For nylig udtalte skuespilleren bag Kang the Conqueror, Jonathan Majors, at han ønsker at se Tony Stark, eller Iron Man, vende tilbage på en eller anden måde, muligvis igennem multiverset, i en af de kommende Avengers-film.
Dette skabte naturligvis spekulation, men den ønsker Marvel-studiechef Stephen Broussard nu at lægge i graven. I et interview med io9 fortæller han at Robert Downey Jr. ikke kommer til at vende tilbage som Iron Man.
"If you look at, like, Cassie [Lang in Quantumania] getting a suit and Kate Bishop [in Hawkeye], new characters being introduced like Jack in Werewolf by Night. After these first 10 years of Marvel storytelling, torches are being passed, like with Robert Downey Jr. no longer being [on the] table and stuff like that. So it was kind of like a new generation stepping to the forefront which, again, has always happened in the comics."
Så nej, der er ikke nogen grund til at forvente Downey Jr. tilbage indenfor en respektabel tidsramme.