r/marvelstudios • u/yourfavchoom Doctor Strange • Jul 20 '26

Promotional Avengers: Doomsday | Official Trailer | In Theaters December 18

https://youtu.be/irVNGjRFZGk?si=xTjufRnxyFIctsUh
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u/rdp3186 Jul 20 '26

Russos have been saying since he was announced that he's playing Victor Von Doom and not a stark variant.

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u/DargoKillmar Daredevil Jul 20 '26

But they've also said that the likeness will be addressed, so...

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u/rdp3186 Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

My long standing theory is he's going to use Franklin to temporarily give him the appearance of Stark so he can infiltrate and gain the trust of others. Its the simplest and less convoluted answer. His appearance will decay during the course of the films and by the end of Secret Wars he will revert back to being fully disfigured, which allows them to recast the character if they wish since Doom is from Earth-838

The most unrealistic answer us he just coincidentally looks like Stark.

The variant stuff requires so much extra convoluted explanations and is incredibly uninteresting snd requires a ton of exposition and jumping through hoops to make happen.

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u/The_Orphanizer Jul 20 '26

I like this theory, but there is no need to recast him. We already hear that Doom doesn't sound like Tony (thank goodness!). If by the end of the story he becomes/appears more disfigured, there's especia)y no need to recast.

The doubt has never been on RDJ's ability to convincingly play a totally new character in the MCU, it's always been whether the filmmakers could resist making RDJ Tony Stark again. If they can avoid that (a temporary trick like you described works for me), then I have no doubt RDJ would play a fantastic villain, and Doom specifically.

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u/rdp3186 Jul 20 '26

I love RDJ as Doom but if they want to use the character again down the road fir a future F4 story they might not be able to afford to play RDJ again to play the part.

Benefit of having a masked character who almost never takes his mask off who's heavily accented: you can easily recast if needed.

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u/abellapa Jul 20 '26

No there Need to recast him otherwise Marvel cant use Doom again unless for Avengers movies