The former big villain of the Marvel films, who was ousted from the MCU, was “heartbroken” when he saw the announcement of Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom

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A new antagonist for the MCU

From July 25 to 28, the San Diego Comic-Con 2024 took place, a festival organized every year to honor American comics. For the occasion, important players in the industry will meet there, including personalities from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. On stage, they were able to reveal some of their plans for the future, including the return of the Russo brothers, an expected news that we already revealed to you in this article. However, the highlights of this conference mainly lie in the highly anticipated fifth installment of the Avengers. whose name was changed from Avengers: Kang Dynasty to Avengers: Doomsday.

A program that therefore changes radically for the MCU, with a certain Doctor Doom arriving in the universe. To interpret this character, a well-known actor revealed himself at the end of the show: I’m talking, of course, about Robert Downey Junior, the one and only.

Obviously, this change of plans regarding the antagonist of the next Avengers leaves a huge disappointment in the person of Kang the Conqueror. Introduced as the future main antagonist in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, the supervillain barely had time to reveal himself in the second season of Loki before he was pushed out of the projections of Marvel Cinematics CEO Kevin Feige. If the Comic-Con announcements suggest that the Conqueror has a good chance of being forgotten by the universe, it’s still a question of how. In fact, the post-credits scene of the last Ant-Man hinted at a more than important return of the antagonist. So it’s quite a pirouette that the writers have to pull off if they don’t want to shock Kang’s fan base.

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An actor who is anything but flawless

Following Comic-Con, Jonathan Majors, the actor who plays Kang, was interviewed by the media TMZ. On the microphone, the comedian said he was “heartbroken” to see Marvel move on from Kang’s character. Like everyone else, he saw the announcement of Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom, but that doesn’t seem to necessarily calm him down. When asked about his desire to reprise his role, he doesn’t hesitate for a second:

Obviously! I love him, I love Kang. If that’s what the fans want and if that’s what Marvel wants, then let’s go for it. Of course.

As a reminder, the actor was benched by Marvel after he was accused of certain revelations regarding domestic violence cases. Over time, these allegations multiplied and revealed further setbacks, including toxic behavior, abuse of power, and physical and verbal attacks. As a result, a trial against him was opened in late November 2023; In this trial, he was found guilty by American courts of assault and harassment.

Therefore, knowing Disney’s policies regarding such cases, we can assume that the actor will never set foot on any of the American giant’s sets. Therefore, we understand a little better the reasons that led Marvel to completely rework the narrative of the next films in the series.

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