So... About That Doctor Doom Casting...

[@troyoboyo17]

MCU Doctor Doom be like: "Um... he's dooming right behind me, isn't he?"

[@MaybeMania]

“It’s Victorbin Time”

[@Luckyyoutuberservices]

"I hate you 3000"

[@Injusticelord]

“I’m Doctor Doom!” “What Professor Devastation was already taken?”

[@daviddyster4145]

Do you know who I cast for Dr. doom Adam driver

[@HolyStarling198]

Release the Chair cut

[@Chef740]

Chris Evans as Galactus is gonna be hype

[@RobertDownySenior]

Scarlett Johansson as Magneto will be even better

[@ivanagustinortiz5237]

​@@RobertDownySenior I mean, at least she's jewish. More respect than they would ever pay to Doom, apparently.

[@RobertDownySenior]

@banquetoftheleviathan1404 I don’t think so

[@sheildingepicness]

@@ivanagustinortiz5237 you mean they have to actually cast a latverian guy for you to be pleased? good luck with that one

[@trickster80]

@@sheildingepicness what are you yapping about, he meant romani

[@loganstrong5426]

Can you imagine if the movie comes out and RDJ was not even in the movie but they just had him hang around set to conceal the actual actor for Doctor Doom.

[@sweetsandcharades8383]

I would have newfound respect for RDJ if he did that..!

[@jingleballs9935]

In the universe where everything is perfect, yea man.

[@apersonwhomayormaynotexist9868]

Genuinely I'm guessing there's a chance that this was just an elaborate joke and RDJ was just in San Diego for SDCC anyways and they were like 'hey you wanna do something funny?'

[@sadtimesalways]

@@apersonwhomayormaynotexist9868i wish that was true but there are already reports about him being paid 80+ million & that he came back because the russos did too.. granted every report given to news outlets could be a big inside joke, but i feel like this is too smart for marvel studios to do

[@sadtimesalways]

god, you have no idea how much i wish that was true

[@davidshane7883]

The Russos saying that RDJ is playing *the* Victor Von Doom reminds me of Rocksteady claiming that the Arkham Knight was an original character in their press tour prior to the release.

[@gayanudugampola8973]

Didn't people immediately suspect Arkham Knight to be Jason Todd despite him never appearing in the Arkham games before.

[@wheattoast1971]

@@gayanudugampola8973Yeah lol

[@dannyorange9023]

Agreed. There's zero chance he's playing Doom as "Victor Von Doom", he's playing Doom as a Tony Stark variant, 1million percent for sure. The Russos do not care one tiny bit about the actual character they are ruining, they just want to appropriate his iconic suit and character design to sell us more Tony Stark stories. It's a travesty.

[@devinbrewer8956]

​@@gayanudugampola8973The literal minute I heard Arkham knights voice I knew who it was lol

[@fionn_mac_ribs]

@@dannyorange9023They literally said he was playing Victor Von Doom during the reveal. They said “Victor Von Doom.”

[@chrispy3369]

Not the first to say this, but that was the record for the fastest "We're so Back" and "MCU is dead."

[@gayanudugampola8973]

Average MCU fan after Endgame.

[@808Slush]

​@@gayanudugampola8973 that's because the quality of each release has been all over the place since endgame... im not gonna accept the " shut up, don't think, consume, and enjoy this" mentality.

[@troyoboyo17]

It's so Joe(Russo)-ver

[@Prominent_intellect]

Average Hater just giving copium answer

[@brewmaster2912]

@@troyoboyo17you mentioned during the Spider-Man 4 prewrite that you might make a No Way Home rewrite in the future. Do you still wanna make a video on that? If not, how would you rewrite NWH?

[@C.R.Cole331]

I've never hoped for a bait and switch so much in my life

[@sweetsandcharades8383]

Agreed!

[@thesmilyguyguy9799]

Same

[@Colton-x7e]

“i hate you 3000!” - victor von doom in avengers secret wars

[@DroptheMike42]

*mf doom intensifies*

[@cholst1]

Probably the 3000th time I've seen someone copy this comment

[@Colton-x7e]

@@cholst1 ☝️🥸

[@Anchor1981]

😂😂😂😂

[@Door227]

“Now prepare to meet your doom… okay that sounded better in my head”

[@KravenSpider]

It’s crazy how RDJ is getting paid the amount of at least 3, maybe 4 MCU movies

[@ivanagustinortiz5237]

Not really, most of the MCU movies lately have been far more expensive. It's like one and a half times what 2016 Deadpool's budget was

[@ProjektTaku]

A single MCU movie these days is like 200 million. 80mil for a single MCU movie would be shockingly low.

