The door isn’t fully closed on Robert Downey Jr. returning as Iron Man. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige recently gave an optimistic update on whether we might see Iron Man or Chris Evans ’ Captain America again in the future despite their respective farewells in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame .
Marvel’s latest movie, Deadpool & Wolverine , seemingly resurrects Hugh Jackman ’s clawed crusader, Wolverine, who died in the events of 2017’s Logan . Jackman appears to be playing a different variant of Wolverine in this movie thanks to the Marvel Cinematic Universe ’s continued exploration of the multiverse (a collection of alternate realities and dimensions). With that in mind, Feige told Discussing Film in an interview published on Tuesday, July 23, that anything is possible in the MCU.
“That’s the key, right? How do you do it in a way that maintains what has come before, and in a great way?” Feige responded to whether Iron Man and Captain America could make similar returns. “And we’ve been spending, you know, the last two-plus years figuring that out for Wolverine. So, what’s to come? We’ll see.
We’re just proud that we, I think, have figured it out for Wolverine.” “I think Hugh’s appearance and starring role in [ Deadpool & Wolverine ] is a great sign that it can be done — if great care is taken,” Feige added. For his part, Downey, 59, has said he’d “happily” return to the role of Tony Stark/Iron Man in the MCU.
“It’s too integral.