Quote Originally Posted by Steel Inquisitor View Post
I think Stark's personality may be partially based on his Ultimate rendition - which was like a parody of 616 Stark. In 616 he's nowhere near as smug or narcissistic. At first, anyway, in the later movies he felt more like his 616 self.
That's an interesting observation. We don't get too many pre-heart-bombing looks at TS in the comics. I wonder if there was a deliberate decision to move MCU Stark toward something more like the 616 interpretation as the weight of responsibility accumulated on him over the films?