While at one point it seemed like Robert Downey Jr. was gearing up to move on from the Marvel Cinematic Universe for other pastures, he’s been deep in the love of it all while being involved in Avengers: Age of Ultron. He had some choice comments recently when talking about Guardians of the Galaxy and what it did and you can tell the man has an affection for the studio that was instrumental in his career comeback and change and has been working to get recognition for a lot of others involved in it, which isn’t easy when you hear so many stories about how meticulous the company is with its finances.
The folks at USA Today managed to get him to talk a bit about things going on post-Guardians and specifically with the push to get a Black Widow movie out there with Scarlett Johannson.
“Look, I think that the interesting thing particularly after [Guardians of the Galaxy] with Zoe [Saldana], even from the first Iron Man where Pepper was kind of this really – to me the Iron Man franchise would never have taken off without [Gwyneth] Paltrow. There’s something about her that grounded the story. She’s not your typical lady in a superhero movie, and then by Iron Man 3 she’s swallowing serums and putting on suits and kicking [butt] and all that stuff. It would be kind of more appropriate for a character that already was like a Black Widow [to lead a movie]. It just seems like whatever Scarlett does people want to go see it.”
“The funny thing is honestly at this point everyone deserves a franchise. I think Jeremy Renner is — when folks see the Avengers: Age of Ultron he’s just a rockstar, a badass. And Ruffalo is pumped. He does great (work). I’d like to hear them talk even more seriously about a Hulk franchise, because that’s been one of the toughest ones to get right. But I’m sure that my parent company is feeling expansive and and bold after the summer they’ve had.”
[Source: USA Today]