Robert Downey Jr Returning as Iron Man in Captain America: Brave New World Alongside Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford? Report Gives Disappointing Update

Anthony Mackie-led Captain America: Brave New World continues to make headlines with the recent scoop involving fans’ favorite MCU superhero, Iron Man. Robert Downey Jr. has been the face of our Tony Stark who donned the high-tech suit in the franchise until 2019’s Avengers: Endgame. 

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We know all too well how it ended but a recent rumor reignited fans’ hope of our beloved superstar returning to the franchise. However, it turns out to be another false alarm. 

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It has already been announced that Captain America: Brave New World starring Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford among others has officially wrapped up its production process which happened just 4 hours before the actors joined the ongoing writers’ strike. Amid the same, author Nawar Shora shared a glimpse at the film set located in Washington, D.C on his Linkedin Page.

He also gave a brief interaction with one of the security personnel associated with the project who confirmed the Oppenheimer star’s presence on set.

“Robert Downey Jr was there last night and they were driving all sorts of super cars.”

It surely came out as a big surprise with the news spreading like wildfire. Downey Jr.’s presence in the film started being speculated however another account shared a disappointing update.

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As soon as fans started racking their brains to come up with different theories to justify Iron Man’s presence in the upcoming Captain America 4, another report crushed their hope.

Industry scooper, My Time To Shine Hello account has addressed the rumor by sharing that the renowned actor is not in the film.

Check out the tweet here.

He’s not in Cap 4 so there’s that https://t.co/l3hvazk6Tj

— MyTimeToShineHello (@MyTimeToShineH) July 5, 2023

As of now, there has been no confirmation regarding Downey Jr.’s presence in the 2024 project. But it’s not entirely impossible since the franchise has already explored the multiverse leaving out space for variants of the previous characters to reappear in it. However, his appearance was highly speculated in Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness which of course, didn’t happen.

Hence, it’s safe to say that the film might have a flashback scene that could perfectly align with the MCU alum’s return. It would mean that the film might have planned a short cameo of the star with Ford’s General Thaddeus E. “Thunderbolt” Ross, who is currently US President in the superhero franchise. Ford replaced William Hurt, who played Ross in MCU until his death in 2022. 

Captain America: Brave New World is set to release in the United States on July 26, 2024.

Source: MyTimeToShineHello