Downey, Pascal Swap Marvel Roles for Halloween

Robert Downey Jr. and Pedro Pascal marked Halloween by swapping their Avengers: Doomsday roles and going trick-or-treating. Downey appeared as Mister Fantastic in a blue suit with the '4' insignia after borrowing Pascal's mustache; Pascal wore Doctor Doom's green hooded costume and metallic mask. Downey posted photos and videos on Instagram under "Victor. Richard. Costume swap!" Fans answered with multiverse jokes and called it Earth 420. India TV put the post above 3 million views and 11,000 comments. Downey has said Pascal's slow trajectory to household-name status on a hot streak reaffirms his faith in the industry. Pascal has said Downey is so immediately generous and inviting that you feel you can be afraid, hungry, or ambivalent. Downey and Chris Evans also released a Diwali message for Indian fans wishing them well and pointing to Avengers: Doomsday, which opens in India on December 17, 2026 and in the U.S. on December 18, 2026. Anthony and Joe Russo direct from a Stephen McFeely screenplay, with Michael Waldron, Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers refining the story. A 15-to-20-minute show of 2,000 drones over Ttukseom Hangang Park in Seoul traced Thanos to Tony Stark to Doctor Doom. A two-minute second trailer unveiled at D23 shows Doctor Doom facing the Fantastic Four, Avengers and X-Men. Secret Wars is slated for December 2027. Pascal recently appeared in Eddington and Materialists and has Behemoth! upcoming. No factual disputes appear in the rated coverage.