Robert Downey Jr stunned fans as the Iron Man star removed a mask during the San Diego Comic-Con Hall H panel to reveal that he will play Doctor Doom, one of Marvel’s biggest villains, in the upcoming film Avengers: Doomsday.
The panel on Saturday was flooded with hooded figures wearing masks of the comic book villain known for his sorcery and science when Downey Jr revealed his face. “I like playing complicated characters,” he said as fans began to chant his name.
He might not ever take his mask off. Doom really shouldn’t have a lot of facetime anyway.
If he did that it would be awesome, like how hugo weaving played V at the height of his popularity as agent Smith…but i just don’t think RDJ is wired that way. Just my gut talking here
Edward Norton did it in Kingdom of Heaven too, I think it’s the angle they will take.
If marvel is planning some multiverse shit like other commenters are hunting at… like say the flashpoint timeline(?) where Superman was raised by the us govt i could get real excited for a RDJ doom.
With iron man, he’s constantly taking off the helmet, opening it out etc. I’m with you, while some actors are willing to do mask only performances, or not be credited in promotional materials, like Hugo Weaving or Matt Damon, I don’t think RDJ is someone like that.