- A new theory of Marvel fans on Avengers: Doomsday circulate online
- Fans think that Robert Downey Jr suggests that he will play two characters in the film McU
- A recent Instagram post by Downey Jr is to blame
Robert Downey Jr has launched a new theory – and potentially enormous – among Marvel fans Avengers: Doomsday.
Last Saturday (July 26), the actor of Superstar, who will represent Doctor Victor Von Doom in the next film, published an apparently harmless video on Instagram.
For the most part, the images show that Downey Jr struck the game on one of his son’s songs (Indio Downey) on Spotify. Then the A-Lister briefly oscillates his phone camera on a few Marvel comics, before turning it on itself in the mouth towards the aforementioned melody.
It was these comics that searched fans of Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in a frenzy.
Well, one of them anyway. The first comic strip that we see is a copy of “ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars ”, alias the race of 12 problems created by Jim Shooter, Mike Zeck and Bob Layton which ran from May 1984 to April 1985. It is one of the two series of comic strips of Secret Wars – Jonathan Hickman and Esad Rebic of May 2015 – Anthony Russo said from May 2015 – who Joe and Anthony Russo said to be inspired by May 2015 – That Joe and Anthony Russo Judgment Day And his film immediately Avengers: secret wars. The fact that Downey JR reads the comic book series for research purposes is therefore not a big surprise.
It is the other literary work, entitled “Iron Man: Legacy of Doom”, which sent MCU devots in a Tailpin.
Considering that Downey Jr played Tony Stark and his superhero alter-ego Iron Man in the MCU between 2008 and 2019, some observers might think that it is only a nod to the two emblematic marvel characters that he will have played by the moment Avengers: secret wars arrived in December 2027.
However, longtime Marvel fans read much more and have even designed a new fans theory on the casting of Downey Jr in the film Marvel Phase 6 – a hypothesis that I certainly hope to be wrong. Potentially large spoilers immediately follow for the next two Avengers films. Now go back unless you really want to know what fans theorize.
Does Robert Downey Jr play two characters in Avengers: Doomsday?
For the uninitiated, “Iron Man: Legacy of Doom” is a series of comics with four numbers which presents another confrontation between the eponymous armored superhero and Doom. Okay, the latter is more commonly associated as the occurrence of The Fantastic Four, but he is also engaged in a few nicknames with Stark in Marvel Comics.
Indeed, “Legacy of Doom” is the third time that they have been locking the horns on the page. The first came to an iron story in two parts entitled “Doomquest”, which landed on the shelves in 1981, while the second occurred in `The Doctor’s Passion ”, another two -part account published in 1989.
Okay, but what has it to do with Downey JR having a double role in Avengers 5 And its suite, which is already one of the most anticipated new films in 2027? Some fans believe that Downey Jr indicates that he plays Dom And A variant of Iron Man, or confirms his destiny East A variant of Stark itself.
The latter is a theory that has circulated online since Downey Jr was revealed to play Doom in the McU in San Diego Comic-Con 2024. Indeed, some fans asked why Marvel would hire Downey Jr to play Doom if he was not an alternative of the universe which had not seen the errors of his magic and to combine the magic of McU and which could find the MCU makes technology. Hey, Iron heart Already proven that magic and technology can mix, so it’s not as if someone like evil could not find how to mix both.
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This is the other theory on Downey Jr potentially playing Doom and another version of Stark / Iron Man, however, that worried me.
If – and it’s a big one – Judgment Day Adapts an aspect of “Iron Man: Inheritance of Doom”, we could have a situation where the aforementioned situation becomes reality. If this is the case, we could see Doom from Downey Jr and an austere variant, which would also have been represented by the A-Lister, fight it to show how powerful and / or if Doom needs to acquire a technology that Stark has perfected.
The other possibility is that Downey Jr will resume his role as Stark / Iron Man in Secret wars. There have been murmurs that Chris Evans could come back as Steve Rogers / Captain America in the sixth Avengers film, which would be presented as a celebration of each Marvel comic book universe forever existed before the MCU existenceSecret wars. This includes the X-Men franchises of 20th Century Fox, the three Spider-Man universes of Sony and the MCU.
If this turned out to be the case, in the eyes of Marvel, it would not be an appropriate commemoration without the Downey Jr Stark being part. After all, he launched the cinematic universe of the comic strip giant.
Nevertheless, bringing Downey JR as a Stark in any form would cancel his heartbreaking but heroic sacrifice in 2019 Avengers: end of game. In my opinion, it was the adjustment although goodbye soft-to be deserved, and I hated seeing him come back like Iron Man Judgment Day and / or Secret wars Because of this. It is therefore a theory of fans that I do not want to see materialize.
Avengers: Doomsday will be published in theaters on December 18, 2026.
