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According to a new report, an original star from some of the earliest movies in the MCU may be returning for Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars.

What Avengers star is returning for Doomsday and Secret Wars?

According to a new report from insider Daniel Richtman, Gwyneth Paltrow, who played Pepper Potts throughout the Iron Man films and subsequent early Avengers movies, could be back. Richtman notes that she’s expected to return in some capacity for both Doomsday and Secret Wars.

Currently, it’s unclear exactly what her role in the movie will be. With Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man not back, it’s unknown what Potts’ role in the next two big movies might be. However, Paltrow is one of several former stars who will be returning, 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. Avengers: Secret Wars is set to release a year later, on December 17, 2027.

(Source: Daniel Richtman)