



In Iron Man 3, Stark is dealing with the fallout and effect of fighting off an alien invasion and nearly dying after sacrificing himself to escort a nuclear missile through a portal and into space. Give the guy a break and let him have some drinks. It's not like he hasn't been seen drinking in past movies already.



Seeing Stark cope this way is not unrealistic, in fact, it's very realistic. Using alcohol as a coping mechanism to deal with his post-Avengers movie stress isn't out of the ordinary—and of course never endorsed as a coping mechanism—it also makes sense why Black and Pearce wanted to use it in an early version of their script.





"I think we were just told by [Disney] that we should probably paint Tony Stark as being kind of an industrialist and a crazy guy, or even a bad guy at some points, but the 'Demon in a Bottle' stuff of him being an alcoholic wouldn’t really fly," Black said in the same interview.





Maybe Disney is a bit too self-conscience when it comes to its movies and their ratings but if they can show a pirate captain drinking and sometimes being drunk in their billion dollar Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, then they should be able to show Stark drunk. Matter of fact, he has already been seen in a drunken state in Iron Man 2 at his birthday party—and he even joked about relieving himself in his suit during that scene too.





Even though Black said Disney could still use the story in a future Iron Man movie, it's doubtful that will happen because incorporating "Demon in a Bottle" would've made the most sense after his traumatic events in The Avengers. Fans may still have hope on seeing it, but it's most likely never going to be fully envisioned on the big screen. Maybe a watered-down version, if it ever happens at all.



