Namor Actor Tenoch Huerta Gives a Little Backstory on Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY
Tenoch Huerta was introduced into the Marvel universe in the 2022 film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. He is returning in this year’s Avengers: Doomsday, and ahead of the highly-anticipated event film, Huerta is giving fans some backstory on the movie’s big bad villain, Doctor Doom.
Doom is being played by Marvel veteran Robert Downey Jr., who shocked fans when he appeared at Comic-Con two years ago and it was revealed that he would return, not as Iron Man, but as an other-worldly threat.
When asked what he could tease about Doom, and what makes him so powerful that Thor is gathering all these heroes from different corners of the Multiverse, Huerta revealed in a Comic-Con interview with Collider:
“Well, he’s that powerful that the MCU has to have every hero in different worlds — Fantastic Four, X-Men, Avengers — together to defeat him. That is the power of Doctor Doom.
“And why he's so evil is because he's hurt. Something, a tragedy, happened in his life, and this is the way he found to heal in a weird way. But it's part of the humanity in him. And of course, you have that actor, that badass actor, playing Doom.
“My God, he’s fantastic. For me as an actor, I’ve admired him for years. To be a part of this war with him, and all of them, is so cool.”
When Huerta was asked about his first interaction filming a scene with Downey’s Doom, he revealed that the two “don't have direct interaction in this part of the story,” but he promised that “at the end, what he’s doing affects the entire world.
With this anger, he can destroy everything around. So, it’s not direct, the relationship, but it’s something that is the consequence of what is happening in his heart. It’s poison for everybody else.”
Huerta went on to share praise for both MCU scripts and the Russos as directors, saying: “In dramatic terms, talking about the script, it’s so cool when you can see that because it's human, it's realistic, and that's why the MCU is so powerful.
“That's why the fans love everything in Marvel movies, because it's sensitive and smart. You have these two directors [Anthony and Joe Russo], they are so cool. They are smart and intelligent and sensitive, and they are totally open.
“As an actor, when you suggest something, they are open, they listen to you, and then it’s there. That said, I don't know, I'm so happy to be part of this.”
I can’t wait to see what the Russo’s have in store for us! Avengers: Doomsday hits theaters on December 18, 2026.