Marvel fans still torn over controversial MCU casting

The only Doctor Doom I’m concerned with at the moment is the one I keep trying to capture on Fortnite’s Doom Island.

Last night, I was so close. Perhaps a mere three seconds away before the greatness of becoming Victor Von Doom was snatched from my grubby little hands by a sneaky opponent.

Enough about my Fortnite trials and tribulations though. It’s the MCU’s Doom that we’re here to discuss today.

It’s out with the old and in with the new.

At this year’s San Diego Comic Con, it was revealed that Avengers: The Kang Dynasty has been renamed Avengers: Doomsday.

It's not a total surprise.

There’s the allegations against Jonathan Majors to take into consideration.

Beyond that though, I don’t think Kang was particularly set up to be an interesting villain with his variants somewhat dulling any sense of intrigue.

Instead, Doctor Doom will cause chaos for the Avengers, and he’ll be portrayed by the returning Robert Downey Jr.

How this will play out, we don’t exactly know, but all these months later and fans are still majorly split over the casting.

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“The executives and ‘creatives’ of the MCU saw the numbers, and they noticed that the only thing that makes them money are the movies where they don't even have to try but to hire old actors and make their movies into complete cameo fests,” said a critical PortoGuy18.

“Kevin Feige has completely lost faith and confidence in the current MCU, to the point of being desperate enough to try to sell Robert Downy Jr,” they continued.

“I would go as far to say that bringing back RDJ was a risk they were taking, rather than a cash grab, because he's not coming back as Tony Stark,” added minyoo.

“Yet they've done something that hasn't never been done in a cinematic universe, by casting the actor that has played the hero by definition into a villain,” countered _flatsharp, adding, “At first I had doubts too, but if you start to think what are they're allowed to do and how with that storyline, then you might appreciate this decision.”

I’m of the same mindset, purely because Downey Jr is returning as a completely different character.

You can just picture it now, a teary-eyed Peter Parker looking at the ‘same’ guy who he once valued as a mentor, now a threat to the universe.

If pulled off, it could be something very special. But it is all a big ‘if’.