{"id":864706,"date":"2026-08-22T19:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T19:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/864706\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T19:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T19:42:12","slug":"downey-jr-on-why-doomsday-wont-disappoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/864706\/","title":{"rendered":"Downey Jr. On Why “Doomsday” Won’t Disappoint"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Marvel<\/p>\n

Robert Downey Jr. and \u201cAvengers: Endgame\u201d co-director Joe Russo recently sat down with CBR<\/a> for an extensive reflection on \u201cAvengers: Infinity War\u201d and how they aim to make sure \u201cAvengers: Doomsday\u201d blows the doors off.<\/p>\n

Reaction to the trailers so far online has been mixed, but there\u2019s no denying the presales numbers that, four months out, are even eclipsing the recent \u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day\u201d.<\/p>\n

Downey tells the outlet he believes they\u2019ve found the only real way forward for the series, and it comes with some experimentation:<\/p>\n

\u201cI try to feel like I\u2019m in the writing room, but eventually there are so many big shoes to step into that I just have to go, \u2018What hasn\u2019t been done as well as it could be done yet?\u2019 So, we\u2019re always looking for that opportunity. And a lot of it has been some experimentation, and we\u2019ve had our moments of, \u2018Let\u2019s shift here.\u2019 But we landed in a place that I think will more than suffice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Downey adds that a lot of it comes down to not just his character but how the film has been constructed:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not even about how I executed it. It\u2019s about the way it\u2019s been structured and the other characters. There\u2019s something going on in \u2018Doomsday\u2019 and forward that is literally the only antidote to, \u2018How do you not have these films be a letdown after an \u201cInfinity War\u201d and \u201cEndgame\u201d?\u2019 And boy, have we laboured long and hard to bring that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russo acknowledges this and \u201cSecret Wars\u201d have been their hardest Marvel films to make to date, and the answer here was to adopt the \u2018Brand New Day\u2019 approach \u2013 not to trying and top the last film on scale but rather with greater emotional depth:<\/p>\n

\u201cThese have obviously been harder than the other ones for that reason, right? As the stakes keep going up. But emotional complexity is always the answer.<\/p>\n

You bring emotional complexity to anything, and it enriches it and makes it a fuller experience for the audience. It surprises you. There are a lot of surprises in this, and I think it\u2019s the most emotionally complex of all of them. In a lot of ways, the most mature of all of them.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve been very fortunate enough, as collaborators, Robert and I, to be able to do this over and over again. And knock on wood, we can do it two more times.=\u201d<\/p>\n

Downey Jr. also confirmed he heard Alan Silvestri\u2019s Doctor Doom theme on approximately the fourth day of production and it immediately affected his performance \u2013 so he continued using the music to maintain Doom\u2019s point of view.<\/p>\n

\u201cAvengers: Doomsday\u201d opens in cinemas on December 18th. FIlmBase<\/a> reports that \u201cAvengers: Secret Wars\u201d is currently on hiatus from production until the end of September.<\/p>\n

A listing on the AMC website has also confirmed that \u201cAvengers: Endgame Encore,\u201d the upcoming re-release of 2019\u2019s fourth \u201cAvengers\u201d film \u201cAvengers: Endgame,\u201d is going long when it opens September 25th.<\/p>\n

The title will reportedly clock in at 185 minutes \u2013 four minutes longer than the theatrical cut. The re-release will reportedly play a crucial role in establishing its connection to \u2018Doomsday\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marvel Robert Downey Jr. and \u201cAvengers: Endgame\u201d co-director Joe Russo recently sat down with CBR for an extensive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":864707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,142132,134],"class_list":["post-864706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bigslider","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=864706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}