Why Robert Downey Jr. As Doctor Doom Works

In this video, I will be going over why Robert Downey Jr. As Doctor Doom works in the MCU. Let me know what you all think in the comments down below, like & sub for more!!

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Chapters:
00:00 - 00:45 - Intro
00:46 - 01:41- Favreau & Feige Interview
01:42 - 02:10 - Kevin Feige RDJ Pitch
02:11 - 02:41- Is RDJ an Iron Man Variant?
02:58 - 03:41 - Fantastic Four Appearance
03:42 - 05:09 - Why it woks
05:10 - 05:56 - Outro

Doctor Doom (Dr. Victor von Doom) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Fantastic Four #5 (July 1962). In his comic book appearances, Doctor Doom is the monarch of the fictional European country of Latveria whose goal is to bring order to humanity through world conquest. He serves as the archenemy of Reed Richards and the Fantastic Four, though he has also come into conflict with other superheroes in the Marvel Universe, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, the Black Panther, the X-Men, and the Avengers. While usually portrayed as a villain, Doom has also been an antihero at times, working with heroes if their goals align and only if it benefits him. Doctor Doom was ranked #4 by Wizard on its list of the 101 Greatest Villains of All Time[8] and #3 on IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time.[9] In a later article, IGN would declare Doom as Marvel's greatest villain.[10]

The character has been substantially adapted from the comics into several forms of media, including television series, video games, and merchandise such as action figures and trading cards. Most notably, Doctor Doom has been portrayed in licensed Fantastic Four live-action feature films by Joseph Culp in Roger Corman's unreleased 1994 film, Julian McMahon in the 2005 film and its 2007 sequel, and Toby Kebbell in the 2015 film.[11] Robert Downey Jr. will portray the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), Avengers: Doomsday (2026), and Avengers: Secret Wars (2027).[12][13][14]

Equal parts super-genius and megalomaniac, Victor von Doom better answers to the self-proclaimed moniker of Doctor Doom, the despotic ruler of the Eastern European nation of Latveria. Victor was born in a Romani camp, the son of a witch named Cynthia, who died after making a deal with the demon Mephisto. Swearing revenge, Victor spent his life honing his skills in both science and magic. In his academic youth, Doom was the college rival of Reed Richards, future leader of the Fantastic Four as Mister Fantastic. When left scarred by a machine meant to make contact with his late mother, a disgraced Doom roamed the world until he was taken in by a tribe of Tibetan monks, who helped him forge a suit of armor topped off by an iron mask to hide his face. Rechristened Doctor Doom, Victor returned to his homeland, using his lifetime of skills to seize power as its new ruler.[40][41][42]

Although Doom wishes to bring order and betterment to humanity, he intends to enforce this goal by his own hand and with an iron fist.[43] Ruthless and prideful, Doctor Doom has come into conflict with the super hero community at large, but the Fantastic Four remain his biggest enemies due to Victor's shared history with and personal vendetta against Mister Fantastic, whom he blames for the accident that cost him his face.[44] Victor is not without allies, like his adoptive son Kristoff Vernard,[45] or his personal champion, Victorious.[46] Doom has had several brushes with great power, stealing it from beings such as the Silver Surfer,[47] the Beyonder[48] and the Scarlet Witch.[49] In his greatest triumph, he took the nigh-omnipotence of the Beyonders and reshaped the remains of the destroyed Multiverse into Battleworld, holding supreme power as God Emperor until his ultimate downfall and the restoration of all there was by the hand of Mister Fantastic. In recent times, Doctor Doom proved a key player in stopping a worldwide vampire invasion orchestrated by the ancient evil of Varnae, who plunged the Earth into an endless night by enveloping the planet with Darkforce.[51] Doom helped an incapacitated Doctor Strange to dispel the Darkforce in temporary exchange for the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme.[52] However, Doom refused to give up the mantle following Earth's liberation, seeing that he had much more work to do before he believed the world to be safe in his own eyes.[8]

[CantinaTalkSW]

Who would you have liked to play the MCU's Victor Von Doom??

