Captain America: Civil War VFX Supervisor Talks Tony Stark Flashback

Captain America: Civil War is in theaters now.

Civil War visual effects supervisor Dan DeLeeuw recently discussed the inspiration for Tony’s particular look in this sequence during an interview – and it turns out that multiple mid-80s Downey roles played a part in its creation.

The effect was a stunning one then, but was taken to a new level in Civil War, since Tony’s scene was significantly longer and more graphically complex than that for Douglas.