Robert Downey Jr. can’t say a lot about “Avengers: Doomsday,” the upcoming Marvel tentpole that reintroduces him to the franchise because the villainous Physician Doom, however he’s assuring comedian e-book film followers that it’ll stay as much as the hype. Talking to CBR alongside co-director Joe Russo, the Oscar winner mentioned the film “landed in a place that I think will more than suffice” for followers.
“And it’s not even about how I executed it,” Downey added. “It’s about the way it’s been structured, and the other characters. There’s something going on in ‘Doomsday’ and forward that is literally the only antidote to: How do you not have these films be let down after an ‘Infinity War’ and an ‘Endgame?’ And boy, have we labored long and hard to bring that down.”
In fact, Downey couldn’t reveal what that factor in “Doomsday” and “Avengers: Secret Wars” is. Joe Russo mentioned “there are a lot of surprises” within the new film, including: “I think [‘Doomsday’] is the most emotionally complex of all of them. And in a lot of ways, the most mature of all of them.”
“There’s an incredible amount of gratitude we have going into these two,” Downey additionally famous. “One epic at a time. ‘Doomsday’… just the gratitude to be able to do it. To still be engaging with people who are critical when we fall short, but who understand how difficult it is when we get it right.”
Downey’s villain debut in “Doomsday” follows his tenure enjoying the superhero Iron Man within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The character exited in 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame,” after which Marvel’s monitor report obtained bumpy with blockbusters (“Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Deadpool vs. Wolverine”) and flops (“The Marvels,” “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”) alike.
“Avengers: Doomsday” opens in theaters Dec. 18 from Disney and Marvel Studios.
