Robert Downey Jr. has been cast as Doctor Doom in the MCU after previously playing Iron Man, a choice that surprised and frustrated Doc Willis who felt there were other available actors.
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A comment about Doc Willis and home security leads to the observation that Anthony Mackie — formerly The Falcon — is now playing Captain America in the MCU. Doc Willis objects on the grounds that the original character was drawn as white, and that casting should honour the source material. Andrew Santino argues the opposite: it's a movie, the colour costs more in the original comics anyway, and the real problem is Hollywood endlessly reviving old IP instead of creating new stories. Bobby Lee adds that he'd be uncomfortable seeing a Korean actor play Wolverine — Canadian white guy, short, stocky. The debate then shifts to Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom: Doc finds it jarring after Iron Man, and the group brainstorm better-suited actors from the right age range (mid-40s to early 50s), with Bobby emphatically nominating Matthew McConaughey as the obvious but overlooked choice.
Doc Willis objects to Anthony Mackie playing Captain America on comic-fidelity grounds, while Andrew Santino argues none of it matters because it's just business. Both agree Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom is questionable — and Matthew McConaughey would have been perfect.
The group debated the MCU casting of Anthony Mackie as Captain America, with Doc Willis questioning the change from the original white character while Andrew Santino argued it doesn't matter.
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