[@shaakzistaken]

@@ProjektTakuI think he means he is being paid for how much he would of got paid for 3/4 movies in the pst

[@umjammerlammy9993]

He’s being paid enough money to purchase a small nation

[@ProjektTaku]

@@shaakzistaken oh, that's fair.

[@PetSymmetry]

Praying that RDJ’s doom shows up and immediately gets killed by “Doom prime”. Please Marvel

[@Eggplantman21]

Nope. You don't pay an actor close to 100 mil just to kill him off. Hes Doom and its doomed.

[@galaxycamerata]

Tell that to Deadpool 2 literally throwing most of their star-studded cast into a woodchipper for a gag.

[@FEINESIS]

I mean they never said he's gonna be the the main antagonist for doomsday let alone secret wars aswell its only heavily implied bevause hes playing a version of doom so that could actually happen

[@justablindman1443]

Rdj played an Australian playing a black dude , he good

[@uhwaykin]

@@galaxycamerata Apart from Brad Pitt who I’m certain didn’t get paid 100M for that cameo, the characters they killed off were absolutely not comparable in any way. Like be serious, the biggest of those actors was whom? Terry Crews? Bill Skaarsgard? I can see Iron Doom getting killed by the “real” Doom at the end of Secret War, but by then the moviegoing audience is going to think that Dr Doom is a Tony Stark variant.

[@ChandlerRobinsonCRV]

Im so glad you brought up the Romani aspect then directly have him compared to Magnetos jewish heritage which is *chefs kiss*

[@darkdog42]

The problem with casting a Romani actor is there aren’t very many well known actors so a stand out would have to actively seek the casting.

[@meelsky]

@@darkdog42You realise why that is right? There are so few well known Romani actors because people refuse to cast them and keep casting white people instead. There would be far more famous Roma if they actually got to play prominent Romani characters.

[@DficienC]

Except if this is just a tony stark whot akes up the doom persona. Then there is no reason for him to be romani

[@thetruegavinator]

​@@DficienCProblem is, that's fucking lame.

[@meelsky]

@@DficienC That would be a pretty stupid decision story wise though, everyone wants to see a proper dr doom adaptation, iron mans story is already complete and people don’t want another tony stark thrown in for no reason

[@thedeed8740]

Would’ve been fine if he came back as superior Ironman ☹️

[@troyoboyo17]

Literally so easy. Right there. Like why

[@thedeed8740]

@@troyoboyo17 I feel dumb for feeling so confident that that was the direction they were going 😭 I figured that superior iron man was the reason why Spider-Man was so connected to iron man and why daredevil got revealed when he did Biggest fumble they’ve made imo but hopefully they’re cooking up something good

[@guywholikesanimations1018]

Or have him be kang Like in the ultimate comics

[@gedeonnunes5626]

​@@guywholikesanimations1018 I've seen some rumors that Majors made a deal with Marvel that prohibited anyone else from playing Kang

[@wariowahwah580]

⁠@@troyoboyo17”No symbiotes in the mcu, venom is sony only even though we nodded to him coming to the mcu. We literally cannot have RDJ with the symbiote.” I can only make up strawmen

[@lizardchef9024]

I am so glad somebody else is bringing up Dooms race. It's a huge part of his character and isn't smth I feel should be left to the wayside

[@ramgami-7122]

Respectfully why? An actor's job is to portray something they are not...

[@meelsky]

@@ramgami-7122Let’s just cast a white guy as black panther then. Or an Asian guy as magneto and just say that he’s polish and jewish the whole time even though he clearly isn’t. That’s perfectly fine and not completely stupid, right? It’s an actors job, right?

[@ramgami-7122]

@@meelsky Been done before. Actors just have to vaguely look like the character they are portraying unless they do a race change (the little mermaid for instance) Off the top of my head, stormfront who is a Nazi in 'The Boys' is portrayed by a Jewish woman. But you don't see anyone complaining because she looks the part... And also, yes, why not cast a white actor? Dr Doom isn't even fully Romani if you want to get specific. He's half of a fictional country's ethnicity. And as I discussed in another comment, Romanis come in ALL colors, just like Latinos can.

[@meelsky]

@@ramgami-7122 Nationality isn’t ethnicity, he’s Romani and lives in latveria. No, there’s never been an Asian guy cast to play a white jewish man. There have been plenty white guys cast to play black characters, and that was because of extreme racism.

[@meelsky]

@@ramgami-7122 Are you saying we should be casting white english people to play Latinos? You realise it’s not just about skin tone, right? It’s about racism in the industry and how representation in media affects people.

[@proudspartan313]

Critiquing the most obvious stunt casting for a billion dollar franchise isn't being negative. It's being analytical & not just blindly loving whatever is handed, especially when factors like whitewashing are in play

[@landaclay9331]

Doctor doom is whitte you cant white wash an already white character

[@qtarokujo5246]

​@@landaclay9331Doctor Doom is canonically Romani in the comics. The other Fox movies consistently whitewash him

[@Averagebasementman]

@@qtarokujo5246more like green washed.

