Marvel fans have been talking about Tom Cruise potentially being Iron Man in MCU conversations for a year now, and this amazing video highlights why.
Tom Cruise has been at the center of a lot of legendary movies in his career. He is still leading the Mission Impossible movies after two decades and the long-awaited Top Gun sequel, Top Gun: Maverick, made history at the box office last year, grossing an incredible $1.5 billion.
However, could we ever see him appear in a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie? That’s a question Marvel fans spent a lot of last year asking, specifically as there were plenty of rumors that suggested he would. And with Marvel Studios exploring their Multiverse Saga, fans have been wondering if he will finally play the role of an alternate Iron Man in any of the saga’s upcoming films or TV shows.
That’s something one YouTube user has decided to bring to life using some incredibly convincing technology, imagining what it would look like if Tom Cruise portrayed Tony Stark in upcoming film Armor Wars. Starring Don Cheadle, that film will see James “Rhodey” Rhodes attempt to recover some of his late best friend’s stolen technology when it falls into the wrong hands.
This awesome fan video gives us a chance to see what Cruise would look like if he appeared in the movie as Tony Stark.
Tom Cruise becomes Iron Man in Armor Wars concept video
YouTube user StryderHD has produced many convincing videos in recent years. Those videos usually consist of taking one actor’s likeness and digitally placing it over another through the use of Deepfake technology, bringing a lot of dream fan-casts to life in a video.
This one imagines what Tom Cruise might look like if he were to appear in the upcoming Armor Wars movie, which is all about Tony Stark’s legacy. Using footage from the first Iron Man movie (and very first MCU movie), the video replaces Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark with Tom Cruise.
What makes this one even more impressive is how the voice has also been altered so that the lines of dialogue sound more like Cruise than Downey Jr.
Will Tom Cruise appear in the MCU as Iron Man?
The rumors of Tom Cruise’s arrival in the MCU all started this time last year, when it was heavily speculated that he would appear in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as a variant of Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man. But this wouldn’t be the same Stark as the one Robert Downey Jr. played throughout the first three phases; the rumor suggested Cruise would play the more villainous Superior Iron Man.
This ultimately didn’t happen, but it hasn’t stopped the speculation that Cruise could turn up in the MCU as an alternate version of Stark. And there’s an irony in there because he nearly played the role in 2008’s Iron Man before RDJ came along.
If Cruise does appear in the MCU in the future, it likely won’t be in Armor Wars. That movie is all about the legacy of the MCU’s main Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), so unless the multiversal theme plays into what appears to be a more grounded project, we shouldn’t expect to see him in that one.
But with Marvel Studios exploring the Multiverse Saga, we will likely see more variants of many beloved Marvel heroes. And there’s always the chance that Cruise could be among them as Iron Man. Anything can happen in the MCU!
