Jared Leto Wants Morbius To Meet Robert Downey Jr's Iron Man
With Morbius joining the MCU, Jared Leto hopes his vampiric anti-hero will clash with Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man, among other Marvel characters roaming the multiverse. From director Daniel Espinosa (Life, Child 44), Morbius opens the door to the conflicted Dr. Michael Morbius, who is battling the hope to help others and the new, dark instincts he harbors after pursuing a risky cure for his own rare blood disorder. Joining Leto on screen is Michael Keaton as his Spiderman: Homecoming role as the Vulture, and Matt Smith (Doctor Who) as the film's antagonist, Milo.
After exhausting all other medical possibilities, the biochemist embraces a form of vampirism in a Hail Mary effort to cure himself. The results appear promising, until he begins to recognize darker instincts, superhuman powers, and the conflicting need to save others suffering from the disorder while protecting them from becoming bloodthirsty beings. While it is unknown how returning characters like Vulture will impact the universe, potential Morbius Marvel movie crossovers have already ignited conversations about future potential crossovers for Leto and other MCU characters.
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In a Screen Rant exclusive, Leto shares his excitement for the future of Morbius. He notes that, given the Sony's Spider-Man Universe connections, it makes perfect sense for his titular character to meet up with Tom Hardy's Venom, as well as Tom Holland's Spider-Man. However, the one crossover that Leto is most intrigued by his biochemist-vampire meeting Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man. See his full response below:
Besides Robert Downey's Iron Man, there are so many people that would be fantastic. But, of course,
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