Avengers: Doomsday Cast Reveal - The Internet Reacts to X-Men, Lots of Chairs, Missing Characters, and More

Marvel dropped a surprise announcement today in the form of a nearly five-and-a-half-hour livestream that revealed the cast of Avengers: Doomsday. A new chair was added every 10-15 minutes with the name of an actor who will be part of this highly-anticipated film, and there were some big surprises alongside the return of familiar faces.

As expected, the internet at large had some very entertaining and insightful reactions to the news, including the return of Channing Tatum's Gambit and other X-Men to this big movie that will see the MCU's Avengers take on Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom. We've gathered some of our favorites below and would love to hear your thoughts in the comment section as well

Avengers: Doomsday Cast Reveal Reactions

All in all, there were 27 chairs for 27 actors who will be part of Avengers: Doomsday, and it all started with Chris Hemsworth (Thor). There weren't too many surprising reveals at the start as we learned Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm), Anthony Mackie (Captain America), Sebastian Stan (Bucky), and Letitia Wright (Black Panther), would be part of the film. The first big moment, however, came when the chair of Paul Rudd (Ant-Man) was shown. Unlike the others, Rudd's chair was a bit smaller as a nod to his ability to shrink in size. As @JuanEdits noted, "the little chair announcing Paul Rudd is back as Ant-Man is genius ngl."

the little chair announcing paul rudd is back as ant man is genius ngl pic.twitter.com/JYuc5h5sAu— juan (@JuanEdits) March 26, 2025

The chairs continued to reveal that other actors like Wyatt Russell (U.S. Agent), Tenoch Huerta MejÍa (Namor), Ebon Moss-Bacharach (The Thing), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi), and Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova) will be part of Avengers: Doomsday, but this was also the point were some people started poking fun at how long this whole process was taking.

This was summed up quite nicely by Heavy Spoilers, who shared a clip from Saving Private Ryan of Matt Damon growing old very quickly.

Me by the time the full Avengers Doomsday line-up gets announced pic.twitter.com/AThBwqPPbk— Heavy Spoilers (@heavyspoilers) March 26, 2025

Simu Liu also took the time to celebrate this moment of Shang-Chi's return with a funny joke; "*pokes head out of karaoke booth*"

The next chair was another one the biggest surprise of the stream as it opened so many possibilities. Yes, it was confirmed that Kelsey Grammer would be returning as Beast after his post-credits appearance in The Marvels. This was the long-awaited official confirmation that the X-Men will be part of Avengers: Doomsday. The fun didn't stop there either as it was also unveiled that Patrick Stewart (Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), James Marsden (Cyclops), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), and Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler) would be joining the roster as well.

While there was a lot of excitement about these additions, it started to have MCU fans like @ResonantJustice question if this was the early signs of Avengers: Doomsday secretly being an Avengers vs. X-Men movie with Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom pulling the strings.

Is Avengers: Doomsday secretly an Avengers vs X-Men movie, just with RDJ as Doom pulling the strings in the background?