[cbob]

Some exec: Get the guy from Oppenheimer for Dr Doom.
Feige: I’ll call RDJ right now and lock him in….

[TheShockVox]

I’m not saying it can’t work. I’m saying it’s not nearly as exciting as someone else being Doom

[simbriant]

An alternate Tony Stark as Doom? Or even RDJ playing Victor, a totally separate character? This could have been an awesome reveal had they done it in the movies. But no, some exec probably thought it was a better idea to reveal it to everyone outside of the movies. They killed any hype they could have built for the mystery surrounding the Dr. Doom. And they made the MCU look desperate for attention.

[kit]

As a casual Marvel fan, I find the RDJ casting to be confusing and odd. This isn't a knock on RDJ, but because of this casting, I'm much less interested in the new Doom character.

[CantinaTalkSW]

Chapters:
00:00 - 00:45 - Intro
00:46 - 01:41- Favreau & Feige Interview
01:42- 02:10 - Kevin Feige RDJ Pitch
02:11 - 02:41- Is RDJ an Iron Man Variant?
02:58 - 03:41 - Fantastic Four Appearance
03:42 - 05:09 - Why it woks
05:10 - 05:56 - Outro

[sandrales]

the one thing R.D.J has is charisma... if they get him a script that works with his depiction of the charackter it will be a hit like iron man was in every single movie he appeared in... and i love to have him in the mcu again then i have a reason again to watch the movies... R.D.J. is for me personally the person that carrys the whole MCU therefore ill definetly look into his return to the movies

[innrchakra]

I’m genuinely curious as to what has Marvel showed all of you as of recent that would make you believe that they’re creative enough to pull this off? I mean if this flops they’re risking their legacy as a whole now..

[zombiegroan]

If they picked someone else they could have used that extra money to make a good movie.

[masonsundstad]

Mads Mikkelsen would be the perfect pick for the real Doom. He's got that Romanian energy that connects more to the Docs backstory

[SmokeyVoyage]

I don't think people are understanding the potential of a Iron Man vs Doom fight happening at some point in the MCU. It would be Legendary

[LuigiHann]

I don't know how much of this will come through in the final film, but I can see how "Victor Von Doom as an evil Tony Stark variant" could have come about as an idea to structurally replace the "He Who Remains/Victor Timely/Kang" storyline set up in the Loki series.

[SteveMcT]

All these simple people who don't understand why this is great. Subscribed

[alexvaillustrations]

50/50 on it, just gonna wait till we actually see him as doom, I do feel like everyone is jumping the gun tho. Plus with the mcu making its own changes to things iv just always seen the mcu as its own comic book run instead of an adoption and the changes it makes works most of the time anyway.

[jevilTF]

Most people I think are forgetting the fact that Doom's face has that Darth Vader crisp, and has a mask permanently attached to his face, plus he'll probably be doing a voice and vocal effects and such, so pretty good chance you won't be able to tell it's even RDJ

[extremepop]

There will ALWAYS be someone that makes excuses for what sucks... Always. Never forget that.

[klrworkman]

5:33 that mf never PLAYED Blade. 🤨 Westley Snipes is still the one and only

[eon]

Everyone bending over backwards to rationalise this. I'm sorry, it doesn't work no matter how you slice it. Stark variant would be good enough. No need for this.

[jarjarjargon]

I don't think I ever realized how many actors have played multiple marvel roles, that's wild! I definitely see HOW this could work but I am cautiously optimistic for now.

[Kaizu]

You have to give credit to Jon Favreau. He was pushing to cast someone that “everyone” was resistant about back in Iron Man. Now, the push back is from the audience who is resistant to him playing Dr Doom (at least partly).

If anything imo, Favreau sees something that the normal movie goer doesn’t which is the fascinating part. I’m sure he would be the first to say RDJ isn’t right for Dr Doom.