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Robert Downey Jr. Changed Marvel Movies With ‘Iron Man’ — and Now He Could Do It Again
The Oscar winner is returning to Marvel — as Dr. Doom. Here's what it could mean for the franchise
“Endgame” represented a culmination of all Marvel storytelling to that point: Downey’s definitive departure meant that this particular set of stories, in which wisecracking defense contractor sat at the emotional center, was done. Downey’s success during his Marvel period — in which his fame as Iron Man was so great that his other films, from “Due Date” to the “Sherlock Holmes” movies, were solid hits as well — can cause one to forget just how far he’d come. His first run of Marvel films traded on the persona Downey had established from the earliest days of his career: Tony Stark is quick-witted, a patter artist who seems at first to have a casual relationship with morality only to reveal depths of soulfulness underneath.
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