AVENGERS: ENDGAME Star Robert Downey Jr. Rumored To Be Interested In Joining The STAR WARS Universe

AVENGERS: ENDGAME Star Robert Downey Jr. Rumored To Be Interested In Joining The STAR WARS Universe

Robert Downey Jr. spent over a decade as the face of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but could a Galaxy Far, Far Away be next for the former Iron Man? It sounds a lot like he's interested in Star Wars...

By JoshWilding - Jan 08, 2021 02:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars

Ever since Ahsoka Tano mentioned "Thrawn" in The Mandalorian, fans have been wildly speculating about live-action plans for the Grand Admiral. That includes who could end up playing him, though we're not sure why Lucasfilm wouldn't turn to Lars Mikkelsen, the actor who did such a wonderful job of voicing the iconic villain in Star Wars Rebels

Benedict Cumberbatch is a fan-favourite choice to play Thrawn, though, as is...Robert Downey Jr?

Addressing recent internet scuttlebutt in a now deleted Tweet, Noah Outlaw from Kessel Run Transmissions (a reliable source for Star Wars rumours), said, "[Robert Downey Jr.] is not Thrawn. Now, I will say...[Lucasfilm] has talked to  [Downey] about being in a future Star Wars project."

That's an intriguing possibility, and it's hard not to imagine this happening in the movie we know Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige is producing for Lucasfilm. Then again, we could just as easily see Downey reunite with Iron Man director Jon Favreau for an episode of The Mandalorian

One thing we can say for sure is that the actor would benefit from being part of another successful franchise. Dolittle was a flop, and he's always had mixed fortunes outside of the MCU. 

The question is, who would you like to see Downey play in a future Star Wars project? 

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JohnnyTBP
JohnnyTBP - 1/8/2021, 2:22 AM
Mo money no problems for Downey
RokoVII
RokoVII - 1/8/2021, 2:32 AM
In which case the budget will go up 50 mil😂
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 1/8/2021, 5:15 AM
@RokoVII - I think you mean down because there going to have to use part of that 200 mil budget to pay him lol
Origame
Origame - 1/8/2021, 5:16 AM
@RokoVII - idk. After Doolittle I don't think he's a hot commodity.
RokoVII
RokoVII - 1/8/2021, 5:41 AM
@mastakilla39 - true 😂
RokoVII
RokoVII - 1/8/2021, 5:45 AM
@Origame - yeah maybe but wouldnt be surprised
JFerguson
JFerguson - 1/8/2021, 2:33 AM
Sigh lord or droid. One of those or nothing
SonOfOdor
SonOfOdor - 1/8/2021, 10:06 AM
@JFerguson - sigh lord? RDJ does actually have some quality sighs throughout the MCU lol fair enough
JFerguson
JFerguson - 1/8/2021, 4:33 PM
@SonOfOdor - revenge of the autocorrect 😂
SonOfOdor
SonOfOdor - 1/8/2021, 4:35 PM
@JFerguson - 🤣🤣
SnideCut
SnideCut - 1/8/2021, 2:42 AM
I would love for him to be a part of this world.
GothamSon
GothamSon - 1/8/2021, 3:00 AM
A rogue/scoundrel, like the smuggler from 'The Old Republic.' This is the way.




Spike101
Spike101 - 1/8/2021, 3:06 AM
He’ll be back as Ironman before you know it. How can Marvel just kill off major characters without bringing them back at some point, if they used that as a business model they would last very long. It’s akin to selling off the family silver....
Blergh
Blergh - 1/8/2021, 3:24 AM
I feel for Robert. For 10 years he was the face of the MCU, an actor generally never likes to be seen as one thing only. So obviously he tried to branch out again with Dolittle, sadly that turned out to be a bust and quite a money loss for Universal.

So now he hopes to find a new meaty role in the SW universe. Hope he finds it, he's one of the most talented actors working and he deserves better roles than the ones he was given outside of the MCU in the past decade.

He's the best current version of Sherlock Holmes IMO
Mugens
Mugens - 1/8/2021, 3:26 AM
Star Wars has enough unique characters that I'm sure they could find a good fit for Downey somewhere. I wouldn't hate it at all, but not craving for it either.
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