Robert Downey Jr reveals Marvel was prepared for Iron Man to flop
"I find out more every day about how that thing was financed, it was basically ready to be written off if it tanked."
The actor went on to discuss how the studio's expectations for the film meant they were given more freedom while creatingHe continued:"It was the perfect thing where there were not a lot of creatively aggressive eyes on us. And by the time they gave it to us, it was like [artist-owned movie studio] United Artists, like the lunatics took over the asylum.
"I remember Jeff Bridges [Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger] too, he was like, 'man, we're doing a $200 million independent movie, man.' And there was just that sense that, of course, it was much more organised."
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