2024 Comic-Con: Robert Downey Jr. Makes Surprising Return to MCU as Doctor Doom

The one person who could play Victor Von Doom. From superhero to supervillain, five years after he was killed off as Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. is back as Dr. Doom. New mask, same task. What can I tell you? I like playing complicated characters. RDJ revived the MCU and pulled in a reported $435 million over 11 years. No word on what the Oscar winner is being paid for Avengers Doomsday out May 2026 and Avengers Secret Wars to follow in May of 2027. But leave it to his movie wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, to say what many critics are thinking. You're gonna kill yourself, Tony. Quote, I don't get it. Are you a baddie now? And speaking of Marvel transformations, Harrison Ford, who co-stars in Captain America Brave New World, How did you feel when you saw yourself as Red Hulk for the first time? Am I out of line for saying that Red Hulk is kind of hot? You're not wrong. Not wrong. You're not wrong. I just gotta lay off the gym, though, I think. How the heck did you guys get Harrison Ford to come in this movie as Red Hulk? I said, I need a favor, big dog. Can you pull up on me? And he was like, yo, give me a minute. Let me hit you back. He hit me back two days later and he was like, I'm on it. I said, come get it. He said, I want it. If you got it, I'm gonna come get it. If you with it, then he pulled up. I don't know you well enough to know if this is a true story or not. So I'm going with you. I love it. That's my dog. That's my dog. Also in the middle of a resurgence, I'm gonna be president. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who reprises her role of Valentina in Thunderbolts. Everyone's watching Veep right now. You're having brat summer. I'm a brat when I'm bumping that. Brat. There's that brat thing again. It's a good thing. I'm not calling you a brat. I'm brat and I think Valentina is brat baby doll. You can just call me Val, but don't call me Val. Just keep it in your head. And this was kind of scary. Jennifer Garner, a.k.a. Elektra, who makes a surprise cameo in Deadpool and Wolverine, ended up needing her own superhero when she got stuck in an elevator for over an hour. We're 11 minutes into our elevator sit. I could use a Wolverine. I could use a Deadpool. I could use someone. We're 45 minutes in. Today, Ryan Reynolds revealed on Instagram that Wrexham footballer Paul Mullen also makes a cameo appearance. The film took in a staggering $444 million globally this weekend, the highest opening ever for an R-rated movie. We keep whispering to each other, just take it in. This is a pretty wild moment.