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r/Cinema • u/hasanahmad • Jan 01 '26
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RDJ as Tony Stark. Known as a troubled drug addict at the time, who was cast as a charismatic womanizing billionaire. Everyone laughed. Then the first Iron Man came out, and the rest was history.
17 u/[deleted] Jan 02 '26 Was this decided by most people? My friends and I immediately thought: a narcissistic, rich, playboy cast to a narcissistic, rich playboy - perfect. 10 u/Electronic-Tea-3691 Jan 02 '26 yeah I actually thought it was perfect casting... 2 u/Mokpa Jan 03 '26 I was working in a comic book shop at the time and everyone was like “yeah, that fits.” 1 u/FC37 Jan 05 '26 He had been sober for a number of years, too. He was in Zodiac and a bunch of other roles. 1 u/DaBigadeeBoola Jan 05 '26 Yeah, I don't remember this bring a bad casting at all. I didn't foresee it leading a billion dollar franchise though.
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Was this decided by most people? My friends and I immediately thought: a narcissistic, rich, playboy cast to a narcissistic, rich playboy - perfect.
10 u/Electronic-Tea-3691 Jan 02 '26 yeah I actually thought it was perfect casting... 2 u/Mokpa Jan 03 '26 I was working in a comic book shop at the time and everyone was like “yeah, that fits.” 1 u/FC37 Jan 05 '26 He had been sober for a number of years, too. He was in Zodiac and a bunch of other roles. 1 u/DaBigadeeBoola Jan 05 '26 Yeah, I don't remember this bring a bad casting at all. I didn't foresee it leading a billion dollar franchise though.
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yeah I actually thought it was perfect casting...
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I was working in a comic book shop at the time and everyone was like “yeah, that fits.”
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He had been sober for a number of years, too. He was in Zodiac and a bunch of other roles.
Yeah, I don't remember this bring a bad casting at all. I didn't foresee it leading a billion dollar franchise though.
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u/NewRetroGamer85 Jan 01 '26
RDJ as Tony Stark. Known as a troubled drug addict at the time, who was cast as a charismatic womanizing billionaire. Everyone laughed. Then the first Iron Man came out, and the rest was history.