Jeremy Renner reveals he 'blew up' Avengers group chat as Robert Downey Jr returned to MCU

Looks like Robert Downey Jr's return to the Avengers as Doctor Doom has surprised not just fans but also his former fellow Avengers actors. Robert's return was revealed at the San Diego Comic-Con last month. He had famously played Iron Man previously in the MCU. But it seems, Jeremy Renner was not in the knowabout Robert's new role.

In an interview with US Weekly, Jeremy Renner, who plays Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, cussed outRobert for hiding his new MCU role from him.

What Jeremy Renner said

Jeremy said as soon as he learned that Robert had returned to the MCU to not play Iron Man, but DoctorDoom instead, he “started blowing up” their Avengers group chat on WhatsApp with questions like “What’s going on?” and "Are you hiding this from us?" The group also consists of Chris Evans (who played Captain America), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), and Mark Ruffalo (TheHulk).

Will Jeremy return as Hawkeye too?

“It seems the Avenger movies have always been fan favourites and there’s so many wonderful characters in them. I think it’s going to be challenging to get everybody together. I think they’re going to probably have to piece it together like week-by-week, just for people’s schedules," Jeremy said.

“I’m excited about it. We’ll see. I think we’ll probably be doing it. We’ll have to figure it out. It’s all brand new. It all just happened. They just made the announcement, so I guess we got to start figuring it all out," he added.

Jeremy last played Hawkeye in the 2021 Disney+ Hotstar series Hawkeye, where he passed on the mantle to Hailee Steinfeld's Kate Bishop.

Robert Downey Jr is set to return to the MCU as Doctor Doom, an antagonist for two Avengers films. Avengers: Doomsday is slated to release in cinemas on May 1, 2026, and Avengers: Secret Wars on May 7, 2027. Both films will be directed by Russo Brothers, who previously helmed all Avengers instalments.