Robert Downey Jr. Almost Made a Cameo in 'Deadpool & Wolverine' | THR News Video - video Dailymotion

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A Robert Downey Jr. cameo was written for 'Deadpool & Wolverine.' Before Downey's return to Marvel as Doctor Doom, the 'Deadpool & Wolverine' team toyed with bringing him back as Tony Stark.

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00:00A Robert Downey Jr. cameo was written for Deadpool and Wolverine.

00:04Before Downey's return to Marvel as Doctor Doom,

00:07the Deadpool and Wolverine team toyed with bringing him back as Tony Stark.

00:10Deadpool and Wolverine co-writer Paul Wernick confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter,

00:14"...there is a script. We have the Downey draft."

00:17In the final film that's currently playing in theaters, Ryan Reynolds' character Wade Wilson

00:21travels to Avengers Tower in 2018 to meet with Happy Hogan, played by Jon Favreau.

00:26Wade asks to join the Avengers and inquires if Tony Stark will be joining them for the interview,

00:31before Happy ultimately rejects him from the team.

00:34But in an earlier draft of the scene that Reynolds wrote, Tony and Happy appear together.

00:38The Deadpool and Wolverine team reasoned that if Downey declined the cameo, or if Marvel nixed it,

00:43they could always rework the Avengers Tower scene for Happy alone.

00:47Co-writer Rhett Reese said, "...Jon was amazing about it.

00:49He hung in there while it was still undetermined for a little while,

00:52and then ultimately was very gracious about having it expand out."

00:56He continued, "...we did love the idea of Tony Stark being in there,

00:59but we also perfectly understand why it didn't happen, given that Downey jumped on stage at

01:03Comic-Con and became Doctor Doom not 10 seconds after our movie came out."

01:08While Deadpool and Wolverine's Downey moment didn't happen, the film has already made over

01:12$900 million worldwide, and is expected to cross the $1 billion mark this weekend.

01:18For much more on this story and all the latest Marvel news,

01:21head to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.

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