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Robert Downey Jr. Says Chris Evans’ Captain America & Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange Were The Hardest MCU Characters To Get Right

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It’s easy to forget now, after more than a decade of box-office domination and pop-cultural saturation, that the Marvel Studios machine was once filled with characters who could have looked ridiculous in live-action if the tone, casting, or filmmaking had been even slightly off. Robert Downey Jr. obviously knows something about that, having helped launch the MCU with “Iron Man” in 2008. But according to the actor, two other Marvel heroes present…
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The Playlist broke the news on Friday, June 19, 2026.
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