Doom – the latest from Toby Kebbell

As said, the fans immediately believed that Fox has done it again and that they threw out the window the Doom from the comics. However, Toby Kebbell’s controversial statement wasn’t that controversial at all.

First of all, he says something like this: “There’s no conversation about [origins] in the film. We don’t have time to talk about me – I would love it, but we don’t have real time.” (via Screen Rant). And this makes senses – it is in good taste to have the origin of the superhero, only to visit afterwards the origins of their greatest foe.

Furthermore, the actor revealed Doom’s origins, which will most likely be presented in a future film, if this reboot proves bankable: “Yeah, he’s still from the same place, his mother is still a gypsy and done her deals, his father still perished from exposure looking after me. He’s angry. He’s an angry dude. But now he’s in Baxter. He’s bright and he’s trying to make people proud. He found a new father in Dr. Storm, the father of Johnny and adoptive father of Sue. I kind of get adopted as well, in a fantastic performance by Reg E. Cathey. And that’s Doom as we see him. He’s a computer technician, a computer scientist. There were rumors he was a hacker or something, but no. Victor Von Doom is who we hope he will be.” (via Screen Rant)

So what does that mean? It simply means that his original statement was taken out of context. He may have been called Doom on blogs, but it doesn’t mean that he is himself just a blogger. From this point of view, the fans can rejoice – this Doom is just like in the comics, even if his origins won’t be shown.

It also doesn’t mean that the studio had no clue about the character. In this instance, they did – it was just that the actor’s initial statement was taken out of context, twisted, and then some.

On the next page, the future of Doom, as Toby Kebbell sees it/wants it!