Her absence from Iron Man’s two most recent MCU appearances (Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War) speak volumes about why he’s become an accidental antagonist in both those chapters.
Fans have been left to wonder whether Paltrow will, like many other romantic interests in the MCU, simply fade out of the picture.
Gwyneth Paltrow had a tough gig in the Iron Man series, playing both the role of “straight man” and romantic interest to Robert Downey Jr.’s charming-yet-erratic Tony Stark.
Her character, Pepper Potts, is essentially the rock that prevents the eccentric superhero from collapsing under his own impractical urges.