Robert Downey Jr. on the second Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige supplied him the position of Physician Victor von Doom.
Marvel followers received the shock of a lifetime at San Diego Comedian-Con when it was revealed that Robert Downey Jr. could be enjoying Physician Doom in Avengers: Doomsday, however the ball began rolling a couple of yr in the past when Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige sat down with the actor and his spouse and producing associate, Susan Downey.
“Probably a year ago, because Feige and I have kept in touch,” Downey stated in The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast. “We’re friends. Favreau and Feige and I’ve stored in contact. I’m shut with the Russo brothers. We’ve got different enterprise we’re doing. So there’s this little group of fellow vacationers, and I had this intuition that I needed to go to Bob Iger. And I had an thought, outdoors of the cinematic universe, for a way I might be of service to what’s occurring within the parks and all their location-based power. And Susan and I had been sitting down with Feige at one level, and he stated, ‘It just keeps occurring to me that, if you were to come back…’ And Susan was like, ‘Wait, wait, come back as what?’“
Downey continued, “And then we both realized, over time, that it was another thing that just disproves any doubt anyone could ever have about that guy. [He’s] a very sophisticated, creative thinker about, ‘How can we not go backwards? How can we not disappoint expectations? How can we continue to to beat expectations?’ And he brought up Victor von Doom, and I looked into [the] character, and I was like, ‘Wow.’ And later on, he goes, ‘Let’s get Victor von Doom right. Let’s get that right.’” Downey later met with Disney CEO Bob Iger, who instructed the actor that he appreciated the concept of him returning as Physician Doom.
The actor stored the key of his return as Doom from nearly everybody, together with his fellow Avengers, with Jeremy Renner saying, “The son of a bitch didn’t say anything to me!” Doom is anticipated to be changing Kang as Marvel’s new massive unhealthy now that Jonathan Majors has been dropped from the franchise. Majors just lately stated that he was “heartbroken” to get replaced. Majors added that he “loves” the character of Kang, however “Doctor Doom is wicked.” When requested if he would nonetheless need to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Kang, Majors stated, “Hell yeah! Hell yeah! I really like him. I really 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 Might 1, 2026 launch, adopted by Avengers: Secret Wars on Might 7, 2027.
