Namor actor Tenoch Huerta is set to appear in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, and ahead of the film’s release next year, the star opened up about what it was like to meet Robert Downey Jr. while on set.
What did Tenoch Huerta say about meeting Robert Downey Jr.?
Speaking with El Capipi Perez, Huerta praised Downey, and also jokingly remarked that the star hasn’t lost any of his good looks or youthful appearance.
“He’s really handsome, dude,” said Huerta (translation courtesy of X account Avengers Updated). “The guy looks really young too. What happened was that I wasn’t in the scene; I went to see the directors. I wanted to talk to them about some lines and also meet them face to face. When I was there, the guy came over to check the monitors and I said, ‘Ah, no way!’ I really said, ‘Damn, I left my kneepads back at the hotel, man!’”
The kneepads line, while initially confusing many fans, seems to be a translation of a term in Spanish that’s hard to convey in English. According to some fans online, the star was essentially explaining how starstruck he was getting to meet Downey.
The cast for the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday is going to be massive. So far, several major stars from the MCU have been confirmed to be in the movie, including Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Pedro Pascal’s Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby’s Invisible Woman/Sue Storm, Anthony Mackie’s Captain America, Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Letitia Wright’s Shuri/Black Panther, and Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man.
More names for the upcoming movie include Wyatt Russell’s U.S. Agent/John Walker, Tenoch Huerta’s Namor, Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s The Thing/Ben Grimm, Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi, Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, Kelsey Grammer’s Dr. Hank McCoy/Beast, Lewis Pullman’s Bob/Sentry, Danny Ramirez’s Joaquin Torres/Falcon, Joseph Quinn’s Johnny Storm/Human Torch, David Harbour’s Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian, Winston Duke‘s M’Baku, Hannah John-Kamen‘s Ava Starr/Ghost, and Tom Hiddleston‘s Loki.
Several X-Men characters are also coming back for the upcoming movie, including Patrick Stewart‘s Charles Xavier, Ian McKellen‘s Magneto, Alan Cumming‘s Nightcrawler, Rebecca Romijn‘s Mystique, James Marsden‘s Cyclops, and Channing Tatum‘s Gambit.
Avengers: Doomsday is set to release on December 18, 2026.