[@landaclay9331]

@@qtarokujo5246 in the comics he is white as snow so it dosnt matter who plays him along as it matches his skin tone again why is this a problem when hollywood had been black washing characters

[@qtarokujo5246]

@landaclay9331 Read a book man, I can't go into how wrong you are

[@Scandal262]

DC started putting comic recs at the end of their trailers for their last few movies. I just cant help but think about how disney would NEVER do something like that. They're so allergic to the source material that got them to where they are today

[@thadmaster7]

@@Scandal262 I don't think Disney would even care if the MCU did such a thing

[@DavidTerry-u6y]

I’ve been saying that for years. It’s like having little to no knowledge of the Marvel universe is a prerequisite. Did you know Shane Black admitted he didn’t know The Mandarin was Iron Man’s chief nemesis? It’s so EASY to get these movies right.

[@hunterjanky2729]

I liked the part when rdj as doom said "its dooming time" and doomed all over

[@teo_the_riddler]

HOW CAN THIS JOKE STILL MAKE ME LAUGH 💀

[@TheJanses]

@@teo_the_riddler cause he doomed the mcu /s

[@thesansthatasked]

the place

[@joeygamer5387]

But it's Fantastic 4. Finally! FINALLY, it'll be clobberin' time!

[@ProjektTaku]

@@joeygamer5387 I like the part where the Clobber said "Its clobberin' time!" and clobbed all over.

[@super8bitable]

Can’t wait for him to say “The name’s Doctor Doom. Doctor Evil was already taken. 😏”

[@alexlemonds2838]

For me there's two major possibilities. 1: Downey is a misdirect and will turn out to be a Doom Bot. 2: it's legit, but he never removes the mask.

[@mero7731]

There's no possible way he wears that mask for the majority of it

[@thats4thebirds]

There’s just no way I can buy into the idea that they’re so heavy handed about reusing RDJ and then they don’t use his face. It just makes no sense. He’s not Daniel day Lewis. There are other actors they can use. So if they aren’t using him to engage with the fact that “WOW HE LOOKS LIKE TONY STARK,” then what even is the point.

[@master-of-many-fandoms2020]

Or… (and hear me out) this is only a one time role where after Secret Wars and they cast someone else with the right ethnicity and great acting chops. Huh?

[@RobertDownySenior]

@@master-of-many-fandoms2020they will 100% only use him until the end of the multiverse saga because they can’t pay him anymore money

[@landaclay9331]

​@master-of-many-fandoms2020 hey what about nick furry. Also you people whine about white washing even though it happens far less then you people turning white characters black. Also doctor doom is white like duper white

[@Da_Donut11]

Hold up... Lemme cook... Magneto... ... played by tom holland... 10 billion dollars at the box office for mcu x men

[@HereJune]

As someone that doesnt want magneto ruined, this is a great casting.

[@echoecho57]

Nah, Magneto played by Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson Mystique

[@ZaOnly420]

​@@echoecho57sam Jackson as charles

[@thesansthatasked]

War machine as nick fury

[@damiansilva2454]

Stan Lee's corpse as an extra.

[@medianicko]

Not even a mf doom soundtrack can save this decision

[@Lusk1993]

That'd be pretty cool tho

[@medianicko]

@@Lusk1993 a trailer with All Caps would go insanely hard

[@joenciso364]

@@medianickoaccordion

[@mene6465]

@@medianickodoomsday needs to be on the marvel logo

[@KwassaKwassa_]

MF DOOM edit pls

[@umjammerlammy9993]

If I had a nickel for every time the MCU whitewashed a Romani character, I’d have three nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it sucks that it happened thrice.

[@umjammerlammy9993]

Oh but rest assured we are going forward with the IDF actress as the Mossad agent for the MCUs first Jewish hero in a movie. Great to know the priorities lie in military propaganda

[@landaclay9331]

Oh god your freaking hilarious because the mcu black washed most characters

[@landaclay9331]

​@umjammerlammy9993 you know you have to join the miltary if you're from isreal right. Also, mee geussing you support. hamas eich is a terrorist organization, which wants henaside not just against hews but gays as well

[@shukreewhitley3882]

@@landaclay9331as in who nick fury isn’t that about it

[@landaclay9331]

@@shukreewhitley3882 nick fury used to be white and the op of the comment who I am replying too supports terrorist

[@gingersndragons]

my immediate thought was that it was either going to be really good or really bad and no in between

[@troyoboyo17]

Yeah it’s either some insane galaxy brain move that we just don’t have the eyes to see yet… or it’s gonna be stinky hotdog water

[@skakee10]

@@troyoboyo17 i like hotdog water she is my favorite souuby doo character

[@DarnHooligan]

Probably one of the best videos I’ve seen on this topic. Props for mentioning Doom’s Romani heritage and its significance with the casting

[@westyjustwesty]

I THINK there's an interesting story in there somewhere - id love to see a story where doom comes in, sees a statue of tony stark, realises his face could garner him endless amounts of trust and uses it for whatever ends he decides on. The crazy evil manipulation he could do would be so on brand and so interesting, I just hope they do something interesting with it rather than a gimmick.

