And even before then, fans were spreading the words that Cruise was considered for the original Iron Man role, which Downey Jr took on in 2008 to kick off the Marvel Cinematic Universe. "Yeah, that was totally made up. I mean, there's no cut footage of Tom Cruise," Waldron said of the online rumours. "But I love Tom Cruise, and I said to [Marvel Studios president] Kevin [Feige] at one point, I was like, 'Could we get Tom Cruise's Iron Man?' I remember reading about that in Ain't It Cool News back in the day, that Tom Cruise was going to be Iron Man."

He added, "As it was being talked about online, I was like, 'Yeah, that'd be cool!'" Waldron clarified that he didn't think anyone reached out to the actor "because of availability." The star, who has played Col. James "Rhodey" Rhodes (aka War Machine) in the films since joining the cast of 2010's Iron Man 2, added, "I've kind of grown up over the last 12 years with this cast who I really have fun with."

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