Robert Downey Jr's Relationship With Every Avengers Co-Star Explained
The core six members of The Avengers became pop culture icons in 2012, and each has a different, albeit heartwarming friendship with the actor who helped kick off the MCU: Robert Downey Jr. Compared to the MCU’s ongoing Phase 4 of blockbuster superhero movies, Iron Man was small, quaint, and character-driven affair, with much of its dialogue improvised by Robert Downey Jr and his co-stars. Yet Iron Man helped turn Marvel Studios’ ambitious hopes of a shared Marvel movie universe into a reality that was fulfilled by The Avengers four years later. Throughout the first Phase of the MCU, the franchise gradually built its roster until the all-star team formed in 2012, with the six actors’ palpable chemistry being one of The Avengers' strongest elements.
The Avengers was an overnight sensation, serving as both a payoff to five other movies and proof that a comic book-style shared continuity can work on film. The Avengers’ success not only led to two more phases of MCU films (including three more Avengers movies), but it also made the six founding team members household names. Naturally, given their phenomenal onscreen chemistry, it’s unsurprising that all six cast members seem to be good friends off-set, offering words of encouragement, mild pranks, and social media shout-outs to each other — proving that their chemistry is as strong off-camera as it is in the MCU films.
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This same chemistry applies to the original Avengers stars and the superhero team’s new members since the MCU team’s roster changes rather frequently as it did in the mainstream Marvel Comics universe. Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame both brought nearly the entire MCU together in their
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