The one-time Tony Stark will soon play Marvel Comics villain Doctor Doom. The news has our pop culture critic asking: Can you imagine Robert Downey Jr. saying these Doctor Doom lines?
Robert Downey Jr. onstage at the Marvel Studios panel during Comic-Con in San Diego over the weekend.
There’s every reason to suspect, given the current state of the MCU , that there’s some logical narrative reason for the studio to turn to the guy who played Iron Man to play Doctor Doom, and that said reason goes somewhat deeper than “Hey lookit they both got metal masks!”Fans, it will not surprise you, took to the internet to register their opinions on this announcement.
Conversely, Robert Downey, Jr. slips into the persona of Victor von Doom like a box of wax crayons slips into an industrial hydraulic press. We know that what happens next will be dramatic and colorful, yes. But it’s not the best use of those crayons, andDon’t get me wrong: Downey, as an actor, is more than Stark. He’s played Chaplin, he’s played Sherlock Holmes, heBut still, there’s such a thing as an actor’s public persona, and how well it resonates with a given pre-established character.
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