Is Robert Downey Jr. preparing to step away from the "Avengers" movies after "Avengers 2?"
The actor has made no such assertion, but a lot of speculation has circulated the web after Iron Man himself opened up to GQ about an injury he sustained during the filming of "Iron Man 3."
"[The injury] got me thinking about how big the message from your cosmic sponsor needs to be before you pick it up. How many genre movies can I do? How many follow-ups to a successful follow-up are actually fun? Because, as quiet as it's kept, I come from a family of very innovative writers and directors and actors and artists, and the circle of friends they were in were the people I heard having pun-offs playing poker at two in the morning, and it was just the most comforting aspect of my childhood," he noted. "So there's this kind of legacy of souls from what I consider to be a very particular time in entertainment, and I'm sensing a return to that-it's what me and the missus are doing next. It's not unlike: I heard Brady signed on for three more years with New England, and then he's done being a QB, because he'll be 40. I'm 47, and I'll be 50."
Screen Rant asserts that the quote does not mean that Downey Jr. intends to retire. It could simply imply that his role will diminish with the rise of new Avengers; he may also be poised to play a less physical role in upcoming installments.
The actor himself told Screen Rant that he wanted to explore more facets of the character. "There's, to me, that kind of wish list or grab bag of things. 'We haven't been able to get this in the movie yet-maybe this time we'll get to-!' or whatever. I put so much onus on Iron Man 3," he admitted. "Iron Man 3 was supposed to answer all the questions for the audience, cure all of my uncomfortable moments in the past with playing this character, and get in every idea that fell by the wayside in the last three movies. And then we shot the movie and I still feel there's a couple other things we've gotta do."
Iron Man 3 releases on May 3, 2013.
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