Tom Cruise's Iron Man Cameo Was Doctor Strange 2's Biggest Mistake
Warning: Spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. There was much speculation that an Iron Man variant played by Tom Cruise would show up in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, but this belief ultimately proved false, as no iteration of Tony Stark appeared.
Despite Iron Man’s death in Avengers: Endgame and Robert Downey Jr.’s departure from the MCU franchise, his iteration of the classic Marvel superhero became the iconic face of Marvel Studious’ pop culture-dominating MCU.
With this in mind, it was a mistake of Doctor Strange 2 to not include Iron Man in some form, as the multiverse offers infinite possibilities, meaning that Tom Cruise, who was offered the role of Iron Man at the start of the MCU, could have finally played an alternate version of Tony Stark in the multiverse-spanning film.
In addition to being the culmination of Doctor Strange’s characterization in all of his previous MCU appearances, Doctor Strange 2 also features Wanda Maximoff’s ultimate turn to villainy and the introduction of MCU newcomer America Chavez.
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