Robert Downey Jr. Explains Why He Joined Captain America 3 Civil War

Robert Downey Jr. will reprise his role as Tony Stark/Iron Man in Captain America: Civil War aka Captain America 3, and the actor explained in a recent interview why he decided to join the movie and what it means for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Part of the reason, he told Empire, is Chris Evans.

"I’m crazy about Evans. I really am. I don’t know why or how to explain this particular kinship we have. By the way, he hasn’t called me in six months. Honestly, in order for this whole thing to have worked, I did my part, Hemsworth knocked it out of the stadium and then it fell on Cap. That was the riskiest. It was the one that had the highest degree of difficulty in making it translate to a modern audience. It was the Russos and Chris who, I think, really hit the line drive and won the series. I remember glancing through it going, 'Wow, that’s a different way to go.' They said, 'If we have you, we can do this or Cap 3 has to be something else.' It’s nice to feel needed."

Empire also asked if Downey Jr. sees Iron Man as the villain of the movie.

"I wouldn’t put it that way. Ultimately it’s Steve’s story; it doesn’t say Iron Man 4: Civil War. I think that’s great too. I think Chris [Evans] has been hungry to bring even more of an underside and some shadow to that. I remember the comics - on the surface you got the sense that Cap was baseball and apple pie, but underneath there was all this churning stuff of being a man out of time. Now we know he’s made his peace with 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."

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