Robert Downey Jr. stunned attendees at San Diego Comedian-Con by revealing that he will likely be returning to Marvel because the Villain Physician Doom within the new Avengers movie to be directed by brothers Joseph and Anthony Russo.
Downey Jr. was identified within the superhero franchise as Iron Mana personality he performed from 2008 onwards in varied movies from the studio, however which he lastly died within the 2019 movie ‘Avengers: Endgame’.
The actor appeared on stage in Corridor H of the 6,000-seat San Diego Conference Heart carrying a masks protecting his face and a inexperienced outfit.
The gang went wild when, with out saying a phrase, the ‘Oppenheimer’ singer uncovered his face and unfold his arms out to the perimeters in triumph.
“New masks, identical process”“the Oscar winner informed the viewers.
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The actor stunned these current on the San Diego Comedian-Con by revealing his face, which was hidden underneath the masks of the villain he’ll play.
Downey Jr. will play the villain, also referred to as Physician Doomwithin the two Avengers movies that the Russo brothers will direct titled: ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ and ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’.
This was the large reveal anticipated from the Marvel Studios panel on the world’s largest popular culture conference. Earlier than Downey Jr.’s announcement, the celebs of the brand new Implausible 4 movie additionally made an look: Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. The actors introduced ‘The Implausible 4 First Steps’ as the ultimate title of the brand new movie to be directed by Matt Shakman and scheduled for launch on July 25, 2025.
On Thursday afternoon, Marvel additionally had a star-studded presentation at San Diego Comedian-Con with a screening of the brand new movie ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. San Diego Comedian-Con is going down within the Californian metropolis till Sunday.
Iron Man: The superhero who catapulted Robert Downey Jr. to fame
It’s unattainable to think about the Marvel Cinematic Universe with out Robert Downey Jr. within the position of the legendary superhero Iron Man, who began one of many highest-grossing fantasy phenomena on the planet. Though his arrival to the franchise in 2008 was not simple.
Within the Nineteen Nineties, Marvel declared chapter, however producer Kevin Feige determined to make a sequence of unbiased diversifications of the comics and the primary character chosen was the billionaire businessman and founding father of The Avengers, Tony Stark, the Iron Man.
When the seek for actors to star within the movie started, whose manufacturing value was round 140 million {dollars}, Feige expressed curiosity in Tom Cruise whereas director Jon Favreau leaned in direction of Robert Downey Jr. Though Marvel executives had been against the concept attributable to his troubled previous with the legislation and drug use, Favreau maintained that he was the suitable individual to play the position.
Robert Downey Jr., the actor who marked a earlier than and after by enjoying Iron Man.
Satisfied that he may win the position, Robert ready the three scenes assigned to him in simply three weeks and throughout the audition he demonstrated that his previous errors and dangerous choices didn’t outline him, however somewhat his expertise.
After seeing him in motion, producers David Maisel and Kevin Feige didn’t hesitate to suggest him, however after they met with the Marvel workforce they had been informed that “they weren’t prepared to rent him underneath any circumstances, whatever the worth.”
To show that Robert was the actor destined to embody the superhero, Jon Favreau made a drastic and sudden determination: he anonymously leaked the information that Downey Jr. was in talks to play Tony Stark and, to nobody’s shock, followers of the franchise confirmed an amazing enthusiasm that Marvel executives couldn’t refuse.
“I feel it’s among the finest choices within the historical past of Hollywood. I keep in mind telling him (Robert) that if it wasn’t for him, Marvel Studios wouldn’t exist,” mentioned producer Kevin Feige concerning the hiring of Robert Downey Jr., who, upon receiving the script, knew he needed to painting the billionaire industrial magnate as a “very damaged man whose facade was self-confidence.”
Maybe his indelible mark on the fantasy universe isn’t solely because of the nice charisma, humor and character that he gave to Tony Stark within the ten installments of the MCU the place he performed him, but additionally due to the factors of contact with the character equivalent to his darkish previous, filled with dangerous choices and classes discovered to lastly turn into superheroes within the eyes of the world. “He discovered a variety of his personal story in Tony,” Favreau mirrored.
Robert was paid $500,000 for Iron Man, which, when it first hit theaters in 2008, grossed greater than $580 million on the field workplace and have become one of many most-watched movies of that 12 months.
