Robert Downey Jr. is opening up about his return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The 59-year-old former Iron Man actor introduced his MCU comeback as Implausible 4 villain Physician Doom at San Diego Comedian-Con, who will seem in 2026’s Avengers: Doomsday and 2027’s Avengers: Secret Wars.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, he spoke concerning the conversations with Kevin Feige and Bob Iger that led to his return.
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Through the dialog, he stated that he and Kevin are “buddies,” preserving in contact since Endgame.
“I had this intuition that I wished to go to Bob Iger and I had an concept, exterior of the cinematic universe, for a way I could possibly be of service to what’s happening within the [theme] parks,” he defined.
“[My wife] Susan and I had been sitting down with Feige and he stated, ‘It simply retains occurring to me that in case you had been to return again …’ Susan was like, ‘Wait. Wait. Come again as what?’”
He additionally stated Kevin is a “very subtle, artistic thinker.”
“[Kevin said], ‘How can we not go backwards? How can we not disappoint expectations? How can we proceed to beat expectations?’ And he introduced up Victor Von Doom. And I regarded into this character and I used to be like, ‘Wow.’ Afterward, he goes, ‘Let’s get Victor Von Doom proper.’”
He then met with Bob Iger, who stated he favored the concept and organized for Robert and Kevin to go to Walt Disney Imagineering, Disney’s analysis and growth facility in California.
“You wanna discuss two guys that aren’t straightforward to have their minds blown, not to mention on the identical time … I can’t say an excessive amount of however what’s going on there proper now could be past my expectation of what was attainable,” he stated.
“It’s additionally the one approach that I felt like I may give a sure entertainment-seeking viewers one thing they could have a hankering to have an expertise of, in a approach the place I can proceed to develop my curiosity in the way forward for leisure. The place the hell else would you go however there?”
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