Jeff Bridges thinks it might be attainable to deliver again Obadiah Stane, his Iron Man character who was killed off.
Jeff Bridges’ flip as Obadiah Stane – the previous accomplice of Howard Stark and key villain of 2008’s Iron Man – set in movement what it meant for a giant display Marvel villain to achieve success. Even 30+ films and 15+ years on, Stane is a top-tier MCU baddie (and definitely higher than Mickey Rourke’s Whiplash). Whereas he was killed off in that preliminary MCU entry, Jeff Bridges is able to return to the franchise, even giving a method it might occur.
Showing on the Completely happy Unhappy Confused podcast, Jeff Bridges stated that when he initially signed on for Iron Man, the destiny of Obadiah Stane was a lot totally different. With that, perhaps the style itself might lend to a return. “Well, when I read the script, Obadiah Stane falls in that big vat at the end, and in the script that I read and agreed to do, they pulled my suit out and opened it, and I’m not there. ‘We’re not shooting that scene!’ But who knows? It’s all science fiction. I could maybe pop up again.” In different phrases, contemplate that complete Obadiah Stane dying factor only a hiccup within the plan.
It appears unlikely that Jeff Bridges would really reprise his Iron Man character, though he did champion Robert Downey Jr.’s personal return, referring to the controversial choice to solid him as Physician Doom for Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. Whereas we don’t count on that transfer to open a can of worms so far as having actors flip up as totally different characters, we might completely see Marvel bringing again previous villains resembling Stane through the multiverse.
Jeff Bridges would land certainly one of Iron Man’s eight Saturn Award nominations, with wins for Finest Science Fiction Movie, Finest Actor (Robert Downey Jr.) and Finest Director (Jon Favreau). Bridges himself would lose out to Heath Ledger in The Darkish Knight. Truthfully, exterior of him being among the best villains the MCU has supplied up to now, I believe Bridges provides among the best total performances within the franchise.
The place would Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane in Iron Man rank in your record of finest MCU performances? How about within the record of finest villains? Load up the reactor and tell us beneath!