[@carrbender]

Wait until the upcoming X-Men MCU movie reveals that the villains will be Magneto and Mystique, played by… Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson!!

[@Your_canonevent]

Ngl if Scarlett was mystique in the og X-Men would be a good casting

[@phantomanchild9744]

No, they'll cast Scarlet Johansson as Magneto to be culturally appropriate. "Guys she's jewish its fine...."

[@TipoIrritable]

@@phantomanchild9744These jokes are not funny

[@TipoIrritable]

They won’t need it. RDJ was just a hype product X-Men doesn’t need hype.

[@aidenbrenneman2302]

“God please let that happen cause that would be so fucking funny”

[@legomarioman27]

15:00 “say that again”

[@zeldatheendoftime8275]

Feel a little bit doomed!

[@comicalcosmonaut959]

The best part of Deadpool and Wolverine was that this was the first MCU movie I can visualize in my head as pages from a comic book. Like every scene, every bit of dialogue, I just picture with the drawing style of a comics issue.

[@ProjektTaku]

Really? I thought Captain America: The First Avenger was the most comic-booky MCU movie.

[@comicalcosmonaut959]

@@ProjektTaku to each their own, but DAW was the first one to give me that feeling

[@ProjektTaku]

@@comicalcosmonaut959 fair, I will say it was really fun and I think the Deadpool movies are great examples of how sometimes ripping a character straight from the comics can be a good thing, and also that reinvention can also be very fun.

[@juicestains52]

I actually revisited Books of Doom a few days before the announcement and words cannot describe how excited I was when they revealed the title of Avengers 5 was “Doomsday”, only to be filled with absolute crushing dread and disappointment when RDJ stepped onto the stage.

[@itscinders6418]

Guess you could say this news is a bit of a… Robert *Downer* Jr. -Insert forced laugh track-

[@teo_the_riddler]

... please leave...

[@SOPHIA-LOVES-MEATBALLS-69]

​@@teo_the_riddlerplease leave 🤡

[@Anchor1981]

😂😂😂

[@ONEDUMMYBOI]

*GET OU-*

[@azureblue9829]

😂😅

[@milkiassamuel780]

Doctor Doom is my favourite Marvel villain and such a complex character with a fantastic rivalry with Reed Richards (pun intended). Though I LOVE RDJ, and he's a phenomenal actor, I do worry if this casting will affect how they adapt Doom since his rivalry with Reed and Latverian/Romani heritage, which are both quintessential aspects of his character. Regardless, Im willing to give this a chance and Im excited to see Doctor Doom return to the big screen again, but Im still very adamant about this casting. They could explore a solid story about Tony being his own worst enemy and the biggest threat to the multiverse; since the MCU started with RDJ, it feels rather poetic that it would end with him. I do think they can touch on good themes surrounding the power of our choices, as Doom could reflect the juxtaposition of Tony's entire character arc in the MCU since Tony learned humility and what it means to make sacrifices for others because of his experience in Afghanistan and friendship with the Avengers, Doom on the other started out with nothing as a Romani peasant and lost his whole family and had to learn to fend for himself mastering both science and magic and liberating the people of his country and becoming the ruler of Latveria for the better, thus creating this god-complex in Doom and establishing an underlying sense of resentment for others if they disagree with his perspective as shown with his immense pettiness against Reed Richards fueling their iconic rivalry, so there is room for them to explore the parallels between the two. But the problem with that is that no matter how you choose to see Doom as his own character in the MCU despite being played by RDJ, you are still going to look at Doctor Doom and think of Iron Man, which is so disheartening since Doom has hardly anything to do with Iron Man as his own origin, motivation and complex and burning hatred for Reed Richards and the Fantastic Four are what makes Doom one of the most influential villains in fiction. I feel mixed about the casting since they're hyping up this movie by bringing back RDJ. Not to mention, there were better choices out there to play Doom and indeed allow the character to be their own individual villain to truly make a name for themselves, not to mention actually cast a European actor to better portray and tap into Doom's Romani heritage (some of my fan castings included Rufus Sewell, Dominic Rains, Nikolaj Costa Waldu etc...) all without the need of being tied down to a previous MCU character that completed their arc. But like I said, I'm always happy to be proven wrong since RDJ will surely do a great job. Still, since the character has been done terribly in all of his live-action appearances, and this will be the 4th time they will see the character, a lot is riding on them to truly nail Doctor Doom for a whole new generation. Guess Harvey Dent was right: *"You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain"*

[@master0fthearts894]

When I saw he was being casted as Doom, my first thought was that it seemed desperate. After I thought about it for an hour, I still found it desperate. Let’s see how I feel after this video.

