Robert Downey Jr. On IRON MAN 4-Mel Gibson Remark; 'Marvel Roster Coming Sooner Than Later'

In a 14-second video, the Avengers: Age of Ultron star displays his sense of humor to those who believed he would only do Iron Man 4 if Mel Gibson directs, by revealing another contender and more.

By DCMarvelFreshman - Oct 07, 2014 09:10 AM EST

Filed Under: Iron Man

Over the weekend, Robert Downey Jr. took part in an interview with the infamous Deadline for his new drama film, The Judge. And during the lengthy Q&A, the Iron Man star was asked if he would return as Marvel's Armored Avenger in a fourth solo movie if his friend Mel Gibson were to claim the director's chair, to which Downey said yes. Well, considering many sites took his Mel Gibson campaigning seriously, the actor has since poked fun by tweeting that his friend has turned down the Iron Man 4 directing gig, and posting a video in which he reveals another unlikely candidate.

"It was an offhanded remark to a journalist and friend," Robert Downey Jr. said of the Gibson joke later during a Reddit Q&A. "I have other projects in mind for Mel and I - sooner than later the Marvel Roster will be made public and all questions will be answered." What do you think?

Gibson turns down IM4. Robert issues new ultimatum. @sternshow #TheJudge http://t.co/N6Tg1RRXqX
— Robert Downey Jr (@RobertDowneyJr) October 7, 2014

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sjoerdo0 - 10/7/2014, 9:44 AM

:O NO IRONMAN 4 PLEASE

JoeMomma29 - 10/7/2014, 9:44 AM

LOL! Howard Stern could do a better job than IM3.............heck he could base it off his show "Son Of The Beach"!

ruadh - 10/7/2014, 9:47 AM

RDJ is awesome.

SauronsBANE - 10/7/2014, 9:50 AM

Oh boy, I can just imagine the newest wave of clickbait headlines that will result from this.

Supes17 - 10/7/2014, 9:56 AM

Joel Shumacher for Iron Man 4

YeezusWept - 10/7/2014, 10:00 AM

Marc Webb for Iron Man 4...

Hulksta - 10/7/2014, 10:01 AM

Duncan Jones

mbembet - 10/7/2014, 10:02 AM

ha! iron man 3 was garbage

ATrueHero1987 - 10/7/2014, 10:02 AM

Whoever directs IM4, I would like to see IM go up against Wonder Man!

marvel72 - 10/7/2014, 10:06 AM

i'm easy either way,if they make iron man 4 i will watch it & if they don't want to make another i'm cool with that.

YeezusWept - 10/7/2014, 10:06 AM

Ben Affleck for Iron Man 4

BlackIceJoe - 10/7/2014, 10:11 AM

That's too bad Mel Gibson could have made a remarkable Iron Man movie. He could make a really cool comic book movie. Hopefully Disney or Warner Brothers will allow him to work on one in the future.

Trickwil - 10/7/2014, 10:13 AM

Martin Scorsese only directs movies with really hardcore well written source material. So He actually might do a comic book but my reasoning that he wouldn't is he doesn't want the shots already drawn out for him. History of Violence or Road To perdition were a couple he might have directed if they'd have ever been offered to him.

SuperCat - 10/7/2014, 10:14 AM

Tyler Perry for Iron Man 4!

MsDarkPhoenix - 10/7/2014, 10:14 AM

Iron Man 4 should be a musical.

Warcam - 10/7/2014, 10:14 AM

The Farrelly Brothers for IM4.

'There's Something About Rhodey'
'Me, Myself, and Pepper'

grif - 10/7/2014, 10:15 AM

confusing article. what does it mean?

String - 10/7/2014, 10:16 AM

I never took his Mel Gibson remark seriously. I can't see how anyone thought it was real. So no big deal.

jCamer0n - 10/7/2014, 10:17 AM

Iron Man 4? Nope.. Nadda...
We already have 2 lackluster sequels from this franchise.

and RDJ needs to go to rehab once again.

XMenMarvelFan - 10/7/2014, 10:17 AM

Well after the piece of shit that was Iron Man 3... I really don't want or need an Iron Man 4. The only good Iron Man is the 1st one, I don't hate the 2nd one like most people but it's still a piece of shit.

XMenMarvelFan - 10/7/2014, 10:20 AM

@jCamer0n Well I would not say he needs to go back to rehab... lol that does not make since bro.

But I just think Marvel needs to reboot Iron Man and make better Iron Man movies. The only good Iron Man movie is the 1st the other 2 suck [frick]ing monkey balls.

SuperCat - 10/7/2014, 10:21 AM

jCamer0n - 10/7/2014, 10:23 AM

@XMenMarvelFan

Yeah... they better reboot this franchise with a more debonaire Tony Stark... Not the wacky and effeminate one we got.

LeonNova - 10/7/2014, 10:25 AM

Iron Man 4 directed by Uwe Bowl, produced by Michael Bay.

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