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Robert Downey Jr. explains his shocking decision to return to Marvel: ‘Let’s get Victor Von Doom right’
The Hollywood Reporter’s “Awards Chatter” podcast and confirmed that Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige convinced him to return to the MCU as notorious villain Doctor Doom.“Susan [Downey] and I were sitting down with Feige at one point, and he said, ‘It just keeps occurring to me that if you were to come back,’ and Susan was like, ‘Wait, come back as what?’ “Downey Jr. said that he and his wife, who is also his producing partner, witnessed in that moment Feige, 51, being “a very sophisticated creative thinker,” as he pitched the couple about Downey Jr. playing Doctor Doom.Feige, according to Downey Jr., wanted to make sure they didn’t “go backwards” or “disappoint expectations” with the shocking casting decision.