The author behind Avengers: Doomsday says he discovered the thought of bringing again Robert Downey Jr. as Physician Doom “electrical.”
It is fairly clear that Kevin Feige and the remainder of the execs at Marvel Studios are fairly cautious about bringing MCU characters again from the useless, regardless of that being a fairly frequent factor within the comics themselves. There’s an argument to be made that it is so the burden of their deaths feels heavier, although actually, my guess’s on them simply not desirous to upset followers principally, particularly as a result of they’re pleased to carry again actors, only for completely different roles. Like, for instance, Chris Evans as Johnny Storm in Deadpool & Wolverine, and extra notably, Robert Downey Jr. as Physician Doom within the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday (and presumably The Implausible 4: First Steps).
Personally, this tactic feels a bit gimmicky to me, however if you happen to ask author Stephen McFeely, when he heard what the precise concept was, he was on board. Talking to Collider, McFeely shared, “Once I acquired the information that this was the place it was going, I believed it was fairly electrical. There’s an comprehensible need to carry Robert Downey Jr. again to the universe, however to do it as Tony Stark can be betraying what I felt was a really pretty ending for him in Endgame. So the powers that be, do all of their enterprise affairs after which it involves this, so I used to be very excited to attempt to carry this factor to life.”
Clearly that is fairly a unique feeling to his preliminary one, which he beforehand shared was fairly merely “F**okay no”, so clearly the thought was convincing sufficient for McFeely to come back round on it.
Not too long ago Marvel began setting the shoot dates for each Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars, which is all effectively and good, however after an abysmal second weekend drop for Captain America: Courageous New World, it’s important to marvel if it is too little too late.
