Robert Downey Jr. CONFIRMS he is playing Victor Von Doom

Marvel Studios announced at San Diego Comic-Con last month that the Russo Brothers would direct Avengers: Doomsday, and Avengers: Secret Wars.

With Robert Downey Jr. as Multiverse Saga villain Doctor Doom, the biggest surprise was left for last.
It was surprising that the Oscar-winner would play Iron Man again after over a decade. Fans' worries that he'll play an evil Tony Stark Variant in Doom's armor have dimmed the thrill.

Downey revealed his Doom part to The Hollywood Reporter when discussing his performance as Iron Man in Disneyland's "Stark Flight Lab" ride. He also confirmed that he's playing Victor Von Doom and discussed Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige's desire to honor the character.

"So, probably a year ago...cause, you know, [Kevin] Feige and I have kept in touch. We're pals. Favreau, Feige, and I have kept in touch. I'm close with the Russo Brothers; we have other business we're doing. So, there's this little group of fellow travellers and I had this instinct that I wanted to go to Bob Iger and I had an idea outside of the Cinematic Universe for how I could be of service to what's going on in the Parks and all their location-based entertainment."

"Susan 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, wait, come back as what?' Then we both realised over time that it was another thing that just disproves any doubt anyone could ever have about that guy, a very sophisticated creative thinker, about how can we not go backwards, how can we not disappoint expectations, how we can continue to beat expectations? And he brought up Victor Von Doom. I looked up this character and I was like, 'Wow.' Later, Kevin goes, 'Let’s get Victor Von Doom right. Let's get that right.'"

"So then I said to Kevin, 'Can I go talk to Bob Iger?' He goes, 'About?' I go, 'About everything. I'd gone to Bob's house and I don't know how to describe that experience. I've had a lot of really cool experiences, but I go to Iger's pad, we sit down and he goes, 'I like it.' I was like, 'He likes it.' He said, 'Come by the Imagineering Campus.' Feige and I go to the Imagineering Campus and you want to talk about two guys that are not easy to have their minds blown, let alone at the same time...I can't say too much, but what is going on there right now is so beyond my expectation of what was possible."