Wonder Man, the new Disney+ series, has accidentally made Robert Downey Jr. himself a part of MCU lore. Wonder Man Robert Downey Jr canon MCU marvelWonder Man, starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as aspiring actor Simon Williams, is less a traditional superhero saga and more a send-up of Tinseltown. In the MCU, this creates a paradoxical scenario where Robert Downey Jr. is both the fictional Iron Man and a real-life actor. This specific Downey Jr. nod was an accident, but the series is deliberately woven with movie love. “There’s more movie Easter eggs than Marvel Easter egg.