Arrested Development<\/strong>\u201d pilot and practically 15 episodes of the present, so he knew them properly.<\/p>\n\u201cI remember Downey calling me about you guys, \u2018So what do you think of these Russo dudes?\u2019\u201d Bateman recalled. \u201cI remember thinking to myself, \u2018Holy shit, the Russos are gonna do a Marvel movie?\u2019 I remember saying that quietly to myself cause I didn\u2019t want to say it to Downey. I didn\u2019t want him to hear the surprise in my voice. But I got immediately excited about you guys and his humor and sensibilities\u2026 I couldn\u2019t say enough about how much of a great match that would be.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDowney was never supposed to be in that movie, he wasn\u2019t contracted to be in it,\u201d Anthony Russo added. \u201cBut we had designed a story where it was built as a two-hander between Captain America and Iron Man. So we finally got the approval from Marvel, Kevin Feige said, \u2018Ok, let\u2019s do this. You got the approval from Marvel publishing in New York, we\u2019re going to do it, but, OK, now you guys gotta go get Downey.\u2019 He just tossed it to us.\u201d<\/p>\n
So, the brothers then turned their consideration to Downey, Jr. And the remaining is historical past.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey Robert, we know you\u2019ve revitalized your career playing a superhero, now we want you to be the villain, that was literally the pitch to him,\u201d Joe Russo defined. \u201cWe had to explain to him how his character wasn\u2019t going to be exclusively a villain in it, but.., so it was a big swing for him because this is going to be our second movie with Chris Evans<\/strong> and he\u2019s coming into Evans\u2019 franchise, it was a big swing and I\u2019m still stunned he said yes.\u201d<\/p>\nOf course, \u2018Civil War\u2019 was finally launched in 2016 and was an enormous hit for Marvel Studios (and the Russos), incomes greater than $1 billion. Not solely that, it additionally paved the best way for Feige to rent the administrators to helm the subsequent two \u2018Avengers\u2019 movies, \u2018Infinity War\u2019 and \u2018Endgame,\u2019 which might each do greater than $2 billion every. To say that getting Downey, Jr. to log out on \u2018Civil War\u2019 was a monumental second in Marvel Studios\u2019 historical past is an understatement.<\/p>\n
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