Fans bash ‘lazy’ Robert Downey Jr’s return as Doctor Doom: Marvel ‘reduced itself to cash grabs’
nypost.comto the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the move may already be doomed.The 59-year-old actor was revealed as Doctor Doom, the latest villain in the “Avengers” franchise, at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday — just five years after his previous Marvel role as Iron Man was spectacularly martyred in “Avengers: Endgame.”“New mask, same task,” Downey Jr.
declared to the Comic-Con audience.Many Marvel fans had expected the Oscar winner to return to the franchise as Tony Stark or some variant of the Iron Man character, and were reasonably shocked by the bizarre casting choice.Fans of the Fantastic Four comics have long waited to see Doctor Doom return to the big screen, and many were disappointed by what they saw as a casting gimmick, mocking Marvel’s decision on social media. “When Dr.
Doom reveals his face and looks like Tony Stark,” one fan snarked, using a popular gif of Miley Cyrus taking off her wig in “Hannah Montana.”Some fans joked the only reasonable excuse to recast Downey Jr.
is that MCU President Kevin Feige simply forgot the 59-year-old’s “Oppenheimer” co-star Cillian Murphy’s name. Murphy had long been a fan favorite for the supervillain online, with many claiming the Scottish actor was made for the role.When Dr.
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