Ahead of his return to the MCU, Robert Downey Jr. has shared some insight into Alan Silvestri's theme for Avengers: Doomsday. The former Iron Man star will be playing the new role of villain Victor Von Doom in the upcoming Marvel movie, and has shared how important the character's theme was for getting into character.
"We're on day 4 of production, Joe Russo's like, 'Come here.' And he plays me Doom’s theme. I was like, 'Oh, yeah. Okay, it’s that. And it even affected that day of shooting and every day since," Robert Downey Jr. said, according to reporter Brandon Davis, who quoted some of CBR's interviews with the actor.
We're not surprised as Silvestri is behind some of the most iconic movie scores of all time and has brought magic to Marvel many times before too. His work with the directors, the Russo brothers, on the Avengers movies has been especially stand-out too. Who can ever forget 'Portals' in Endgame?
We also heard a snippet of what might be Doom's theme at the end of Fantastic Four. Could it be the same one? Only time will tell...
Ahead of the new movie, the directors of Avengers: Doomsday have been hyping up their return to the MCU. According to the Russo brothers, the Marvel Phase 6 film is not going to be what audiences are expecting at all.
"That serial shifting and changing and surprising you and then reinventing itself and then shifting and changing and then surprising you... that’s exciting, and I think you’re going to see some shifting and changing [with Doomsday]," Joe Russo said at SXSW earlier this year.
"So, get ready for it. Look, we were with Rob [Downey Jr.] earlier today. We were both talking about this concept that we are back to phase zero. This is starting over from scratch. We want to make sure everybody feels like this isn’t leaning on anything from the past."
Avengers: Doomsday is released on December 18. For more on the MCU, check out our guides to upcoming superhero movies and all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows you need on your radar.
