The host asked Robert Downey Jr. about the parallels between Tony Stark and Doctor Doom. The actor explained that both characters were connected to science and were seen as highly intelligent. However, Tony’s past trauma helped turn him into a hero, while Doom was different and powerful enough to require many heroes to face him. He went on to say:

We finally have an officially released look at Robert Downey Jr. as the villain of Avengers: Doomsday. After 11 years of playing a hero, Downey returns to the MCU as comic-book archvillain Doctor Victor von Doom. Doom arrives with an all-star cast of ...

Doctor Doom's backstory is finally explained in a new special video of Avengers: Doomsday, unveiled by Marvel at the D23. | Hollywood

Tommy McArdle is a Writer-Reporter on the Movies team at PEOPLE. He joined the brand in 2022. The new trailer for Avengers: Doomsday prominently features Chris Hemsworth’s Thor fighting Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom for the first time Chris Evans ...

If there’s a narrative reason for why the new big bad Marvel villain Doctor Doom looks like the late Tony Stark/Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. isn’t telling. But the veteran actor, returning as the eponymous supervillain of this year’s Avengers ...

Marvel Studios has unveiled a new Avengers: Doomsday poster featuring Robert Downey Jr.as Doctor Doom. The artwork gives Marvel fans another look at the supervillain ahead of the movie’s December release. The poster shows Doom in a dark green cloak ...