A new report speculated if Jeff Bridges will be coming back for Iron Man 4.

Speaking to io9, the actor suggested that the Iron Monger, the character he played in the movie might still be alive.

"The Iron Monger falls into this big pit of whatever it is, some kind of acid or something, in his costume," he said. "They pull it up in the big crane and they open up his costume and he's gone."

Bridges went on to leave the answer to the prospect of his returning open-ended, adding that it was a possibility:

"And when we were shooting that film they said, 'No we're not going to do that. We're just going to have you go.' And I said, 'Oh shit, I was kind of disappointed.' Because I was thinking [I would] be in the sequels. But they said it's a comic book, maybe the Iron Monger will come back. I said 'Yeah, right.'"

In a recent interview, Robert Downey Jr., suggested having to drop Iron Man 4 for his upcoming movieCaptain America 3: Civil War.

Speaking to Empire magazine, the actor talked about how Civil War might not have come to be, had he gone ahead with Iron Man 4.

"They said to me, 'If we have you, we can do this, or Cap 3 has to be something else.' It's nice to feel needed. And at this point it's about helping each other, too," he said. "I look at it as a competition and I go, 'Wow, maybe if these two franchises teamed up and I can take even a lesser position, with people I like and directors I respect, maybe we can keep things bumping along.'"

Watch Downey Jr.'s interview with Ellen:

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