Since the announcement of Robert Downey Hr.’s return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Victor Von Doom, the actor addressed the fact for the first time. He explained how Kevin Feige roped in him as the next villain of the MCU as he recently appeared on The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter Podcast.
Also Read: Joker director Todd Phillips signals uncertainty on future films in the franchise amid sequel release Robert Downey reveals his casting as Doctor Doom In the latest podcast episode, Downey revealed how a casual talk with Feige resulted in him making a return to Marvel. The actor who played Iron Man earlier in the Avengers franchise said, “He said, ‘It just keeps occurring to me if you were to come back ..
.” His wife Susan Downey was also present during the conversation and jumped in, he explained, “Susan was like, ‘Wait, wait. Come back as what?’” The actor then expressed the immediate concerns he had if he were to make a comeback to the Marvels and discussed it with Feige.
He said, “How can we not go backwards? How can we not disappoint expectations? How can we continue to beat expectations?” which is when Feige suggested he could come back as Doctor Doom. Downey then revealed that his next thought was to consult the idea with Disney CEO, Bob Iger and visit him soon after. It seemed the Iger was already aware of the Doctor Doom plan as when the actor visited him he said, “I like it”.
Downey said on the podcast episode, “I was like, 'He li.