{"id":83556,"date":"2024-08-21T19:34:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T19:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/21\/robert-downey-jr-reveals-conversation-that-made-him-into-doom\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T19:34:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T19:34:45","slug":"robert-downey-jr-reveals-conversation-that-made-him-into-doom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/21\/robert-downey-jr-reveals-conversation-that-made-him-into-doom\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Downey Jr. Reveals Conversation That Made Him Into Doom"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Robert Downey Jr. shocked, energized, and dismayed<\/a><\/span> various comic book fans earlier this summer when it was revealed he would return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Doctor Doom in 2026’s Avengers: Doomsday<\/em>. More recently, he shared a bit more detail on how he found himself back in line for another massive Hollywood payday. <\/p>\n

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Speaking on the latest episode<\/a><\/span> of The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>\u2019s Awards Chatter podcast, the occasional singer and Ally McBeal <\/em>season 4 star outlined in broad strokes how he was enlisted to return to the most lucrative, and perhaps played out, franchise in movie history. Despite leaving the Avengers <\/em>behind after dying in 2019’s Endgame<\/em>, RDJ said he still keeps in touch with directors Anthony and Joe Russo, as well as Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige.<\/p>\n

He was set up to meet with Feige in 2023 to discuss reprising his Iron Man role for performances tied to certain Disney theme park attractions when the executive ambushed him with a much bigger proposal. \u201cHe said, \u2018It just keeps occurring to me, if you were to come back\u2026,\u2019 and Susan [his wife] was like, \u2018Wait, wait, come back as what?,\u2019\u201d Downey said on the podcast<\/a><\/span>, thinking back to the fateful encounter.<\/p>\n

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Feige apparently kept talking about all the problems with bringing RDJ back before pivoting to his pitch for Doom. \u201c\u2018How can we not go backwards? How can we not disappoint expectations? How can we continue to beat expectations?\u2019\u201d Downey said, describing the concerns. \u201cAnd he brought up Victor Von Doom. I looked into this character. Later on, he goes, \u2018Let\u2019s get Victor Von Doom right.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The seed planted, the actor said he later met with Disney CEO Bob Iger to survey what was being worked on for the Iron Man-themed Stark Flight Lab ride<\/a><\/span> and other parts of the Disneyland MCU attraction called \u201cAvengers Infinity Defense.<\/a><\/span>\u201d \u201cSo then I said to Kevin, \u2018Can I go talk to Bob Iger?\u2019\u201d Downey said. \u201cHe goes, \u2018About?\u2019 I go, \u2018About everything. I\u2019d gone to Bob\u2019s house and I don\u2019t know how to describe that experience. I\u2019ve had a lot of really cool experiences, but I go to Iger\u2019s pad, we sit down and he goes, \u2018I like it.\u2019 I was like, \u2018He likes it.\u2019 <\/p>\n

Downey later said that the Avengers-based Disney rides being worked were mind-blowing, but didn\u2019t spill any more details about why the same might be said for how he\u2019ll being returning to the MCU as Doom. He also left out the part where he\u2019s apparently getting $80 million<\/a><\/span> and lots of other exclusive perks in order to come back and try to revive the currently faltering transmedia comic book hero industrial complex. <\/p>\n

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