The upcoming "Avengers: Age of Ultron" wil be a precursor to 2016's "Captain America: Civil War," whose plot will mainly focus on the brewing conflict between Steve Rogers and Tony Stark.
Though both have equally established their characters by appearing in their own respective solo movies, fans are left wondering why "Civil War" is named as a "Captain America" film even though "Iron Man" will be a big part of it.
"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," said Robert Downey Jr. in an interview with Empire Magazine as reported by Screen Rant.
The actor elaborated on "Age of Ultron's" plot and how it will start the conflict in "Civil War."
"The clues are in Ultron about where we might find him next. But what would it take for Tony to completely turn around everything he's stood for, quote-unquote, because he was the right-wing guy who could still do his own thing. When the first Iron Man came out the liberals and conservatives were both like, 'You're our guy'. Yes! Score! But the idea of Tony being able to march into Washington and say, 'I'll sign up', wouldn't have made sense if the political climate in the real world hadn't shifted the way it has," said the actor
As many know, the "Civil War" storyline focuses on the "Superhero Registration Act," a law passed that requires all humans with special powers reveal themselves and surrender their abilities in service to the government.
Tony Stark, already publicly known as Iron Man favors the act while fellow Avenger Steve Rogers doesn't, believing that the law violates the liberties of superheroes.
"It's a little bit of things following a real world continuum in, 'What would you do?' There's always the bigger overarching question, that Joss brings up all the time - it's kind of weird that these guys would have all these throw downs all over planet Earth and it looked like a little collateral damage happened over there, and yet when the movie's over, it's like nobody minds. You have to figure, 'Were you to ask the question, what would the American government do if this were real? Wouldn't it be interesting to see Tony doing something you wouldn't imagine?' the actor added.
