Robert Downey Jr. on the second Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige provided him the position of Doctor Victor von Doom.

Marvel followers acquired the shock of a lifetime at San Diego Comic-Con when it was revealed that Robert Downey Jr. could be taking part in Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday, however the ball began rolling a couple of 12 months in the past when Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige sat down with the actor and his spouse and producing companion, 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 buddies. Favreau and Feige and I’ve stored in contact. I’m shut with the Russo brothers. We produce other 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 concept, outdoors of the cinematic universe, for the way I might be of service to what’s going on in the parks and all their location-based vitality. 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 advised the actor that he preferred the concept of him returning as Doctor Doom.

The actor stored the secret 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 predicted to be changing Kang as Marvel’s new large dangerous now that Jonathan Majors has been dropped from the franchise. Majors 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 May 1, 2026 launch, adopted by Avengers: Secret Wars on May 7, 2027.