RDJ is Doctor Doom and I am...confused

Kevin had two “Break in case of Emergency” buttons in his office: One for RDJ, one for Doom. And for some godforsaken reason, he decided to smash both at once

I had no idea the MCU was at Terminator series "for the love of God, see we're bringing back Arnold" levels of desperation.

my crack theory is that in the scramble to replace jonathan majors, one person pitched RDJ's return to replace him because a variant iron man as kang has precedence, but then another person seperately pitched replacing kang with doom and they ended up doing both ideas, to questionable results.

Marvel is desperate at this point. Instead of giving us the best characterization possible for Doom, they are playing with the nostalgia factor.

"Somehow, Robert Downey Jr has returned." - Poe Dameron, 'The Rise of Skywalker' (2019)

Don't worry, we are all confused. I honestly don't know how to feel about the news. There are so many actors in the world, and yet they got RDJ to play Doctor Doom.

I feel like this could also be a misdirect where he's playing a multiversal variant and that we'll still get another Doom at some point

I think it was a PR move, but I think he’ll still do a good job.

this really is Nando v Movies

If they plan to reset the MCU in some way, then it's kind of poetic that RDJ is both the hero that started it all, and the villain who will end it all.

I love Snipes's line: "There's only one Blade, and there's only ever gonna be one Bladr" 😅😅😂😂

I could imagine this really Infinity War Star Lord type set up where the Avengers have Doom restrained and then Spiderman takes off Doom’s mask and the impending chaos and shock gives Doom the opening to activate the ultimate nullifier or whatnot

He'll be good but I don't want him overshadowing the Doom character That's like casting Michael Keaton as someone not Batman in a DC team up film

You can't do 'Secret Wars' without Doom. He's an essential character in the story.

I hope to Christ that RDJ is just playing a varient Stark and they just went, "We'll say you're Doom so people don't ask questions about why you're on the set."

Robert Downey Jr. is literally the only white actor who's earned the right to wear blackface in movies.

Get ready for "Avengers 17: Oops, All Iron Man."

It's surreal how we got hit with this news after a couple years of those "RDJ back at MCU?!" and "Doom Is Coming" clickbaits.

Honestly, the Fantastic Four trailer has more personality than any Marvel movie I've seen in years. It really impressed me

On the one hand, it's a very sudden pick for this character and honestly the casting itself doesn't bother me as much as the possibility they might only have a post credits scene or two with Doom before the Avengers films. I would very much have liked at least one Fantastic Four film that established the relationship between Reed and Victor because it's just another reason I find him so captivating as a villain. I also am waiting to see if they even address his Romani background because it's one of the things that makes his POV on magic and science being equals such an amazing dichotomy to Reed being a slave to logic and reason On the other hand, RDJ just won an Oscar for playing a man who tried to systematically dismantle the life of a successful scientist, driven by the insecurity that he is smarter than him. That's very on-brand for Victor