Jonathan Majors Responds To Doctor Doom Replacing Kang – But Not How You Think

Former Marvel star and once-expected franchise large dangerous Jonathan Majors gave his response to the property transferring on with out him following the announcement of Robert Downey Jr. returning to the fold, solely this time as Physician Doom. The actor — who had performed He Who Stays and Victor Well timed on “Loki” and Kang in “Ant-Man: Quantumania” — was dropped from Marvel Studios in December 2023 after being discovered responsible of reckless assault within the third diploma and harassment. Different studios additionally lower ties with Majors, even leaving accomplished tasks to be bought and shelved.

TMZ spoke to Majors, who addressed the information of his character seemingly being changed by Victor von Doom. “Yeah, heartbroken. In fact, I like him. I like Kang. Physician Doom is depraved although.” The actor was then requested about his ideas on Downey’s prison historical past, in addition to Ezra Miller, star of “The Flash,” who has been arrested and confronted prison costs for disorderly conduct, harassment, and felony housebreaking. “I believe it’s truthful that Mr. Downey is being and has been greeted with persistence and curiosity and love, and that Mr. Miller has gotten the identical remedy, and that they’re being allowed to work their artwork and be artistic at that degree. I didn’t actually get that.”

Whereas there’s but to be any artistic patchwork utilized in writing Kang out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jonathan Majors was requested if he’d ever contemplate reprising the function sooner or later. “Kang? Hell yeah, hell yeah, hell yeah. I like him. That’s what I mentioned, I like him. I like Kang, I like [Victor] Well timed, I like He Who Stays. Love him,” he defined. “If that’s what the followers need. If that’s what Marvel desires, let’s roll.” Mockingly, for a personality that’s scattered throughout time in a wide range of kinds, the probabilities of any of them returning are unlikely. As a substitute, Marvel is clearly growing a model new slate in an effort to get better from what has been the franchise’s murkiest interval.

The Majors scandal is only one of many points the studio has endured after “Avengers: Endgame.” Whereas the Kang-shaped hearth was attempting to be extinguished, 2023 noticed Marvel face their first field workplace bomb with “The Marvels,” which grossed simply $206.1 million worldwide. Moreover, there have been prolonged reshoots for “Captain America: New World Order,” all whereas followers are nonetheless questioning how for much longer it’ll take to get “Blade” proper. Now, with the mud seemingly settled, simply what’s Kevin Feige’s perspective on the previous, current, and way forward for the Marvel universe, now it’s misplaced the villain it was constructing round?

Marvel is perhaps celebrating the mammoth success of “Deadpool & Wolverine,” however all eyes had been on what the longer term slate of the MCU was going to appear like following its understandably panic-stricken restructuring at this yr’s San Diego Comedian-Con. All through the studio’s presentation, Jonathan Majors or Kang had been by no means talked about, and Feige has stored it that manner even in interviews.

Addressing the elephant within the Sacred Timeline whereas not calling it out, Feige was requested by Screen Rant if Victor Well timed or some other Kang variant could be talked about in Marvel motion pictures going ahead. On whether or not Kang was nonetheless a villain within the MCU following the “Avengers 5” title change, he mentioned, “I’ve carried out a lot of interviews within the final couple of days, and also you’re the primary individual to … I provide you with credit score for simply outright asking the query and I’ll give myself credit score for attempting to invade it and keep away from it totally.” It’s a recreation plan that Marvel seems to be sticking for the foreseeable future, notably now that they’ve the franchise’s poster boy again within the combine.

How they’ll combine or ease Physician Doom into issues is unknown if you examine it to how Thanos was teased and the way Kang was on the cusp of getting the identical remedy. All we will count on for now’s that Robert Downey Jr. is ready to place a brand new swimsuit of armor world wide –- whether or not they prefer it or not.