Marvel’s What If teaser nervous fans as they learnt that Robert Downey Jr was not voicing Iron Man, regardless of the character showing in a number of episodes. The character in the animated collection has been recast a lot to the frustration of fans. Robert Downey Jr bowed out from additional Marvel tasks with Avengers: Endgame, the place his character Tony Stark/ Iron Man died after sacrificing himself to save lots of the world from being snapped away by Thanos (Josh Brolin) once more. RDJ isn’t tied to extra Marvel tasks, nevertheless it was earlier reported that he would voice his character in What If.
The teaser options snippets from each episode of the collection, and confirms the return of actors like Chris Hemsworth, Hayley Atwell, and the late Chadwick Boseman who’re voicing their live-action counterparts. However, Chris Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Brie Larson wouldn’t be voicing their characters, Captain America, Doctor Strange and Captain Marvel.
Fans are reasonably upset with this flip of occasions and are calling it a ‘poor choice’ on Marvel’s half. They are discovering it particularly arduous to digest as earlier Jeff Goldblum had confirmed that Robert Downey Jr would return in What If…? Talking with Buzzfeed, Goldblum had mentioned that he’s recorded an element as Thor: Ragnarok’s Grandmaster in an episode of What If and Robert Downey Jr was set to return.
“I played the part again a couple of days ago. I went to the Disney Studios and I recorded The Grandmaster’s voice for an episode of a show that’s gonna be on Disney+ that’s called ‘What If…?’,” the veteran actor had advised BuzzFeed in a video.
“It’s an animated version of all the characters we know and love from Marvel and this episode included the Grandmaster and Iron Man, so Robert Downey Jr will do a voice for that, and Korg… Taika Waititi had already recorded his voice for that, so yeah, for a couple hours I enjoyed doing that,” he added.
I initially went to #Ironman due to @RobertDowneyJr. I preferred comics & motion films nevertheless it was #RDJ that bought my ass in the seat for that & EVERY subsequent film. #WhatIf not utilizing his abilities looks as if a poor selection for @Marvel. @Kevfeige #marvel
— Lauren (@Lalikat) July 9, 2021
Benedict Cumberbatch is an expert voice actor- he has narrated over 50 audiobooks and quite a lot of BBC documentaries, starred in radio programmes and voice-overed so many adverts. Why he isn’t in What If is past me.
— CUMBERPORN🎗 (@cumberporn) July 10, 2021
A bit of disappointing to study that in “#WhatIf?”, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, The Collector, and Howard the Duck will NOT be voiced by Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Benedict Cumberbatch, Brie Larson, Benicio Del Toro, and Seth Green.
— Go Soundtracks (@GoSoundtracks) July 8, 2021
Robert Downey Jr has not addressed fan’s issues, as but. The actor not too long ago unfollowed his Marvel co-stars on Instagram, which had left the fans heartbroken.
As the title suggests, What If sees alternate variations of Marvel heroes, be it Peggy Carter turning into Captain Carter, to T’Challa turning into Star Lord. The present will launch on August 11 2021, Disney Plus.
Marvel struck gold with its tv collection this yr, as WandaVision starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany acquired reward, and Loki, that includes Tom Hiddleston is getting rave opinions as properly for its twists and turns. Marvel’s standalone movie, Black Widow launched in theatres on July 9, in a number of nations as properly.