[@eliottdavy]

Still desperate right?

[@master0fthearts894]

@@eliottdavyYep, still feels desperate.

[@guyinbluu]

The only way I could see this really "working" is having RDJ be the MCU's version of a Doombot, where instead of being an actual robot they're brainwashed people- this version being the Iron Man of the real Doom's universe. It'd be the... least bad way to open up the door for RDJ's return while still being easy cred for Doom

[@aviatornic2839]

It would be such a DOOM move to have a fakeout casting of RDJ.

[@batsaubattler3200]

I'm hoping this is a scream 1 situation where we think it's rdj then he gets killed by the real doom , then bring rdj as superior ironman

[@nasilelelisselo2348]

Chris Evans is Galactus Aaron Taylor-Johnson is Knull Scarlett Johansson is Annihilus Josh Bron is Graviton

[@koifish835]

3:33 in regards to the Russos saying RDJ is "The" Doctor Doom my only hope is that they're actually lying and there's more to it. I don't think that's entirely a cope either since I doubt they'd bring back the actor for Iron Man as a different character in the big multiverse event movie and just play it entirely straight with no wrinkles or twist to it. There's also no mention of RDJ being in the Fantastic 4 movie from what I can tell and it'd be weird to make a F4 movie that doesn't have any mention of Doom whatsoever even if he isn't the main villain. I'm still holding out some hope that he is in fact playing a variant and that there'll still be a proper "real" Doom alongside him.

[@tomgu2285]

That is a cope tough. Stop being delusional they will not pay him 100 Mio for him being only one side character

[@koifish835]

@@tomgu2285 That doesn't mean he'll be a side character he can still be the main villain for one or both of the next avengers movies. I don't even really expect it I just think it'd be a little weird if they didn't pull some other twist when the entire point of this arc has been about alternate universe versions of existing characters.

[@MisterZebra42]

I have enough faith in the Russos that I really doubt they’d buy into this so hard without a twist planned

[@TipoIrritable]

He could always be just another Multiversal version of him. Not THE Doctor Doom.

[@DavidTerry-u6y]

They can endlessly recast Batman and Superman but they can’t recast Iron Man?

[@austinmeghu]

It's a bad idea. A bad idea can be executed well but that doesn't change it from being a bad idea.

[@RealCFZ]

Plot twist: RDJ is actually playing a Doombot.

[@SinsterStrange]

Finally someone agrees, you hit every point I’ve been trying to make and I don’t hear enough people discussing it.

[@nicholasdeporto5257]

I hope Feige lets RDJ utilize his dramatic and serious acting abilities. If they make him quip and say endless cringe one liners I won’t like it. In general I hope MCU has villains again that barely, or better yet , never quip

[@thadmaster7]

@@nicholasdeporto5257 how many MCU movies have you even watched?

[@Lokeessh]

Bro calling Cillian who playes Oppenheimer in the movie "the other guy in Oppenheimer" is funny af for no reason to me

[@jackcapellini113]

I could see Marvel introducing a Romani Doctor Doom after the Multiverse Saga is over. There may already be a Doom that exists in the 616 universe due to there being a Latveria easter egg in the first episode of Moon Knight.

[@goratuti1098]

Guys hear me out… Danny DeVito as Doctor Doom

[@thetruegavinator]

Unironically a better casting

[@ryuined]

i think they shouldve gone the route of star wars and do crazy intense and long casting sennsions to find and cast someone who's perect for the role and they dont at all have to be well known. thats one of the major problems with fan casting is that it's usually going to be someone popular.

[@thetrin]

Your theory was literally the same theory I had after the reveal. And then I had the same realization right after: they probably shouldn’t have told us he was coming back.

[@jacksimonite8443]

THANK YOU! You have no idea how many times people have called me an idiot and pulled out infamous iron man as an argument. I have literally had to pull it off a shelf to show someone what it actually is.

