Robert Downey Jr. Says He Will Do 'Iron Man 4' If Mel Gibson Directs It
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The 'Judge' actor talks the fourth 'Iron Man' film and where he will stand in Marvel Cinematic Universe if he gives up his lead role as the armored hero.

AceShowbiz - Robert Downey Jr. is still contemplating whether or not he will do "Iron Man 4", but it will be easier for him to make a decision if an old friend of his is involved. Speaking to Deadline, the actor says he would love to return for another solo movie if Mel Gibson serves as a director.

Downey says doing the fourth movie will be a way of repaying the "Braveheart" star for the things he did to help Downey during the self-destructive chapter in his life years ago. "Correct," Downey says when pressed on the matter. "Why not? That movie would be bananas."

When asked about his future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe if he ends up hanging up his armor suit, the Tony Stark depicter opens up, "That's all being talked about on a bunch of different levels right now."

Many different factors are actually at play when it comes to making his decision, so he says. "To me, it comes down to what's the half-life of people enjoying a character?" he explains. "It's different on TV, where you expect the longevity over seasons while movies get a two or three year break."

"Marvel keeps stepping up its game, and I appreciate the way Kevin Feige and all the creatives there think. They are as in the creative wheelhouse as any great studio has been at any point. So it becomes a matter of, at what point do I cease to be an asset to what they're doing, and at what point do I feel I am spending so much time either shooting or promoting these films that I'm not actually able to get off the beachhead and do the kind of other stuff that is good for all of us."

"Each one of those movies is spread over two years and some people fit other things in. But I'm not 42, I'm turning 50 and now I'll have two small kids instead of one grown one, and eight Team Downey projects with people who are imagining I'm not just spending Warner Bros' money out of vanity, but that I'm taking it seriously. It all has become this thing that has to be figured."

He doesn't think he will be a leading man when he turns 50. "Then again, I don't even know what a leading man is, nowadays," he says. "I think it has always been someone who can carry a story. I also think about how much easier it was to remember on this last Avengers that I'm 20 years older than pretty much everyone there. That's pretty much the cast. [Mark] Ruffalo and I are a little closer in age and maybe [James] Spader has a couple years on me, but you know what I mean."

He also believes he's too old to do his own stunt. "Well, hearing the cracking of my own bones on 'Iron Man 3', I finally came out of what can only be described as a five year flight of fancy where I thought, if Sherlock Holmes can do this, it means I can," he explains. "If Tony can jump from one part of a scaffold to the other and not bust his ankle, well then let's do it two or three times and go to lunch."

"Looking back, I'm surprised and really embarrassed that some middle aged guy was thinking like that. And I honestly don't think like that presently. But I also know that it could happen again, this bit of a hypnosis that would make someone think that way. There's also this weird thing, where I wish somebody could just come in and tell me what is really going on when people so identify me with a character like Tony. Or sometimes the smarter, younger gals they look at me and they speak with an American accent and I'm Sherlock to them."

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