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Jonathan Majors Bummed Over Robert Downey Jr's Marvel Villain Casting

TMZ.com Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Jonathan Majors is expressing heartbreak after Marvel officially announced Robert Downey Jr. as the franchise's new villain ... pivoting away from his Kang the Conqueror character. We caught up with the actor in West Hollywood Tuesday, where he…
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We caught up with the actor in West Hollywood Tuesday, where he explained why the RDJ Dr. Doom news was bittersweet for him. As he put it ... Dr. Doom's introduction into the MCU is pretty cool, but he loved playing Kang -- and so, it's only natural he's bummed about Marvel's redirection.

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