{"id":51950,"date":"2024-01-24T20:09:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T20:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/rdj-worked-on-iron-man-films-because-of-these-superstars\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T20:09:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T20:09:04","slug":"rdj-worked-on-iron-man-films-because-of-these-superstars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/rdj-worked-on-iron-man-films-because-of-these-superstars\/","title":{"rendered":"RDJ worked on &#8216;Iron Man&#8217; films because of these superstars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. revealed that he was inspired to play Tony Stark\/Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe after watching the success of Johnny Depp and Keanu Reeves.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"storyParagraphFigure\">\n<p><strong>Watch ARY News live on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/live.arynews.tv\/hq\/\">live.arynews.tv<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Robert Downey Jr. made his Hollywood debut in Pound. However, his career soared to new heights when he played the billionaire superhero in the standalone 2008 film named after his character.<\/p>\n<p>He returned to play the character in \u2018<em>The Incredible Hulk<\/em>,\u2019 \u2018<em>Iron Man 2<\/em>,\u2019 \u2018<em>The Avengers<\/em>,\u2019 \u2018<em>Iron Man 3<\/em>,\u2019 \u2018<em>Avengers: Age of Ultron<\/em>,\u2019 \u2018<em>Captain America: Civil War<\/em>,\u2019 \u2018<em>Spider-Man: Homecoming<\/em>,\u2019 \u2018<em>Avengers: Infinity War<\/em>\u2018 and \u2018<em>Avengers: Endgame<\/em>.\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cu6w5InvDfV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Robert Downey Jr. revealed in an interview with Esquire that he took on the role of the Marvel character after watching Keanu Reeves and Johnny Depp thrive in the \u2018<em>Matrix<\/em>\u2018 and \u2018<em>Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em>\u2018 franchises respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI originally pursued Iron Man because I had seen Keanu Reeves and Johnny Depp succeed with their own film franchises, and I wanted my son to see his dad in that kind of a movie,\u201d he was quoted saying in a report.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cI\u2019m also proud of the fact that I\u2019m a leading man who can do major blockbusters and be that Harrison Ford kind of guy. It\u2019s not a bad place to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Tony Stark vs Two F-22 Raptor Fighters in the movie IRON MAN (2008)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_873UeiwnVA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>He said working on Marvel projects changed his life and his financial and professional status underwent a \u201crevolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything changed on the Monday morning after the opening weekend for Iron Man in 2008. My economic and professional status underwent a complete revolution, and I\u2019ve tried to understand how that works and make sure I maintain that stature and momentum,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/iron-man-marvel-robert-downey-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iron Man might return to Marvel Cinematic Universe<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. revealed that he was inspired to play Tony Stark\/Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe after watching the success of Johnny Depp and Keanu Reeves. 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