Yet it was not as Iron Man. In fact, it was another masked armored character. Marvel Studios officially confirmed that Robert Downey Jr. will be playing Doctor Doom in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Were you as surprised as I was when it was announced that Robert Downey Jr. was returning to the MCU to play Doctor Doom? It ...

but also Spider-Man, Red Skull, Mephisto and the Avengers. So how can Downey Jr be Doctor Doom and Iron Man? Downey Jr's casting as Doctor Doom is a "huge development in the MCU timeline and has ...

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Fans have interesting theories about how RDJ as Doctor Doom will fit into the Avengers alongside his Tony Stark.

That’s all to say that Victor von Doom and Tony Stark have had a long history together, even before Marvel Studios set former Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. to play Doctor Doom in next summer ...

It can’t be. I think this Doctor Doom is a version of Tony Stark with a completely different arc than the Iron Man variant that saved the universe in Endgame. Rather than becoming ready to ...

Last summer, Marvel announced that Robert Downey Jr. would return to the MCU, as an increasing number of rumors suggested. But he wouldn’t play Iron Man, whose resurrection we expected for ...

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He's now in a rebuilding period, trying to protect his company from being bought by AIM while also fighting as an underdog against Doctor Doom. Iron Man #10 goes on sale July 23 with a cover by ...