Avengers: Secret Wars

Upcoming crossoverAvengers : Secret Warscan give up on a missed multiverse cameo from Phase 4 in a here and now that connects to the beginning of theMCU . The possibilities ofSecret Warsare endless , especially with the addition of Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom . Marvel will bring back many modern and classic Marvel wedge and scoundrel on a collision course that celebrate the MCU and the history of Marvel . This could includecameos from Fox ’s X - Men universe , Sony ’s Spider - Man universe of discourse , and the MCU ’s long catalog of characters .

It could also deliver many cinematic champion that never happened or accomplish popular fan castings . For example , Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessincluded John Krasinski ’s Reed Richards , who hearing require to play Mr. Fantastic in the MCU . And of course , Channing Tatum last portrayedGambit inDeadpool & Wolverineafter his movie was dispute due to old age of ontogeny hell . Marvel had an opportunity to add another rumored casting to life sentence inDoctor Strange 2 , and the studio apartment could lastly pluck it off inSecret Wars .

Tom Cruise Almost Appeared As Iron Man In Doctor Strange 2

The Mission: Impossible Actor Almost Resurrected A Near-Miss Early Casting

Before Robert Downey Jr ’s career comeback start up with Iron Man , the part almost went to Tom Cruise . In the bookMCU : The Reign of Marvel Studios , it ’s revealed that Marvel wanted Cruise to spiel Tony Stark , but Kevin Feige sound out , " Cruise ’s expect fee at the time was more than even a profitable studio like Fox was uncoerced to lay on the line on an untried superhero holding . " In an interview withRolling Stone , Doctor Strange 2screenwriter tell they deal havingCruise cameo as Iron Manduring the Illuminati sequence , but it did n’t happen due to scheduling conflicts .

" I think of there ’s no cut footage of Tom Cruise ! But I love Tom Cruise , and I said to Kevin ( Feige ) at one stage , I was like , Could we get Tom Cruise ’s Iron Man ? I recall reading about that in Ai n’t It Cool News back in the Clarence Day , that Tom Cruise was going to be Iron Man . ”

allot to Waldron , Cruise was busy filmingMission : inconceivable 7&8 . Even without him , the Illuminati sequence was already a cameo - fulfil sequence , including Hayley Atwell ’s Captain Carter , Lashana Lynch ’s Captain Marvel , Krasinski ’s Reed Richards , Anson Mount ’s Black Bolt , and Patrick Stewart ’s Charles Xavier . Cruise ’s visual aspect would have caused the audience to go berserk , but there ’s still a fashion for Marvel to make this cameo chance .

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Cruise Could Play Iron Man In Avengers: Secret Wars

Secret Wars Will Be Filled With Exciting Cameos

as luck would have it , Marvel ’s goal to get Cruise ’s Tony Stark in the MCU could still happen . The multiverse is fill with variant of MCU heroes and villains . Some of them front monovular to the Earth-616 versions , while others look completely unlike . For example , Tom Holland ’s Peter Parker take care completely dissimilar from Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield . Loki also has many stochastic variable that wait like him and others that do n’t .

Marvel Studios has revealed its program for Avengers 6 entitled Secret Wars , but what is this massive event what does it mean for the MCU ?

Deadpool & Wolverineshowed thatother existence can have characters who look like MCU heroes but are different peoplei.e . Captain America and Johnny Storm . Cruise would fit into the multiverse demonstrate by Marvel , as he does n’t postulate to wait like Downey Jr. to portray Tony Stark . Downey Jr. could also act Doctor Doom since Victor Von Doom could still look like Tony but be a different character . Many rule about the MCU ’s multiverse have been made up , but it would permit for Cruise to enter the universe as an alternate Iron Man .

Tom Cruise in a church as Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible Fallout

Cruise’s Iron Man Fighting Downey Jr’s Doctor Doom Would Be A Surreal Moment

Tom Cruise Can Fight The Man Who Took His Job

Many have imagine what Cruise ’s Tony Stark would seem like . However , it ’s difficult to imagine anyone playing the role who is n’t Downey Jr. He has melded with the character , and it ’s severe not to see Tony when Downey Jr. makes any public appearances . Still , it ’s challenging to cogitate about what Cruise would have done with the role , and it ’d be exciting to see that happen inSecret Wars . It would also be a full - circle moment if Cruise ’s Iron Man foughtDowney Jr ’s Doctor Doom .

Cruise would finally get to play Tony , but he would also get to fight the somebody who got the job over him . It would connect to off - photographic camera lore from 2008’sIron Manwhile delivering an larger-than-life instant audience would want to watch multiple prison term . It ’s hard to believe that Marvel would make this bump , but it was also abyssal that Downey Jr. would devolve to the MCU as a scoundrel , so anything is possible .

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