this forged who I actually have enjoyable with.”
