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Robert Downey Jr. on being the antagonist in Captain America: Civil War, new image released

December 3, 2015 by Gary Collinson

As part of its Captain America: Civil War special, Entertainment Weekly has released a new image from the Phase Three-launching threequel featuring Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark in serious discussions with Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers…

SEE ALSO: Cap, Iron Man and Black Panther featured on EW’s Captain America: Civil War cover

Meanwhile, Downey was also asked how he felt about being the antagonist, reply that: “It didn’t bother me at all. I’ve always thought of it in some ways that Tony is the antagonist to himself in his own story, so this isn’t a problem. I’m not having to patter around what I think the worldview is. I wholeheartedly agree with what [Tony] does in this. Which is, by the way, more than I could say for some of the other movies.”

SEE ALSO: Kevin Feige and Chadwick Boseman discuss Black Panther, new promo image released

Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War” finds Steve Rogers leading the newly formed team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. But after another incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability, headed by a governing body to oversee and direct the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers, resulting in two camps—one led by Steve Rogers and his desire for the Avengers to remain free to defend humanity without government interference, and the other following Tony Stark’s surprising decision to support government oversight and accountability.

SEE ALSO: Follow all of our Marvel Cinematic Universe coverage here

Captain America: Civil War is set for release on April 29th 2016 in the UK and May 6th 2016 in the States, with Anthony and Joe Russo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) directing a cast that includes Marvel Cinematic Universe veterans Chris Evans (Steve Rogers/Captain America), Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron Man), Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson/Falcon), Jeremy Renner (Clint Barton/Hawkeye), Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier), Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch), Paul Bettany (The Vision), Don Cheadle (James Rhondes/War Machine), Paul Rudd (Scott Lang/Ant-Man), Emily VanCamp (Sharon Carter) and Frank Grillo (Brock Rumlow/Crossbones) and William Hurt (General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross) alongside new additions Chadwick Boseman (Get on Up) as T’Challa/Black Panther, Daniel Bruhl (Rush) as Baron Zemo, Martin Freeman (Sherlock) and Tom Holland (The Impossible) as Peter Parker/Spider-Man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL18yMRIfoszEaHYNDTy5C-cH9Oa2gN5ng&v=J52a8SRS5cE

Originally published December 3, 2015. Updated March 2, 2020.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Captain America: Civil War, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Robert Downey Jr.

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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