Robert Downey Jr. announced at Comic-Con last weekend that he’ll be returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe to play Doctor Doom. People have mixed feelings about the casting — not to mention the actor’s huge paycheck.
Variety reported that Downey, who just won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in Oppenheimer, is set to make more than $100 million to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
He starred in the first film of the new superhero dynasty, 2008’s Iron Man, and has appeared as Tony Stark in 11 movies total. Downey is expected to play an entirely separate character — now the main villain rather than the lead Avenger — in the upcoming films Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.
It’s not just Downey who’s coming back, either. The Russo Brothers, who directed the studio’s two most successful Avengers movies, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, will be back to work on the two future installments.
Marvel is notorious for jamming cameos from beloved superheroes and cast members into their movies, brushing off any recasting and repeat appearances as quirks of the complicated “multiverse.”
The studio’s latest release, Deadpool & Wolverine, is loaded with cameos and just broke records — a relief after Marvel’s 2023 was tinged with box office failures and off-screen controversy.
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