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It ’s been revealed thatIron Man , the movie that deliver the Marvel Cinematic Universe back in 2008 , very nearly had a unlike big bad . Since kicking off nearly a decade ago , the MCU has come to be the most successful pic franchise in account , grossing over $ 12.5 billion at the box office over the trend of 16 film . Given the pinnacle that Marvel ’s shared universe has reached in the years since , andits insane potential going forward , it ’s dotty to think that one slight movie starring Robert Downey Jr. is behind all that succeeder .
It ’s even crazier to recollect that Jeff Bridges ' Obadiah Stane nearly played 2nd fiddle in the story of Tony Stark ’s transformation into Iron Man . We ’ve come to learn in recent month thatBridges ' role in the film was changed dramatically during motion-picture photography , as the actor revealed back in August that his eccentric was supposed to exist on to fight another day in a possible sequel . " In the original script they were supposed to afford my suit after , and I was gone!“Bridges say . “But then , no . I read the vista we were fool away , and they tell , ‘ No , you ’re dead . ’ And I said , ‘ Oh … ’ Then they said , ‘ Well , it ’s a comic ! Maybe you ’ll come back ! ’ I do n’t know . " That return never fall out , of track , and Tony ’s former wise man has stayed good and all in in the years since .
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In an interview withUproxx , Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige revealed the tangible rationality why Obadiah Stane had to bite the dust , and it centered around one major change that was made to the book .
As you may call back , when he was hired , he was a subaltern villain to the Mandarin . And as we were prepping the movie we realized we did n’t need to do the Mandarin in that motion picture . And when we ask him out and made Obadiah the tether scoundrel , Iron Man became what Iron Man became . But what was required is that Iron Monger [ Obadiah Stane ] had to go down into that spark reactor .
The openhanded takeaway here , of course , is the fact that Marvel signify to use the Mandarin , likely the well known appendage of Iron Man ’s varlet art gallery , right out of the gate . Whether it was due to the refutable ( read : racist ) story of the reference in the comics or the fact that Kevin Feige and co. did n’t feel that audience were quite quick for a sorcerous ring - wearing supervillain , the Mandarin did n’t end up gain his MCU introduction until 2013’sIron Man 3 - - and even that end up being a misdirect .
Whether or not Marvel made the ripe call byso drastically changing the baddie for Tony Stark ’s third solo film , it ’s tough to indicate that bumping him fromIron Manwasn’t ultimately the right move to make . Jeff Bridges was n’t likely thrilled about getting kill off , but at least his one - off functioning did n’t see him taking back tooshie to another baddie that may or may not have worked on the big screen . In any event , it seems that it all make out for the dependable .
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