Jeremy Renner on Robert Downey Jr. returning to Marvel to play Physician Doom: “That SOB didn’t say anything to me!”
Marvel followers acquired a giant shock at San Diego Comedian-Con when it was revealed that Robert Downey Jr. can be enjoying Physician Doom in Avengers: Doomsday. Preserving such a giant secret was actually a problem, and it seems that Robert Downey Jr. didn’t even spill the beans to his fellow Avengers, with Jeremy Renner telling US Weekly, “The son of a bitch didn’t say something to me!“
“I had no idea. The son of a bitch didn’t say anything to me,” Renner stated. “We’re good mates. There’s the Avengers household chat. The unique six. He stated not a peep. I acquired on-line and began blowing up his telephone like, ‘What’s happening? You’ve been hiding this from us the entire time?’ It’s thrilling information. I’m actually, actually enthusiastic about it.“
As for whether or not Renner would possibly return as Hawkeye in Avengers: Doomsday and/or Avengers: Secret Wars, he wouldn’t give a particular reply, but it surely appears doubtless. “You got Downey back in the mix, you got the Russo Brothers back in the mix. This is a direction where Marvel is going to do well,” Renner stated. “The Avengers motion pictures have at all times been fan favorites and there’s so many fantastic characters in them. I believe it’s going to be difficult to get everybody collectively. There’s lots of people. However I’m enthusiastic about it. We’ll see. I believe we’ll in all probability be doing it. It’s all model new. They simply made the announcement. They acquired to start out figuring it out.“
Renner isn’t the one Marvel actor to touch upon Downey Jr.’s Physician Doom information, as Jonathan Majors just lately stated that he was “heartbroken” to get replaced as Marvel’s huge dangerous. Majors added that he “loves” the character of Kang, however “Doctor Doom is wicked.” When requested if he would nonetheless wish to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Kang, Majors stated, “Hell yeah! Hell yeah! I like him. I like Kang. If that’s what the followers need, and that’s what Marvel needs, then let’s roll. Hell yeah.“
Avengers: Doomsday is slated for a Could 1, 2026 launch, adopted by Avengers: Secret Wars on Could 7, 2027.
