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Robert Downey Jr. spills some goodies about IRON MAN 2!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Good Ol' Frosty from Collider had the chance to sit down with Robert Downey Jr. and pried some IRON MAN 2 info from him... I'll give you a taste, but you gotta click over to read the full interview for the whole shebang!
Here's the pulls from the interview Frosty sent along:
Remember when filming began and word leaked that Gary Shandling was in the film and no one was really sure what part he played? Robert told us about the first day of filming and how Gary plays a Senator:
Robert: Day one I’m doing a Senate hearing where the government is saying the Iron Man tech needs to be turned over to the Senator and the Senator is Gary Shandling. And we had this fantastic day that was somehow this controlled chaos of a Senate hearing where I keep interrupting them and dah dah dah.
Another bit that Robert told us was how he is taking “Iron Man 2” more seriously than any movie he has ever done:
Robert: And I’ve never been in a sequel and it’s very daunting because I feel the expectation of the millions of people who watched it and enjoyed it and told me that it was a little different than your usual genre picture and that they expected us to not screw it up. So I actually have taken “Iron Man 2” probably more seriously than any movie I’ve ever done, which is appropriately ridiculous for Hollywood.
On the way the suit has been improved from the first film:
Everything has been improved. Everything is ergonomic and the story is incredibly risky and artistic for a big genre movie.
Sounds like it's shaping up well. I love that Downey feels the pressure on this one more than any other film and I can bet he's bringing his A game. Thanks to Frosty for the heads up on his interview!
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NOT FIRST!
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HaHAH! RDJ- What a PROFESSIONAL.
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them screwing this up. If more people with money making the decisions would see it's as simple as having people involved with the project who are this passionate then they would make 10x more money per film. Looking forward to part 2!!
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Apr 19, 2009 6:30:10 PM CDT
Considering the cast............................................
by crackerfarmboy
I have a hard time believing that this film won't completely rock!
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It's sweeping Hollywood!
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... I'd highly suggest you get on it. His updates are directed directly towards us, and it is a shame that AICN hasn't been posting a good deal...
Apparently, Roarke was AMAZING on his first day, and Scarlett Johansen's first day was last week. Ton's of other updates, but mostly simple stuff ("standing in Tony's workshop"), etc.
Also, reason to believe that Favreau's character, Hogan, is involved in quite a bit of stunts as he was tweeting about ibuprofen. -
I hate that actress. She's the female Ben Affleck... she's there and she's famous but nobody is sure why. At least Affleck has his directing career now, but Johansen is still out there with her bland acting style.And now she's in Iron Man 2.And this makes me feel sad. :(
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Cause nothing knocks out injury pain like IBUPROFEN. lol.. yeah..
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If he has a relapse, we know who to blame.
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All the kids are doing it now. ;-)
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Apr 19, 2009 6:49:33 PM CDT
Why wouldn't the bad guys have Tony Stark assassinated?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
How could he possibly move around the real world like regular? He would have to have more security than the fucking Pope. Thats the thing with the ending of the first film, it raises a whole lot of questions.
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But Johansen has her Tom Waits cover album. Even ground, I'd say.
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Iron Man was fantastic. Just watched it for the first time since seeing it in theaters and it held up beautifully. Cannot wait for hte sequel. Downey is sure talking a great game thus far and it so easy to take him on his word, so I will.
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Bleh.
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...quickly becoming a "ScarJo is lame" vs. "Boobs!" hatefest. Let us all agree that she is indeed rather pleasing to the eye but somewhat limited as an actress, and instead focus on the awesomeness of this interview. lol kthankbai wheeee!
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transformers 2 looks teh awesome
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And has anyone seen her lately after her anorexic diet? Boobs? What boobs? There's nothing there! Gandhi had bigger boobs than her nowadays. So, putting aside the lack of boobs and lack of acting skills, she's totally wrong for the part to begin with.
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Great news, let's keep this movie brewing!
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This will be such a great movie! They always said Tony Stark was modeled after Howard Hughes so there will be a great story to tell here.
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Apr 19, 2009 7:28:37 PM CDT
The Iron Man sequel will suck just like the Batman Begins sequel
by tylerzero
Oh wait, the Batman Begins sequel was the EXACT OPPOSITE OF SUCK. Nevermind.
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I always thought the "Iron Man is my bodyguard" was very believable. I mean you got kidnapped by terrorist, why not have special protection? One of the few times a secret identity would make sense.
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Even Ribbons can relate. It was that good.
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Then don't ask him tough questions at a Senate hearing.
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Does this mean Tony Stark will end up in Vegas as a syphilitic addled, anti-semetic insane nutjob who supports the Mormon church?
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http://tinyurl.com/d5sjry
With constipated strangle-face. -
...how about some Vulcan Garry Shandling?
