Tony's father Howard was, well, called Howard for a reason, and my mental shorthand for Ryo right along has been "a Corwin-aged, Avatar-universe-ambiguously-Eurasian equivalent of the young Howard Stark from Captain America: The First Avenger," which may have influenced Phil's portrayal - so there you go, you're both sort of right. :)

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