Tom Cruise As Iron Man AI Art Imagines MCU's Lost Illuminati Member

A new piece of AI-generated art images Tom Cruise as Iron Man, the MCU Illuminati member that never came to pass. For many fans, it's hard to imagine anyone other than Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/ Iron Man. The actor first played the role in 2008's Iron Man, a film that essentially kick-started the MCU as it exists today. Downey Jr.

Now that Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is absent from the MCU, many fans are wondering who will be next to take up the mantle. After the introduction of the multiverse in Loki and its further expansion in Spider-Man: No Way Home, rumors swirled before the release of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness regarding what characters might be making appearances.

While the veracity of claims regarding whether Cruise was ever actually in talks to appear as Iron Man is questionable at best, the art does provide a surprisingly interesting rendition of what the Top Gun: Maverick star would have looked like in Downey Jr.'s shoes. As with most other AI-generated art, the facial structure leaves much to be desired, but, nevertheless, it's easy to see why so many fans wanted Cruise to appear as Iron Man.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ultimately delivered a handful of fun cameos, but some fans were evidently disappointed that Cruise's Iron Man was not among them. With the multiverse now allowing for more creative one-off cameos than ever before, it's still possible that the actor could appear as the character down the line, but considering Cruise's commitments to the Mission: Impossible franchise, it's unlikely to happen anytime soon.

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