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At San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel shocked and delighted fans with the revelation that Robert Downey Jr. would be returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But this time he's playing Doctor Doom, one of Marvel's interesting supervillains, rather than Tony Stark, or Iron Man, his renowned character from earlier in his films. After Tony Stark dies in ‘Civil War II’, Doctor …
Robert Downey Jr presented the Trailblazer Award at the Sundance Film Festival to director Christopher Nolan. Playfully, Downey joked that the massive success of Oppenheimer unintentionally made Nolan more recognizable to the public and how that's a “terrible tragedy” Robert Downey Jr and Christopher Nolan at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Opening Night Gala The actor humorously talked about a …
When they first came face to face in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor and Iron Man were at each other’s throats even though they later became friends. It turns out that the actors playing these characters--Chris Hemsworth and Robert Downey Jr--had a similar equation starting out. Chris Hemsworth and Robert Downey Jr have played Thor and Iron Man respectively in …
Marvel movies are known to have popularised the post-credit scene, and one of the most beloved ones came in the first Avengers film in 2012. The scene featured the six central characters -- Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, and Black Widow -- quietly eating shawarma at a restaurant. Director Joss Whedon told Entertainment Weekly in 2012 that they …