Tom Cruise has denied a long-running rumor that he was almost cast as the lead in Iron Man before Robert Downey Jr. landed the coveted role.
this Top Gun: Maverick The 60-year-old star addressed the rumored role of the iconic Marvel hero in an interview with Phase Zero. While he doesn’t deny that he’s ready for the role, he denies that he was ever “close to getting it.”
“Not close, not close,” Cruise confirmed. “I love Robert Downey Jr. I can’t imagine anyone else playing the role, and I think it’s perfect for him.”
at the same time, Mission impossible The star isn’t passing up the chance to one day appear in a superhero movie. “I watch a movie and think, you know, I’m not ruling anything out,” he added.
According to Cruise, if a Marvel or DC script came up to him, he’d evaluate it as usual.
“It’s ‘What’s the story? What are the characters?'” he explained. “Am I interested? Do I feel like this is how the audience wants to see me? What can I learn, what can I contribute? That’s how I see things.”
Cruise’s statement comes nearly a year later doctor strange In the Multiverse of Madness, screenwriter Michael Waldron revealed to Rolling Stone that Cruise was slated to play a Tony Stark variant in the 2022 film.