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Avengers: Doomsday <\/a>sees MCU’s best and brightest uniting to try to defeat Doctor Doom, but from everything that’s been teased so far, it seems it will be their greatest challenge yet.<\/p>\n We haven’t seen much of the character, aside from a few post-credits nods, so as an audience, it’s tricky to work out why he is such a formidable foe. Now director Joe Russo has shed some light on that in a new interview.<\/p>\n “Doom’s magic is ancient,” he told Fandango<\/a>. “He is a very powerful character, as you can see in the trailer, and he’s a genius. He studies his foes. He understands them, and he’s also well-planned. He’s not somebody who just does something off the cuff.”<\/p>\n Russo continued: “Everything is meticulous with him, and he knows that if he’s going to step onto a battlefield against somebody, he has to have the tactical advantage or a power advantage against that person. So, he’s very difficult to beat.”<\/p>\n Robert Downey Jr. returns to the MCU to play the iconic villain in the new movie, but we’ve only had a few glimpses at his performance so far. He’ll be sporting a mask and a new accent, but it does seem like he’ll have a link to Tony Stark. The Russo brothers aren’t giving anything away at the moment, but they have teased the connection will be addressed.<\/a><\/p>\n