Why Robert Downey Jr. turned down a Deadpool & Wolverine cameo as Iron Man - even after Ryan Reynolds 'gave him the hard press' Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Alesia Stanford For Dailymail.
Com Published: 23:05, 10 August 2024 | Updated: 23:05, 10 August 2024 e-mail View comments Robert Downey Jr . surprised Ryan Reynolds and the screenwriters for Deadpool & Wolverine when turning down a cameo as Iron Man in the summer blockbuster. His decision, however, became more clear once it was recently revealed the Oscar winner, 59, would be taking on a new character in the Marvelverse .
Before he turned down the offer, screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick had planned to open Deadpool & Wolverine with a scene featuring Downey's Iron Man/ Tony Stark and Jon Favreau's Happy Hogan. 'We had wanted him to do a cameo. We had written that scene [to start] with Happy and Downey,' Wernick told People .
Reese added that Reynolds, 47, had 'read the scene with both of them, so in the hopes we could get Downey.' Robert Downey, Jr.'s decision to decline a cameo in Deadpool and Wolverine was surprise to Ryan Reynolds and the movie's screenwriters, until they discovered the reason behind the decision one day after the blockbuster opened in theaters on July 26 Read More Blake Lively reveals producing decision she was 'begged' not to make on It Ends With Us After it was announced the former superhero would star as Victor von Doom (also known as Doctor Doom) in two upcoming Avenge.