Robert Downey Jr’s faith in entertainment industry reaffirmed after Marvel co-star’s rise to fame

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Robert Downey Jr. says Pedro Pascal’s “slow trajectory” to becoming a “household name” has reaffirmed his “faith” in the entertainment industry.

The acting heavyweights have grown close after shooting forthcoming Marvel film Avengers: Doomsday, and Downey Jr. is delighted to see Pascal is on a “wildly hot streak” after a gradual rise to fame.

He told Vanity Fair magazine: “Pascal’s slow trajectory to becoming a household name who is on a wildly hot streak kind of reaffirms my faith in our industry.”

Pascal’s breakout role came in 2014 when he portrayed Oberyn Martell in Game of Thrones, and he went on to play Javier Pena in Netflix crime show Narcos.

More recently, Pascal told how he heads to Downey Jr.’s house for Avengers cast “homework” days ahead of starring in Doomsday, in which he will play Reed Richards/ Mister Fantastic, and he praised his pal as “so immediately generous and inviting”.

Speaking about Downey Jr. - who will play Victor von Doom/ Doctor Doom in the 2026 movie - the 50-yearold actor said: “He’s just so immediately generous and inviting that you feel like you can be afraid, you can be hungry, you can be ambivalent.”

Vanessa Kirby will also appear in Avengers: Doomsday, as Sue Storm/ Invisible Woman, and she has found Pascal to be someone you can “trust”.