I am really hoping RDJ is playing Doom as Victor Von Doom, and not some continuation of Stark or some alternate universe Stark. Like if they skip Doom's origin and he is always behind the mask with a modulated voice.

Or even better, the announcement be a misdirect along the same lines as how Trevor wasn't really the Mandarin.

To be fair, Combs is almost always in make-up so you never see his fa- Hold up... Doesn't Dr. Doom have a big metal mask covering his face? 🤔 Aw, shit, are they gonna do Iron Man style face close-ups inside the mask?

The reason so many people want RDJ's Doom to be a Stark variant is because the alternative is that Marvel, and by extension Disney, is in desperation mode. "Iron Man did well, Iron Man was played by RDJ, we want this movie to do well, we need to throw a dump truck full of money at RDJ again."

Furthermore, RDJ, as much as I enjoy his performances, always plays the same character in any movie that isn't Oppenheimer. If this Dr Doom isn't a Stark variant, it's going to be weird at best and terrible at worst when he acts like Tony Stark.

While I really like him performing Brunt and others, Shran was by far my favourite role of him.

I like to think they had Jeffrey Combes on set every day just in case any actors didn't show up.

I mean, it doesn't necessarily rule out a convoluted explanation either. Let me tell you the story of a woman named Denise Crosby.

Forgot the original, Mark Lenard.

There's a few actors in the Star Trek acting community that get recycled and now and then. Cisco's dad and the guy that played Zephrim Cochran come to mind. I can't remember their names because I'm bad at names. Oh yeah and the guy that played Odo was in one or two other things too. They do the kind of thing a lot actually.