Robert Downey Jr.‘s return to Marvel has been fraught with controversy, first there were fans raising eyebrows over his casting as a whole new character, and now there’s a rumour banging around that he got into a fight with co-star Ryan Reynolds on the set of Avengers: Doomsday.
Earlier this month, the podcast The Hot Mic – hosted by Comic Book News and film critic John Rocha – floated a blind item about the upcoming Marvel film and it quickly went viral.
“They are two pretty big actors. Apparently, a comment — from what I understand — was made in jest that was a bit too familiar, because these actors didn’t know each other too well. It crossed a line,” Rocha revealed.
“One of the actors got really upset about it, confronted the other actor. [It was said] on the set. That caused a big rift. Two very outspoken actors went at each other… one of the actors… Marvel said, ‘We’ll shoot your scenes separately or without the other actor in it, or we’ll figure it out in some other way’.”
He added, “That actor felt the fact that Marvel was willing to make those concessions was enough, because they also told this actor that it would cost millions of dollars to shoot scenes without the other actor. Since Marvel was willing to at least make the effort to concede that and move the schedule around, they felt it was a good-faith effort, and both actors were brought together, apologies were exchanged, and people moved on. Yes, [they’re okay now]. There’s been no other incidents that I’ve heard. It was a pretty big blow-up, apparently.”
The rumour quickly picked up steam online and before long, fans had guessed that the two actors involved were Robert Downey Jr. – who once played Iron Man but now plays Dr. Doom, inexplicably – and Ryan Reynolds – aka Deadpool.
There’s only one problem with this rumour though: the pair have never met, at least according to a new report from TMZ.
An insider told the gossip site that “the two are friendly” and that they even planned to have the Iron Man star appear in Deadpool & Wolverine.
Meanwhile another source told PEOPLE there’s “zero bad blood” between the lads.
There really is no way of knowing if the blind item involved these two or if it’s even true at all, but I will say this: the fact that ~sources~ (which usually means the press reps of those involved) had to speak out to squash the rumour is rather telling. Either the rumour is legit, or it’s BS but bothered one of the stars enough to speak up about it.
Earlier this year, the stacked Avengers: Doomsday cast was revealed and as you can see from the list of stars, there’s a helluva lot of big personalities on that set!
For all we know, it could be about Channing Tatum and Pedro Pascal, or Chris Hemsworth and Paul Rudd, or Sebastian Stan and Kelsey Grammar (maybe Sebastian’s a Housewives fan and he’s team Camille?).
Regardless, we’ll see them all team up when the movie drops on May 1, 2026 – perhaps we’ll be able to read the tension during the press tour. That’s usually when it all comes out!
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