Author: Valerie Complex / Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Avengers: Infinity War is the beginning of a sad goodbye for some of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s heroes.
With contracts coming to an end for many of actors behinds the core team of heroes, Infinity War and 2019’s Avengers 4 could be the final time audiences see stars such as Robert Downey Jr.
as Iron Man and Chris Evans as Captain America. The question remains: will their characters get to ride off into the sunset, or will they meet endings that are a bit more … permanent?While Marvel Studios has had no problem killing off villains, its heroes have been another matter. Yes, Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) died in 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, but Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) returned to topline ABC’s Agent of SHIELD after his demise in 2012’s The Avengers.
There’s evidence Infinity War will be different when it comes to resurrection. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has said that whoever dies in Infinity War will stay dead. (“People need to be careful what they wish for,” were his exact words.)
Heat Vision is stacking up the evidence (with the help of a few genre journalists) to look at the heroes and villains you should be worried about going into your Thursday night screenings of Avengers: Infinity War.
IRON MAN
Downey is the highest paid of Marvel’s stars, and has aspirations to launch a new franchise with Doctor Doolittle, which opens weeks before Avengers 4 next year. His exit from the MCU — at least as a main player — seems inevitable. The question is, will he step into a mentor role that would require a smaller commitment on his part (and a smaller financial commitment on Marvel’s part) ala his work in Spider-Man: Homecoming?
From a story perspective, Tony dying in a sacrifice move would make sense, as his character has matured over the past ten years, and made a sacrifice play in the first Avengers. In the comics, Tony Stark left his technology and resources to 15-year-old genius, Riri Williams (aka Ironheart). Perhaps Marvel Studios could pay homage to the comics with a passing of the torch, notes film critic Yolanda Mercado, who predicts if Tony doesn’t die, he’ll give the nod to Black Panther‘s Shuri (Letitia Wright) or Peter Parker (Tom Holland).
“I believe he’ll probably be presumed dead, and will take it as his chance to move on and perhaps create a good life with Pepper,” she notes.
CAPTAIN AMERICA
Unlike Downey, Chris Evans has been more definitive in saying he will retire from the Captain America after Avengers 4. But could his exit come even sooner? From an emotional perspective, that could work for Infinity War.
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