{"id":663889,"date":"2026-11-01T19:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T19:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/663889\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T19:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T19:16:08","slug":"robert-downey-jr-and-pedro-pascal-swap-avengers-alter-egos-for-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/663889\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Downey Jr and Pedro Pascal swap Avengers alter egos for Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a couple of acclaimed dramatic actors, playing make-believe in outlandish outfits in front of green screens has got to inspire a little silliness. For inveterate goofballs and MCU stars Robert Downey Jr and Pedro Pascal on Saturday, all that Avengers: Doomsday<\/a> prepping and secrecy saw the duo ham it up for an Instagram post<\/a> where their two onscreen best pals turned mortal enemies decided to walk in the other\u2019s shoes. And mask. And sort of baggy Fantastic Four jumpsuit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Of course, the world knows that former Iron Man Downey is (somehow) essaying the new Big Bad role of Doctor Victor Von Doom in the upcoming box office conqueror, with Pascal reprising his Fantastic Four: First Steps<\/a> role as super-genius who somehow screws everything up Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic). But the actors, parodying Downey\u2019s CinemaCon unmasking<\/a> as his second metal-masked MCU character earlier this year, clearly delighted in puncturing some of the somber blockbuster seriousness surrounding the relentless Avengers: Doomsday marketing. (The film opens on December 17.)<\/p>\n

Downey mugged in fear as Pascal slowly lifted his Doom mask to reveal the switcheroo, with Downey exclaiming, \u201cCross-dressing!\u201d while Pascal adopted a badass stance and let out an adorable little evil hiss. Downey later posted<\/a> a Peanuts-recalling cartoon of his Doom trick-or-treating with his witch pals. (Who dares give Von Doom a rock?)<\/p>\n

Naturally, there\u2019s rampant speculation online about the clearly lighthearted gag, most of it centered on Pascal\u2019s Doom sporting an M.I.T sweatshirt. After all, in the comics, Reed and Victor were brainy college besties before an accident scarred Victor\u2019s face, sending the pair down very different moral paths. Regardless, it\u2019s pretty cute stuff, and while it\u2019s unclear where the video was taken, it\u2019s hard not to wish that Pascal and Downey stuck around to answer the door to some kids trick-or-treating in Avengers costumes. <\/p>\n