RDJ's Doctor Doom Would've Been Great, But Wouldn't Have Saved Fantastic Four

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Fantastic Four reimagined Victor Von Doom; instead of directly adapting Doom's Marvel comic book history as the tyrannical monarch of the tiny Eastern European nation of Latveria, Fantastic Four's Victor was the CEO of a multinational corporation. Von Doom eventually loses control of his company in the film and goes mad with power, in a plot point identical to Norman Osborn (Willem Dafoe) being kicked out of Oscorp in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man. Von Doom was also romantically involved with Susan Storm before he lost her to Reed Richards and was transformed into the metallic villain, Doctor Doom.

Some of Victor Von Doom's elements in Fantastic Four are similar to Tony Stark's in Iron Man so that Robert Downey Jr. could have sunk his teeth into the role of Doom and elevated the material. After all, Robert Downey Jr. is now a bonafide movie star and he's one of the most talented actors and leading men in Hollywood. With respect to Julian McMahon, who played what was on the page to the best of his abilities, Downey is simply on another level. He later proved this when he became Tony Stark in Iron Man, which led to Robert becoming the highest-paid actor in Hollywood with franchises like Sherlock Holmes At the very least, Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom would have been entertaining in ways no one else in Fantastic Four was able to be.

Fantastic Four reimagined Victor Von Doom; instead of directly adapting Doom's Marvel comic book history as the tyrannical monarch of the tiny Eastern European nation of Latveria, Fantastic Four's Victor was the CEO of a multinational corporation. Von Doom eventually loses control of his company in the film and goes mad with power, in a plot point identical to Norman Osborn (Willem Dafoe) being kicked out of Oscorp in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man. Von Doom was also romantically involved with Susan Storm before he lost her to Reed Richards and was transformed into the metallic villain, Doctor Doom.

Some of Victor Von Doom's elements in Fantastic Four are similar to Tony Stark's in Iron Man so that Robert Downey Jr. could have sunk his teeth into the role of Doom and elevated the material. After all, Robert Downey Jr. is now a bonafide movie star and he's one of the most talented actors and leading men in Hollywood. With respect to Julian McMahon, who played what was on the page to the best of his abilities, Downey is simply on another level. He later proved this when he became Tony Stark in Iron Man, which led to Robert becoming the highest-paid actor in Hollywood with franchises like Sherlock Holmes At the very least, Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom would have been entertaining in ways no one else in Fantastic Four was able to be.

Unforgivably, Fantastic Four also failed when it came to action, and the film culminated with a truncated and uninspired third act showdown between the superheroes and Doctor Doom. While Robert Downey Jr. chewing the scenery while wearing Doctor Doom's green cloak and silver armor would have been an entertaining bright spot, and he would also have faced his MCU frenemy Chris Evans, Downey would still have been dragged down by Fantastic Four overall. But at least Downey could have been the one good thing the audience would have pointed to as the highlight of Fantastic Four, and this is something else the movie lacks overall.