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Robert Downey Jr set to become the highest paid movie actor of all time, with his latest role earning him 'significantly more' than £62million


The 59 year-old actor is making a surprise return to the Marvel Universe, but not as his much-loved Iron Man character, but as the Fantastic Four villain Doctor Doom in two new Avengers movies.

It was announced on Monday that the 59 year-old actor is making a surprise return to the Marvel Universe, but not as his much-loved Iron Man character, but as the Fantastic Four villain Doctor Doom in two new Avengers movies. This will see actor leapfrog the salaries of Bruce Willis in Sixth Sense, Tom Cruise in the Top Gun reboot, and Will Smith in Men in Black 3, as the highest-paid movie star of all time. It was announced on Monday that the 59 year-old actor is making a surprise return to the Marvel Universe, but not as his much-loved Iron Man character (pictured), but as the Fantastic Four villain Doctor Doom in two new Avengers movies

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