Robert Downey Jr. returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe to play the villain Doctor Doom in two new “Avengers” movies came as a massive shock to fans, but it turns out the news might not be a total surprise. In a video Marvel Entertainment debuted last year in which director Jon Favreau sat down with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige to reminisce on the making of the first MCU movie, 2008’s “Iron Man,” Favreau revealed that Downey had already been in the Marvel orbit. And for what role? Doctor Doom.
“I remember that Robert had come in for a general [meeting] on [‘Iron Man’] and you had already met with him for Doctor Doom or something,” Favreau told Feige, who was an executive producer on 2005’s “Fantastic Four” and 2007’s “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.”
“I think he had come through on ‘Fantastic Four.’ So…
