WHAT IF? - There Are Reportedly No Plans For Robert Downey Jr. To Return As Iron Man In The Disney+ Series

UPDATED!!! Thor: Ragnarok star Jeff Goldblum recently confirmed that Robert Downey Jr. will return as Iron Man in What If? but a new report claims that's not the plan after all.

By JoshWilding - Nov 22, 2019 10:11 AM EST

Filed Under: What If

Last week, Jeff Goldblum talked about returning as The Grandmaster in What If? and indicated that his episode of the animated series would include Robert Downey Jr.'s MCU return as Iron Man.

Now, though, The Wrap has revealed that "an individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap that Goldblum misspoke and Downey will not be appearing." Honestly, this does make sense as it's hard to believe the actor would return to the role so soon after retiring as Tony Stark.

Steve Rogers is going to be part of the Peggy Carter/Captain Britain episode but we've heard nothing about Chris Evans reprising the role so it's now hard not to wonder whether soundalikes will be used for supporting players. That somewhat defeats the purpose of enlisting an all-star cast, of course, but it's inevitable that not everyone will be willing/able to lend their voices to the show.

We'll have to wait and see but, for now, it seems we can forget about Downey Jr. appearing in What If? and that's bound to disappoint fans who were excited about what he'll bring to the table.

!UPDATE!

CBM has been contacted by Robert Downey Jr.'s representatives and they have clarified that he will NOT be voicing or appearing in the series.

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25 Comments

0bstreperous - 11/22/2019, 10:25 AM

Have Ross Marquand do everyone.

bkmeijer2 - 11/22/2019, 10:25 AM

Although it makes sense from their perspective, it's kind of a bummer than only Evans and Downey aren't amongst the star studded cast

knocturnalzen10 - 11/22/2019, 10:27 AM

TDK is the best CBM but Tony had the best superhero story arc in history and they should leave it there .....

Nebula - 11/22/2019, 10:32 AM

Well, sure. But soundalikes are never any good.

KWilly - 11/22/2019, 10:39 AM

Whoever does the voice of Stark on Disney XD’s Spider-Man does a pretty good RDJ impression.

GhostDog - 11/22/2019, 11:17 AM

Repian - 11/22/2019, 11:25 AM

And if Howard Stark is Iron Man?

WHAT IF? - There Are Reportedly No Plans For Robert Downey Jr. To Return As Iron Man In The Disney+ Series

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