Robert Downey Jr Talks Captain America 3 Civil War

• published: 18 Feb 2015
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Robert Downey Jr Talks Captain America 3 Civil War Subscribe Now! ► http://bit.ly/SubClevverMovies We’re less than three months away from the culmination of Marvel’s Phase 2 when Avengers: Age of Ultron hits theaters and as per usual, Tony Stark himself, Robert Downey Jr. is already looking passed that and toward the future where a bigger conflict is brewing with Captain America. In an interview with Empire Magazine, Downey Jr. dropped a bit of “genius, playboy, billionaire, philanthropist” knowledge on us sharing tidbits about Tony’s mentality in Age of Ultron and how seeds in the film will be planted for a future throw down with Captain America in next summer’s Captain America : Civil War and how many of those seeds may have already been planted previously. First thing’s first, Downey isn’t afraid to admit that he and the Marvel team have sat around pondering how certain “Iron Man” elements have worked and certain ones haven’t. While the star and crew can think about it all day, Downey ultimately thinks that Iron Man’s rocky sequels can be redeemed by Avengers mastermind, Joss Whedon. Downey says Whedon places the most pressure upon himself to deliver and that ultimately resulted in the director having much more fun with Age of Ultron while at the same time holding the film to a higher standard. And what is that “higher standard”? We’ll have to wait and judge for ourselves, but for Downey it lies in the moral psychology of his character, with the actor telling Empire that Tony’s mental and spiritual evolution through the past few films is what’s elevating his performance and ultimately, the story telling. By the way, Downey says all of Tony’s motivation can be drawn back to his relationship with Pepper and wanting to protect her and spend time with her. Seems like the theme that was explored in Iron Man 3 will result in Tony pushing even harder to protect his home life and it’s those seeds in Tony’s personal life and applying that experience to the Avengers that leads him to create Ultron and eventually, creates tension with Cap. And we know now that Tony Stark creates Ultron out of a combination of necessity and his constant need to create and push things forward. The necessity here comes from the whole world knowing what happened in New York in The Avengers. Now, the team is the world’s police, but they can’t do it all on their own, especially with the collateral damage being created, hence Tony creates Ultron to relieve the tension. Downey says director Joss Whedon makes sure the audience can see Tony’s position of “what would you do?” Something Downey says is a constant theme of the film. Another constant will be Captain America’s ever-growing disapproval of Tony’s actions. Both Tony’s shift in persona, the change in political climate, and where Cap stands in all of it is promised by Downey to be clearly alluded to throughout Avengers 2 and will ultimately result in Iron Man’s inclusion in the “Civil War” storyline. But don’t think that film is going to be Iron Man 4. It is called Captain America: Civil War after all and Downey would agree saying quote, "Ultimately it’s Steve’s story…I think Chris [Evans] has been hungry to bring even more of an underside and some shadow to that…What’s the bigger issue? It can have a little something to do with the past, but it can be about someone becoming more modernized in their own conflict.” So while Tony Stark will be having personal exploration in Ultron, it sounds like it’s going to coincide with Steve Rogers’ own personal journey and both of these have been building for some time in the previous films. But we’ll have to wait until Avengers: Age of Ultron hits theaters on May 1st to see the bro-down come to a culmination and even longer until the following May to see them actually go at it in Captain America: Civil War, but are you excited to see how the Civil War seeds will be planted in Age of Ultron? Share your thoughts in the comments or tweet us @ClevverMovis and then click here to find out what 7 things we think need to happen in Captain America: Civil War. Until next time, I’m Dana Ward and thanks for watching ClevverMovies! For More Clevver Visit: Like us on Facebook: http://Facebook.com/ClevverMovies Follow us on Twitter: http://Twitter.com/ClevverMovies Keep up with us on Instagram: http://instagr.am/Clevver Website: http://www.clevver.com Add us to your circles on Google+: http://google.com/+ClevverMovies Tweet Erin: https://twitter.com/heyerinrobinson