A Wild Fan Theory Offers a New Perspective on John Malkovich’s Role in The ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’

The news that Robert Downey Jr. is returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe is creating a major buzz in entertainment circles. This exciting development has everyone talking about Downey’s role and the MCU’s future, rekindling fan enthusiasm with something to eagerly anticipate.

Downey is set to reprise his role as Victor Von Doom, a major Marvel villain, and his storyline will involve significant multiversal elements. Fans are speculating on how the MCU will manage both Doctor Doom and Downey’s portrayal without compromising the established legacy of the character.

Currently, details are still limited, leading to a lot of speculation. One intriguing theory suggests that Downey might not be the true Doctor Doom and that another actor, John Malkovich, could actually portray the real version of the character. This theory raises the possibility of dramatic consequences for Downey’s iteration of Doom.

The theory we’re about to explore comes from Reddit user kinghyperion581. They have proposed an explanation for why Robert Downey Jr. was selected to play Doctor Doom and how John Malkovich’s yet-to-be-revealed role fits into this scenario.

He’s the Dr. Doom variant of the FF’s universe.

He’ll assist the FF in defeating Galactus, but will siphon off a large amount of cosmic energy from the battle and leave the FF to die, they’ll survive of course.

The after credits scene will show that he’s been in contact with the Doctor Doom variant played by RDJ and they’re been sharing information about the multiverse.

On a side note, Malkovich’s Doom will wear Dooms classic armor, while RDJ’s Doom will wear an armor that looks like Doom’s Infamous Iron-Man armor

The cosmic energy he siphoned is used to power a machine that allows him to travel the multiverse.

They’re both members of the Council of Doom, a group of multiversal variants of Doctor Doom that plan on attacking and overthrowing the council of Kang’s.

The plan is that they will overthrow Kang and that each Doom will become of the sole ruler of their universe.

But naturally they’re all planning on killing each other to become the sole ruler of the multiverse.

The war between Doom and Kang and the subsequent Civil War between the Dooms will cause the multiverse to destabilize, which will start to cause incursions that destroy entire timelines.

But the twist is that it’s not RDJ’s Doom that ends up winning the Doomwar, it will be John Malkovich’s Dr. Doom. He’ll be the one to usurp Loki and become God Emperor Doom and collapse all the timelines into Battleworld.

RDJ’s Doom will actually end up helping the heroes defeat Malkovich’s Doom in Secret War.

Source: Reddit

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