Jonathan Majors opens up about Marvel’s choice to welcome Robert Downey Jr. again to the MCU as Victor Von Doom.
Jonathan Majors, who at one time was chosen to play Kang, the central villain of the Marvel Cinematic Universe after Thanos, is opening up about Marvel’s latest reveal that Robert Downey Jr. is returning to the MCU to play Dr. Victor Von Doom. Doom primarily replaces Kang because the MCU’s Massive Dangerous for the following a number of years after the studio pivoted away from Majors following the actor’s two misdemeanor counts of harassment and assault.
Talking with TMZ, Majors stated he’s “heartbroken” by the end result, although he continues to admire RDJ’s unimaginable expertise and creativity. “Yeah, heartbroken. Of course,” Majors commented when TMZ requested if he was upset by Marvel’s choice to retire Kang’s bold highway map. “I love Kang. Doctor Doom is wicked, though.”
TMZ rapidly factors out RDJ’s checkered previous in comparison with Majors’s latest circumstances. Downey was arrested in 1996 for possession of heroin, cocaine, and an unloaded gun and given three years of probation. RDJ’s authorized troubles prolong past the offense talked about above, although, as everyone knows, Marvel made its peace with hiring Downey after they solid him as Tony Stark in 2008’s Iron Man.
“I think it’s fair that Mr. Downey is being and has been greeted with patience and curiosity and love … and [he’s] being allowed to work [his] art and be creative at that level,” Majors stated about Downey rising like a mighty phoenix regardless of his authorized report. “I didn’t really get that.”
Whereas Majors is understandably upset by the halt to his Marvel tenure, Hollywood definitely has its share of redemption tales. Majors’s responsible verdict continues to be recent within the eyes of the general public. It’s attainable he may mount a comeback as time ticks.
When requested if he’d nonetheless wish to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Kang, Majors stated, “Hell yeah! Hell yeah! I love him. I love Kang. If that’s what the fans want, and that’s what Marvel wants, then let’s roll. Hell yeah.”
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