Marvel followers are rising more and more anxious to lastly discover out what’s awaiting them in Avengers: Doomsday, however with a few month and a half nonetheless to go earlier than the film lastly hits theaters, Physician Doom (and, in fact, Tony Stark/Iron Man) actor Robert Downey Jr. and Reed Richards/Mister Implausible actor Pedro Pascal have given MCU followers the proper Halloween shock within the type of a coordinated costume—and it’s even higher due to what we presently learn about Reed and Doom’s relationship in Doomsday.
Particularly, movies and pictures have been circulating on-line exhibiting Pascal and Downey out collectively on Halloween, with Downey donning a Reed Richards costume and Pascal sporting a Physician Doom outfit. Understandably, followers have been completely delighted by this shock, not solely as a result of it’s hilarious but in addition as a result of it’s really an important preamble to Doomsday. Take a look at the video beneath.
Reed and Doom Will Truly Be Among the many Most Fascinating Dynamics in Doomsday
Though a lot concerning the story of Doomsday nonetheless stays beneath wraps, the Doomsday trailers have made it clear that, very similar to within the comics, the upcoming film goes to focus on the difficult friendship between Sue Storm, Reed Richards, and Physician Doom. Particularly, one trailer included Reed asking Physician Doom (or “Victor,” particularly, on this line) whether or not he had finished “this.” At current, what “this” refers to is unknown, however that line by itself signifies that the 2 share some type of historical past, particularly contemplating that Reed is clearly on a primary title foundation with Doom. It’s subsequently completely excellent that Pascal and Downey determined to do that hilarious coordinated costume.
Clearly, this enjoyable vitality just isn’t what Reed and Doom will likely be bringing to Doomsday, though it’s nice to see that Downey and Pascal have this dynamic. Present hints counsel that Sue, Reed, and Doom could have had some type of friendship earlier than the occasions of Doomsday however that one terrible occasion prompted him to lose all the pieces and left him twisted and unrecognizable—one thing that Sue particularly referenced in a voice over in one of many trailers. Maybe in Doomsday, audiences will get to see what that seemed like, both in flashback or in any other case, which is able to assist to humanize Doom (assuming that’s what the powers that be are going for, but it surely may not be).
There are lots of hints about what that occasion might have been, from the dying of his mom to a storyline just like Wanda’s whereby he misplaced his baby/youngsters. For now, there may be little or no to go off of, so that may stay hypothesis in the intervening time. But, this look by Downey and Pascal does appear to be a constructive signal that we’ll be getting a sophisticated Doom, full with an interesting, little question very complicated dynamic with Reed.
What do you hope to see within the relationship between Sue, Reed, and Doom, and have any theories been significantly convincing to you? Share your ideas beneath.