“I’m like, ‘What’s going on? Are you hiding this from us?’” the actor recalled of his reaction to the news.

Jeremy Renner was just as shocked as Marvel fans when Robert Downey Jr. revealed at Comic-Con that he would be playing Doctor Doom in the next two Avengers movies.

The Mayor of Kingstown star told Us Weekly this week that he “had no idea” his fellow actor and friend would be taking on the villain role in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday (2026) and Avengers: Secret Wars (2027).

“This son of a bitch didn’t say anything to me, and we’re good friends,” Renner, who played Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, added.