[@andrepartridge1179]

I was just hoping that Dr. Doom would be played by Conner Swindell (from “Barbie”, “Barbarians” & “Sex Education”), who just happens to be a Romani actor himself

[@Daemonkash]

Nah the audacity for them to say rdj is the only onr in the world who can play Doom

[@MiniflickATC]

I really hope RDJ does Doom justice just to justify the casting but the russos saying thier was none else feels like a slap to the face to actors everywhere,

[@harnoorranhawa6962]

The emergency glass analogy was great

[@S0fa_K1ng]

3:25 GOAT mentioned

[@BlackyChan2.0]

MF DOOM reference, already peak video 🙌🏽

[@EricHernandez-vx8cv]

I still think it's a bit disingenuous to say that RDJ only came back mainly for the big paycheck. He understands Iron Man was a crucial part of turning his career around after his troubled times, and knows the importance of his character and his death. I don't think he would sign off on this without really trusting/ believing in whatever is being done with Doom.

[@vashsunglasses]

There's been a lot of that kind of thing lately where people trash talk RDJ for no real reason.

[@demigodgamer8517]

The glass breaking metaphor and the feeling of desperation were both 100% sentiments that came up when I was talking with some of my friends. Regardless of how well Downey may or may not perform in the role, this does not feel like a decision born from carefully laid plans that they've been wanting to use for a while, this felt like throwing darts at a board with assorted "things the audiences like" sticky notes hoping that if they use enough of them it will get butts back in seats. And it is rather ironic given how well Deadpool and Wolverine is doing when Wade literally calls out that maybe this multiverse stuff isn't the right idea in-movie.

[@GagGreene]

2:44 people were talking a lot about Chris Evans being cast as Captain America. Everything since has been safe but fairly well done.

[@altothesting]

I be really early… uhhh… Release the Chair Cut Troy! 😤😤

[@MaybeMania]

Yea

[@Envy-Animations]

Release the hair cut

[@Ducket]

Your comment says 13 hours ago for me, I guess you ARE early

[@GalvaV2]

If you have seen any other RDJ movie then you would know this role is 100% in his range and I’m really excited to see how he acts

[@Cdr2002]

I heard of this casting right after getting out of Deadpool and Wolverine and the whiplash was palpable

[@jujubean8870]

There were so many 40-year-old angry White men complaining about "woke" Disney because they casted a different race for an imaginary mermaid princess (and Snow White too), but where are their loud voices now for casting a different race for Dr. Doom? Now, suddenly, in regards to the casting of Robert Downey Jr. as a Romani character, the argument for the angry, whining, White crusaders against "woke" is: "Well, it should go to the best actor." Figures.

[@aryan7767]

its racism. it has always been racism. add a bit of sexism to the mix too.

[@theStridingRebel]

Because Dr Doom is white as fuck in the comics. And why should it matter if his face going to be covered by a mask?

[@Ivbo]

I think Adam Driver would’ve absolutely owned this role, I was so excited when his name was floating around…what a shame.

[@Anchor1981]

Yeah, would’ve been fantastic! I guess he read the script and said nah yeah nah

[@johnrockyryan]

Omfg Adam would have been phenomenal either him or Cillian Murphy

[@jujubean8870]

God, no. Adam Driver is an overrated overactor. Plus, it would just be a rehash of Kylo Ren.

[@diegoaerie]

i rly appreciate how much nuance you put into commenting on these things man, glad you talked about it

[@futuregarrett4769]

Next they’ll cast Chris Evans as Magneto

[@cmcanimations9970]

I hope they treat it the same way Deadpool 2 did it with Ryan Reynolds playing both Deadpool and juggernaut

[@TyranBatten]

There is absolutely a way to make this decision work. I just have no faith in the MCU right now to pull it off.

[@Chu_Chu_CHUMIMIN_Fridge]

I’m mixed about it. On one hand, he’s a good actor, on the other, it really shouldn’t have been him, they should have casted someone else. But I guess we’ll see.

[@Chu_Chu_CHUMIMIN_Fridge]

Rare chance they make doom nothing but an evil Tony stark, then I’m going to give up on the MCU.

[@GottaBGlitches]

I was initially happy about RDJ as Dr Doom, because I thought it would kinda be based on the mindswap story, but since it's not going to be that, I think they definitely should've reached out to the guy that played him in the Fantastic 4 movies, Julian McMahon, and see if he wanted the role again. I would love to see him as Dr Doom again.

[@zacharyrosemann]

I hope that with the backlash, they just make RDJ's Doom (which is pretty weird to say) a variant because it'd be really hard to convince the audience that this guy (who looks like one of the most recognizable billionaires in the world) hasn't been recognized as such Or, they just go the rhodey route, say one line about it and continue like nothing

[@AlbertoGarcia-wd7sc]

But what would be the point of keeping the "variant" stuff now that they abandoned Kang.

