AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY Star Robert Downey Jr. Shares New Photos of His Doctor Doom Debut - "New Mask, Same Task"
Marvel Studios recently made the huge announcement that Robert Downey Jr. is set to play Doctor Doom in the next two Avengers films, Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.
This is so crazy and it going to be really interesting to see where they go with this. There are a lot of wild directions that they could take things to tell a great story. After all, Doctor Doom is one of the most complex characters in the Marvel Universe,
We know we’re going to get a great story because Joe and Anthony Russo are also returning to the MCU to direct the two films!
Following the announcement and panel at Comic-Con, Robert Downey Jr. shared some photos teasing his villainous transformation alongside a cryptic message.
Downey Jr. took to Instagram to share a photo of him holding Doom's mask, the actor captioned his post with, "New mask, same task."
As for what that might mean, with this being Doctor Doom, chances are he views himself as a hero and the only one capable of saving the Multiverse!
The Russo Bros. shared in a press release: "Being able to create stories and explore characters within the Marvel Universe fulfilled a life-long dream of ours, and we discovered a powerful connection with audiences in each film that we made.
"We’re thrilled to collaborate once again with Kevin, Lou and the entire Marvel team to bring this epic adventure in storytelling to new and surprising places for both the fans and ourselves."
Where do you think they will take Doom’s story arc with Downey Jr. playing the iconic villain?