The Oscar winner’s surprise casting in Avengers – not as Iron Man but as Doctor Doom – will bring much-needed gravity to the role. But will the MCU acknowledge his past life as Tony Stark?
, not as Iron Man/Tony Stark, but as the supervillain Doctor Doom? Well yes, because nobody had really seen this coming when the actor was unveiled at Comic-Con in San Diego last weekend.
Despite being a mainstay of the comics as the terrifying, magic and science-wielding arch-nemesis of Marvel’s first family, the Fantastic Four, Doom has often been a total joke on the big screen. Julian McMahon’s take in 2005’s Fantastic Four was less sinister, diabolical Latverian monarch, more disgruntled tech bro who finally snaps after too many password resets.
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