{"id":1636,"date":"2026-04-17T20:34:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T03:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legadodamarvel.com.br\/en\/?p=1636"},"modified":"2026-04-17T20:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T03:46:34","slug":"marvel-had-already-been-planning-robert-downey-jr-s-return-since-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legadodamarvel.com.br\/en\/marvel-had-already-been-planning-robert-downey-jr-s-return-since-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Had Already Been Planning Robert Downey Jr.\u2019s Return Since 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legadodamarvel.com.br\/en\/tag\/robert-downey-jr\/\">Robert Downey Jr.<\/a>&#8216;s return to Marvel was planned long before you imagined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, the idea of bringing the actor back to the MCU didn&#8217;t come out of nowhere. According to Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, talks about Downey Jr.&#8217;s return had been happening since early 2023 &#8211; more than a year before the official announcement at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement to the website Fandango, Feige got straight to the point. According to him, the friendship with the actor never faded after Endgame.<\/p><div class=\"banner banner--content\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9014371380271401\"     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><!-- Marvel (Na Mat\u00e9ria) | HTML --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9014371380271401\"     data-ad-slot=\"4293518781\"><\/ins><script>     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;Since Endgame, we saw each other constantly. For a long time it was said: &#8216;What could we do and how could we bring him back?'&#8221;, the producer revealed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-kevin-feige-personally-went-to-robert-downey-jr-s-house\">Kevin Feige personally went to Robert Downey Jr.&#8217;s house!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The plan gradually took shape, and in early 2023 everything became more concrete. Feige said he went to the actor&#8217;s own house to pitch the idea in person. The result? Downey Jr. was excited about the proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the proposal was bold: he wouldn&#8217;t be coming back as Tony Stark, but as Marvel&#8217;s greatest villain, Doctor Doom. For an actor who spent more than 10 years building an iconic hero, the turnaround is huge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s worth remembering that the actor&#8217;s return was announced around the same time as negotiations to fire Jonathan Majors, who played Kang, the original villain of the Multiverse Saga.<\/p><div class=\"banner banner--content\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9014371380271401\"     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><!-- Marvel (Na Mat\u00e9ria) | HTML --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9014371380271401\"     data-ad-slot=\"4293518781\"><\/ins><script>     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Many fans speculated that Marvel brought Downey Jr. back at the last minute precisely because of this crisis. Feige clearly wanted to debunk that version with his statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In any case, what still remains a mystery is how exactly Victor Von Doom connects to Tony Stark within the story. Marvel is saving that explanation for the movie itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to Robert Downey Jr., the cast of <a href=\"https:\/\/legadodamarvel.com.br\/en\/movie\/avengers-doomsday\/\">Avengers: Doomsday<\/a> also includes the return of Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, along with the Thunderbolts, the Wakandans, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men. In other words, the hero reunion promises to be historic.<\/p><div class=\"banner banner--content\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9014371380271401\"     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><!-- Marvel (Na Mat\u00e9ria) | HTML --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9014371380271401\"     data-ad-slot=\"4293518781\"><\/ins><script>     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The film hits theaters on December 18. And with each new piece of information that comes out, anticipation only grows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What did you think? 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