The main reasoning, at least according to Black’s side of the story, was that toy sales were at stake in the eyes of the studio.
Not too long ago, the narrative behind the creation of Iron Man 3 started to take an interesting post-release turn.
While we can’t confirm the rational involving toy sales, we can now confirm that this going concern was grist for the mill that greatly reduced Hall’s participation in the Marvel sequel.
Writer / director Shane Black went on record as stating tha a female villain was to be had in the inclusion of Rebecca Hall’s Maya Hansen into the narrative fold, but an official decision from Marvel Studios’ top brass put the kibosh on such a happening.