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The situation with Tony Stark is a tad different due to the continuity of the MCU. When Tarzan, Bond, Batman, et all were recast either A) There was little to no continuity from one film to the next and/or B) The entire universe was rebooted to correspond with the actor change. Folks may not like RDJ being swapped out for Bob Odenkirk, but the ongoing cinematic reality of the MCU would continue along with the new guy.
The problem comes when you attempt to make Tony (or Steve, or Natasha) eternally youthful by stripping away a couple of decades in a casting change. It negates the prior in-universe stories involving the character, and you end up with a cinematic universe that doesn't make a whole heck of a lot of sense when viewed as a whole. I would prefer that the MCU doesn't adopt the most hated aspects of FOX's X-Men series.
Unless you are making a series of movies that plans to show a character over 60 some years of his life, and you have an absolute guarantee from an actor that he will play that role for those 60 years, as well as assurance from him that he will not die.....a change of actors is inevitable. No actor should play a character too long in a series of films, because aging happens. I'm speaking of both the outward appearance that changes but also the physical abilities of the body. When an actor gets too old for the part....a new actor should b found to replace him. You do not have to rename the character....you just change the actor.