We all have one of those superheroes that we love more than anything and any other. It’s a natural process like breathing and talking about the MCU in your sleep. There are hordes of fans in both Marvel and DC regularly battling it out on message boards and Twitter over whether Superman would be able to take on Thor and more, which is a nice thing to watch. The reasons can be varied and sometimes illogical, completely fueled by feelings, or sometimes it can be someone’s outside influence that draws you to that certain character.
One of those influences was when Jeremy Renner played his role as Hawkeye so well that Robert Downey Jr. was impressed.
In an interview a few years ago, Robert Downey Jr said that Jeremy Renner was the guy who made Hawkeye so cool that he wanted to be him. Now, that might not seem like a big deal then, but it starts to make sense when you think about the possibility of RDJ returning to the MCU, just not as Iron Man.
Robert Downey Jr. loves Spider-Man and Hawkeye
When it comes to people having their favorite superheroes in the MCU, Robert Downey Jr. is notoriously popular for becoming one of the factors that made most fans choose Iron Man over others. RDJ, in every sense of the word, took the character of Tony Stark and kind of made him his own, with his portrayal of the billionaire genius so true to the comics and that charisma that captured the spirit of the fandom. But during one of his interviews for Dr. DolittleRobert Downey Jr. has revealed he has superheroes he loves besides Iron Man.
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During an interview with BBC Radio 1, children across the UK eagerly asked the sherlock holmes actor some really tough questions, and the star did his best to answer each one honestly, but when the question of his favorite MCU superheroes came up, he didn’t hesitate for a moment. Robert Downey Jr. revealed that he always loved Spider-Man growing up, walking the streets of New York. He also revealed that due to Jeremy Renner and his amazing performance as Clint Barton/Hawkeye, he wanted to play the character for himself once.
It’s been a while since RDJ said this, but now, after the multiversal expansion of the MCU, the possibilities for anything and everything have become endless. Through this thicket of theories, one could also point to how Marvel Studios might be able to bring Robert Downey Jr. back into the MCU again, just not as Tony Stark/Iron Man.
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Robert Downey Jr. could return to the MCU in Secret Wars!
Now, that might be a wild theory, but at this point in the MCU, the most impossible seems possible. And if during the events of Avengers: Secret Wars, there’s an interdimensional jump between the heroes, and somehow we might just get a version of Hawkeye, but instead of Jeremy Renner’s Clint Barton, we’re witnessing Robert Downey Jr. instead. ? Given that there are many versions of all the major players in the multiverse, this theory should come as no surprise, and with RDJ’s willingness to play archer, who knows what that possibility might become in the future?
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Avengers: Secret Wars. in theaters May 1, 2026.
Source: BBC Radio 1
