Robert Downey Jr.‘s return to the MCU as Doctor Doom shocked almost everybody, and in a current interview, the actor appeared to substantiate that he wouldn’t be enjoying any particular variant of the character.
What did Robert Downey Jr. say about returning as Physician Doom?
Talking throughout an look on a current episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, Downey recalled the trail that led him to coming again as one of the vital iconic villains in Marvel historical past. In keeping with Downey, he and Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige typically spoke, however one specific dialog noticed Feige carry up Downey’s return as somebody apart from Tony Stark.
“How can we not go backwards? How can we not disappoint expectations? How can we proceed to beat expectations?” Downey stated. “And he introduced up Victor Von Doom. I regarded into this character. Afterward, he goes, ‘Let’s get Victor Von Doom proper.”
The particular point out of Victor Von Doom appears to shoot down most of the rumors swirling round how Downey will return to the MCU. Ever since his reveal, followers have been fast to theorize that this model of Doom may very well be a possible variant of Tony Stark, however that appears to not be the case by Downey’s phrases.
Avengers: Doomsday doesn’t have an official launch date as of but, though Marvel Studios has stated the movie is coming in Might 2026. It was beforehand dated a yr prior for Might 2, 2025, however joined a lengthy list of Marvel delays as many films noticed rewrites and have been impacted by the leisure trade strikes all through 2023.
The movie was beforehand named Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, however has since been renamed following the firing of Jonathan Majors last year. Whereas the plot of the movie is unclear, the movie will all however actually focus solely round Doom, one of the vital iconic and well-known villains in comedian e book historical past.
(Supply: The Hollywood Reporter)
