The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been less than awesome since they killed off Iron Man. Which is why it was such a massive coup to get Robert Downey Jr. to play Dr. Doom in the next two "Avengers" movies.
Here's how important it was for Marvel to get him back: They basically drove the contents of Fort Knox up his driveway and just dumped it in front of his door.
"Variety" says that Anthony and Joe Russo are making $80 million to direct the movies, and Downey is making, quote, "significantly more" for his role.
He's also getting crazy perks on top of it, including private jet travel, dedicated security, and a "trailer encampment" on the set.
Downey has already made between $500 million and $600 million from the franchise, and is by far the highest-paid member of the MCU.