It was the Marvel announcement at San Diego Comic-Con that no one saw coming: Robert Downey Jr. is returning to the MCU — but as Doctor Doom, not Iron Man. He will appear in the next Avengers movies, Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.
But how will that happen? Is Downey playing a variant of Tony Stark? Is he Victor Von Doom? Is he from the same alternate timeline as Marvel’s new version of the Fantastic Four from The Fantastic Four: First Steps? In our latest Marvel video, we do our best to answer these questions. We’ll theorize about exactly who Downey is playing, and how he connects back to Tony Stark from Iron Man and the previous Avengers movies. We’ll also discuss whether this was the right move for Avengers 5 after the firing of Jonathan Majors and the cancelation of The Kang Dynasty.
Watch our full discussion below…
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