10 Biggest Lies Comic Book Movie Fans Tell Themselves

3. Robert Downey Jr. Will Be Iron Man Forever

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Despite the fact that Robert Downey Jr. has been threatening to leave the franchise for years, one day, he inevitably will. And this is going to create a gaping pit in the MCU that it may never recover from. Downey Jr. is one of the primary cornerstones that the whole thing is built upon and as much as it may be painful to admit, he holds the whole MCU hostage with his clear and present knowledge of that very fact.

Why do you think he's able to negotiate such an astronomical rate for each Iron Man/Avengers movie that features his roguishly handsome mug? Not only does he know how integral he is to the MCU's success, Marvel also knows. And furthermore, Downey Jr. Knows Marvel Knows, and Marvel know Downey Jr. knows they know. And so on.

So Downey Jr's rate will continue to climb until he either retires, or until it grows so behemothic that it'd actually bankrupt Marvel to meet it. And the undeniable truth is this: one of those things is coming, and very soon.

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