Robert Downey Jr. Won Iron Man role after Marvel's 'Top Choice' passed
The efforts of Marvel Studios CEO Kevin Feige and the other people who work ...
...there have made the Marvel Cinematic Universe the powerhouse that it is today. Of course,
Robert Downey Jr. gets part of the credit as well, as his breakthrough role as Tony Stark in the 2008 movie Iron Man contributed to the box office success of the movie.
After all these years, it's actually difficult to picture anyone other than Downey Jr. as the mustachioed hero.
He wasn't the studio's "top choice" for Stark, despite what you may think, as the other candidate was rejected.
In a recent lecture, Feige brought up that instance when talking about forks in life and other topics.
To address the class of 2023, Kevin Feige visited his alma mater, the University of Southern California.
According to the YouTube video that was uploaded, many of the grads enjoyed the producer's comments about his life as a student and filmmaker.