Pepper Potts is confused.
Gwyneth Paltrow, 51, responded to the announcement, Robert Downey Jr. returns to Marvel He will play the villain Doctor Doom in the next Avengers films, Avengers: Doomsday in 2026 and Avengers: Secret Wars in 2027.
Paltrow has played Pepper Potts, the love interest of Tony Stark/Iron Man, played by Downey Jr., in several MCU films.
With Iron Man being killed off in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, it’s no surprise that Paltrow was taken aback by the news that Downey Jr. was returning to the superhero franchise.
“I don’t know, have you become the bad guy?” Paltrow wrote in the comments section. Downey Jr.’s Instagram post About his return.
Downey Jr., 59 years old, Marvel surprised fans at their San Diego Comic-Con panel On Saturday, he announced that he will play Doctor Doom in the next two “Avengers” movies. Anthony and Joe Russohas already directed four MCU films, including 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War and 2019’s Endgame.
The Oscar winner shyly appeared onstage with dozens of others wearing an olive green robe and Doctor Doom’s iconic metal mask, which he dramatically removed to reveal his face amid rapturous cheers.
He announced his return Instagram “New mask, same job,” the caption reads.
Downey Jr. starred as Iron Man for more than a decade before he was killed off while saving the universe in the most recent “Avengers” movie.
Other OG Marvel actors, including Bruce Banner/Hulk star Mark Ruffalo, also reacted to the news of Downey Jr.’s return.
“Hey Brat, green looks good on you,” Ruffalo wrote on Downey Jr’s Instagram. Charli XCX’s green-themed album “Brat.”
Zoe Saldana, who plays Gamora in the Guardians of the Galaxy series, one more Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom-related Instagram.
Jeremy Renner, who plays Clint Barton/Hawkeye, responded to the news. Instagram Posts The Russo brothers also shared: “Congratulations everyone!!! We’ve missed you,” he wrote.
Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova She was informed of the news During an interview with Variety at Comic-Con.
“It would have been crazy out there,” she said.
It’s been over five years since Downey Jr. and Paltrow last starred in a Marvel movie, and while Downey Jr. is confirmed to be returning, Paltrow doesn’t seem particularly interested in reprising her role as Pepper.
“My job makes it very difficult for me to act at the moment,” the Goop CEO said. Tonight’s Entertainment last year.
“But I think Robert Downey Jr. could always get me back,” she added. “To a certain extent.”
Paltrow has appeared in seven Marvel movies. Infamously forgotten She appeared in 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming and guest-starred on Jon Favreau’s Netflix series The Chef Show.
“Yeah, we were on Spider-Man together,” Favreau said at the time. “Remember, we were on Spider-Man?”
“We’re not in Spider-Man,” Paltrow insisted.
“Yeah, he was in Spider-Man,” Favreau added.
Paltrow said, “No, I was in The Avengers,” to which Favreau replied, “No, you were in Spider-Man, remember? There’s Spider-Man at the end, right? Tom Holland is there and you’re going to walk out and do a press conference?”
The actress laughed and said, “Oh yeah. Was that ‘Spider-Man’? Oh my goodness!”
2019 Interview ElleRegarding the MCU movies, Paltrow said, “I’ll be honest with you, I haven’t seen that many movies. And I know that’s really silly and I’m sorry, but I’m a 47-year-old mom.”
At last year’s Red Sea Film Festival, Paltrow said she also starred in 2008’s Iron Man. It was pitched to her as an “indie film.”
“The first movie we did was very different from the others because the studio didn’t think it would be a big hit,” she says. “They hired Jon Favreau to direct, and he was brilliant, and then they hired Robert Downey Jr., who was impossible to hire at the time, and it was the worst thing that could happen to his career.”
Paltrow added, “We improvised almost every scene in that movie. We wrote it in the morning in John’s trailer, and it was like, ‘I’m going to make this movie.’ [an indie] “The movie was such a big hit that they didn’t make any more movies like it.”
