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3. Those Tom Cruise Rumours
As fans, we love a good dollop of rumour and innuendo, and one huge piece of speculation coming out of this latest Multiverse of Madness footage is that Tom Cruise will be playing Superior Iron Man in the picture.
What is such speculation based on? In reality, a blurry shot of a glowing, flying figure who, depending on how much you squint, may or may not have a goatee. Oh, and reported 'leaks' from the film.
In a fun piece of trivia, Cruise was actually in line to play the Armoured Avenger years ago. With attempts made to get an Iron Man film up and running as far back as 1990, the late '90s saw The Cruise show interest in producing and starring in a big-screen Tony Stark offering - to the point that he himself commissioned Stan Lee and I, Robot's Jeff Vintar to work on a script for that movie.
There were tentative talks with the Mission: Impossible star later down the line ahead of Iron Man finally hitting the silver screen in 2008. At that time, Cruise was reluctant to commit to the role, whilst director Jon Favreau envisioned Robert Downey Jr. as his Stark.
As alluded to, there's zero confirmation right now that Tom Cruise is in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness or that any variation of Tony Stark is in the film. Still, that hasn't stopped the speculation of this from running wild.