Robert Downey Jr.’s performance as Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday will be unlike anything MCU fans have seen before, according to one of the movie’s directors.
It was announced last summer at San Diego Comic-Con that Downey Jr. is returning to Marvel Studios in Avengers: Doomsday; however, he’s not playing Tony Stark/Iron Man, anymore, as that character died in Avengers: Endgame and will now portray the villainous Victor von Dom/Doctor Doom.
Plot details beyond that for Avengers: Doomsday — which is being directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, also known as the Russo Brothers — remain largely under wraps at this time. Following that movie comes Avengers: Secret Wars, which will be released in 2027.
What did Anthony Russo say about Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday?
Speaking with The Times, Anthony said they can’t explain how Downey Jr. will emerge as Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday after playing Marvel‘s Iron Man at this time because “it’s part of the story.”
He did, however, add, “There’s nobody else in the world who could play this character the way he’s about to.”
When it comes to Doctor Doom, there have been a handful of others who have portrayed the character in live-action before. Joseph Culp played him in the low-budget, unreleased The Fantastic Four movie from 1994, which was executive produced by Roger Corman, while Julian McMahon portrayed him in 2005’s Fantastic Four and the 2007 sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Toby Kebbell then starred as Doctor Doom in the 2015 Fantastic Four movie.
Avengers: Doomsday will be released in the United States on May 1, 2026, as part of Phase Six of the MCU. Avengers: Secret Wars then follows on May 7, 2027. Releasing in between those two movies is Spider-Man 4, which arrives on July 31, 2026.
Originally reported by Brandon Schreur at SuperHeroHype.