[@jessec.6876]

Enough people, including myself, are looking forward to this so they will reconsider nothing. Nobody cares about comic book accuracy, Fiege is looking for a way to wheel general audiences back into the storyline of the MCU. RDJ will do that lol

[@seraby7151]

@@AlbertoGarcia-wd7sc they abandoned Kang, but they havent abandoned the multiverse idea. it was a main plotpoint in deadpool 3

[@coolssdude3063]

​@@jessec.6876so you just like lazy slop? Good for you, but normal people don't like lazy slop. Especially something so lazy as to give someone who's been acting as a hero for well over a decade in the films a whole different character...who's also a villain...in the same universe...

[@jessec.6876]

@@coolssdude3063 movie isn’t even out yet, how do you know it’s lazy slop?? 😂😂😂

[@mikebright412]

I love the MF DOOM mention. His music made me have more respect for him as a character and do more research on him

[@vngelfreak4337]

Finally someone who gets what infamous iron man is about, MCU Doom clearly is set to make a ripple, still a very questionable idea

[@AdamSoucyDrums]

6:37 I do love that DC seems to understand this issue and is actually working to try to fix it. The Batman released with a 3 pack of Ego, The Long Halloween and Year One, and I genuinely think that’s a great idea to bundle the movies with the books that they’re based on! EDIT 14:34 Spoke too soon!

[@diazgonzalezjorgeluis2115]

This is the first video i see of you and when you said that the MCU doesnt care as much about the comic fans anymore everything clicked, i feel just the same way because its a little said reading these classic stories and just knowing the movies wont be anything like it, amazing video, amazing channel keep up the good work!

[@thadmaster7]

@@diazgonzalezjorgeluis2115 then explain why the MCU is perfectly OK with hiring big comic fans like Iman valani and Matt shakmen

[@abstractmedia8379]

This is why you’re one of my favorite comic KZbinrs. The MF DOOM mention makes me happy.

[@jiggyshark4511]

As someone who has Romani heritage, Doom is a character close to my heart, while im not super well versed in the Romani culture (my greay grandmother was Romani, and she died when I was pretty young) I find this casting shitty on multiple sides, in terms of the racial aspect of it; it feels so sad to strip that from Doom and twice as sad to take that opportunity away from an actor who is Romani or has Romani ties (I always joked about me playing Doom but its a character I'd genuinely love to play as an actor and someone with that heritage) On the other side of it, no matter what they do with him, he'll be seen as iron man, compared to iron man, viewed through the lens of iron man. I love RDJ and to be honest i think as an actor he could definitely pull off the role, but his casting is a gimmick for THE Marvel supervillain. Doom is gonna be boiled down to the face reveal moment and his whole character will be centred on that unless they go for a Doom that never shows his face

[@aryan7767]

they have to play this straight. no jokes about iron man. even if they do a face reveal, it should be so scarred you can't recognise RDJ. If they're directly adapting Hickman's Secret Wars 2015, what they can do is in the end when his face is final fixed and he's laughing, they can cast the new DOOM

[@starfalchion4404]

I think the main cool idea I can see with this casting is that having access to RDJ could also mean he could come back as a version of Iron Man to face off against RDJ’s version of Doom. If he does a good enough job as Doom, I think it would be kind of cool seeing a hero facing off against a completely different villain played by the same actor. It would be like the Captain America fight from Endgame on steroids. But again, that still doesn’t take away from the fact that this is stunt casting and is largely going to ignore the Romani side of the character.

[@C1K450]

Marvel is trying to ride off of the Avengers hype because they believe that getting all of the popular superheroes together to fight a greater threat is the way to make money. Something that even DC tried to do with Justice League in the cinematic universe.

[@theseanwardshow]

The only thing, and I mean the ONLY thing, that gives me 1% hope for this is the fact that it's RDJ. I hope that he wouldn't just do it for the money, though I think it's equally as possible that he just misses the red carpets, premieres, adulation, etc.

[@captainbotstick2443]

I mean he did say that he’d only come back for the Russos and he held to that which does show he has some respect for stories he’s in

[@gwenwalravens8030]

Imagine this: they spent 80m on RDJ. For that money, they can take an entire group of Romani actors, give them acting lessons and pick the best one, and still have money to spare. Heck they could make a reality show based on it and lose nothing.

[@najtrows]

The RDJ-Doom announcement bummed me out. I still feel like my hype for any new films died with it. As you said, if they wanted to make a fun twist or impactful surprise they wouldn't have announced him like this. RDJ is okay but I don't even love him as Tony Stark tbh, he is good but not the best thing ever imo. But I guess "shortking Doom" can be funny. I won't watch it at the cinema though, I'll wait for it on streaming.

[@carlhilber2275]

On the multiverse saga, what annoys me is the Loki set it up really well, and then that just didn't get payed off whatsoever. Like loki could have just not happened while being the best thing they have put out in ages.

[@The_Phantasm]

So… in more positive news, what are your thoughts on the recent Daredevil Born Again announcements?

[@thesmilyguyguy9799]

That Look Good

[@CarlosOrtiz-wf8ob]

I’ve recently ran into your channel these last 2 weeks and I’ve been just binge watching all your videos! Keep doing your thing bro!

[@minilopgamer1950]

MCU Doom be like……..

[@Juju3947]

I hate you 3000

[@maqthemaniac7133]

I don’t like that RDJ is coming back to be Doom. But, I do think he has the skill set to do it. If he plays a GOOD Doom then I don’t really mind the casting all too much.

[@mechavos4066]

Your suggestion for the route they could take is amazing and I hope you are correct

[@jimsface]

I learned a lot from this video. Subscribed!

[@thadmaster7]

First off, I wanna say I love your idea of Doom using Tony's image to fuck with his loved ones. As for what you said at the end. While I may not be a big comic guy (though I thought about collecting them) I understand that some changes the MCU makes to the source material can be a bit iffy, however I wouldn't say they don't respect the comics on that alone, especially considering what you said about Deadpool and Wolverine and it's comic references, and Matt Shakemen being a huge Fantastic Four fan. (I know this may not be a good example but they also had the balls to put fucking M.O.D.O.K in live action and adapt is goofy design). I also want to point out while yes, it does suck that RDJ isn't Romani, that doesent mean his version of Doom won't be, especially considering how Magneto had 2 non Jewish live action actors, and those movies still got his backstory down to a T.

[@marcus7195]

You hit the nail on the head with your mum talking to you about it... my mum is not in the 'content-sphere', but even she was like "this seems a bit desperate, I won't be able to see him as anything other than Iron Man" without me even prompting the conversation.

[@EiraGoodfellow]

So about that Ben 10 video

[@kennyobi9871]

What Ben 10 video?

[@TheStorrman]

Personally, I would’ve casted Dragoș Bucur to play Doctor Doom

[@irishempire9811]

Cillian Murphy did play a character with Romani heritage in the show "Peaky Blinders" that he stars in, so he couldve woked as Doom if he was casted

[@Shadow0464-ey9eh]

He was literally BORN for the role, he has such a intimidating and authoritative aura in that show. I feel like living in the wrong universe for the fact that he didn't got casted as Dr. Doom, Robert Downey Jr just feels out of place and it's basically a desperate stunt casting.

[@iziah2161]

Would be nice to get an actual romani guy though

[@superfanmusicmaker]

Before this casting, Cillian Murphy never really struck me as the kind of actor who'd want to commit full-time to a Marvel role for a decade, so we wouldn't have been getting a long-term presence out of him as Doom or any other characters. But the RDJ casting (plus the massive paycheck he's getting for it) all but confirms that they're only using Doom for 2/3 movies back-to-back anyway. So I feel Murphy probably would have been willing to do that (if he'd liked the script, of course) and now it really does feel like a missed opportunity.

[@aguy4326]

or you know (and here me out on this) we get an actual romani guy to play victor

[@sk8rmouse404]

Cillian Murphy would fare better as Annihilus.

[@twincast2005]

I've paid to watch every single MCU project through all their ups and downs, a couple of which I had to go to the cinema for alone. I flat-out refuse to watch this disrespectful desperate stunt.

[@pianist150]

This is the first chance in a long while of having a great adaptation of Dr Doom on screen and now there's a very real possibility they're just gonna try to make me think of Tony Stark the entire time. I hope they have a trick up their sleeve that gonna make this work, I really do, but this kinda killed my excitement

[@MasonHockingYT]

You just gotta think of the MCU as its own comic storyline

[@Serranos_]

Can’t wait to hear “so uhhh, as you guys may or may not know, uhh you all, are, doomed”

[@darkdog42]

Completely agree with you when they announced the casting I was so disappointed

[@superfanmusicmaker]

If it was a matter of wanting RDJ as a big villain for the 2 movies, I don't see much sense in giving him Doom’s iconography (and likely never touching it again) when they could just make him Superior Iron Man or another villainous Tony. If it's a matter of using Doom because _Secret Wars_ has always been his big story, then I also don't see the sense in linking him (whether directly or in subtext) to Tony Stark when they could just make him his own character played by his own actor. It's just a weird choice all around, and I can't wrap my head around either.

[@TimTam_3]

All I’m saying is that the Jeff the Landshark movie better be good. Best Marvel character

[@AppleSussy]

That Return of Barry Allen idea is too good you KNOW they aren’t gonna do that 😭

[@LucaMarveldcmaster]

i jut hope this isn’t Permanent

[@Professorkenneth]

Hugh Jackman will comeback as Dr Ock..why not...smh..it's becoming a new trend,. recycling actors. It's safe🙄

[@osvaldotellez2044]

You pretty much said everything that i thought about these news 😮‍💨 Man, we were so damn close to have a more accurate Dr. Doom.