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It is basically a remake of the first one, sans the Afghanistan stuff. Nothing artistic about it. I enjoyed the first one, but was hoping they'd change it up a bit. But no, they didn't.
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Was RDJ that whacked out he forgot he was in the Fugitive sequel, U.S. Marshals?
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Apr 19, 2009 8:54:58 PM CDT
RDJ: "da da da da da!" Bale: "I'm gonna trash your fucking light
by mike_d
next flash cartoon
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wasn't really a sequel. It had the some of the same characters as The Fugitive, but The Fugitive was about Harrison's character. US Marshals was just like the next adventure for those cops, definitely not a "part 2" kind of sequel, which is what I think RDJ meant.
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Because I, like... can't relate... or something. Ba-zing! Or, to quoth noted sage HateSpeech "Wowee zowee woooowwwwww!" Get a fucking life.
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more then Iron Man. You can see that sort of in the first act of the movie. So I don't think he is personally that much safer if they think that Iron man is his body guard who indecently has his work cut out for him. I think he needs to get people to stop breaking into his house for one thing!
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Not in the "first" one so he technically never starred a second time. This is a bigger nut to crack. Expectations are too fluid to make something to. Just make a good, fun movie. Success is only counted on opening weekend anymore anyway. Its a success if I want to own it on disc and not rent it once more on Netflix.
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Not that difficult.
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Great story. I guess he can't keep the technology a secret for long but he does a hell of a thorough job of it by taking out everyone he suspects has it and destroying his stolen tech.
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lots of Flash and sizzle...but like Mega Fox, not a whole lot of acting chops. And I still don't get how all those curves are going to become a uber athletic, Russian spy/assassin. I still think they should have just gone and gotten a REAL RUSSIAN ACTRESS for the part.
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Apr 19, 2009 9:25:03 PM CDT
But seriously....how can he ever have a villain again?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
How could they pull that off? He is a world famous public figure. Wouldn't some terrorist group just blow the fuck out of his house while he's asleep in it, or find Gwyneth and cut her head the fuck off?
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Apr 19, 2009 9:26:00 PM CDT
I think a superhero 'outing' is identity is more realistic
by slickyvonboner
than keeping it a secret. Seriously, in this modern day and age, if there was a real superhero, his identity would be leaked on the internet, or some psycho fans would stalk him/her to find it. Plus, I don't think Tony Stark moves around the world normally anyways. He has private jets, helicopters, bodyguards and probably bullet proof limos. He's funded by the military also. The secret-identity things been over-done.
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Apr 19, 2009 9:32:54 PM CDT
Nope. Any criminal group would go after Pepper or Rhodes...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
.....and their families, and burn their houses to the ground and take their kids and cut limbs off until they got what they want. It just won't work. Unless there is absolutely no buildup between the connection of Starks and the villain and its seriously just a confrontation at the very end of the film. There can't be fights early in the film and then next scene is Starks hanging out at a casino with bitches. It won't work.
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http://tinyurl.com/cv7cla
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I don't know what the plot of the second one will be, but terrorists and criminals will only target them if Stark/Iron Man targets them first. Otherwise, he lives in the same universe as the Fantastic Four, where their identities are known, but the only person who ever tries to kill them is Doom. You never see them fighting crime in the films. They just "save" people, so they never really watch their backs.
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That Trek guy speaking the Bale flip-out has two mouths and what looked like blood on his face. I'm never smoking ever again.
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ummm...what!?!?!?!
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That Trek thing already freaked the piss out of me...But wow. That's one of the trippiest things I've ever seen, and I just watched the first two seasons of The Mighty Boosh.
And excellent point you make, sir; that's the whole basis behind the need for superheroes to have a 'secret identity'. When Spidey got outed last year that's exactly what happened; Aunt May got her ass shot by a sniper. Tony's been outed in the comics before, too, and similar things have happened. Hope that'll be something the film can center in on, too, maybe ending with Stark's identity back under the mask.
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in his world. Reprisal for his assassination/attempted assassination would be apocalyptic.
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She looks like she has dropped 40 lbs. for the role. She's sleek. Still wrong for the part, but at least she's making an effort.
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Apr 20, 2009 12:30:51 AM CDT
Anyone who encourages ScarJo's weight loss is a prick.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I can give a fuck if its right for the character. Its not right for her!! ITS NOT FUCKING RIGHT.
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Enough of the pencil thin skeleton chicks. With their heroin chic look. Ladies need to know there's nothing wrong with a little cushion for the pushin.
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fuckin ass.
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yes! and maybe even set up a dastardly clue game with dead bodies, something to do with some sort of 7 signs even?? Add in his drunk problems so he's having a sort of Superman 3 dual battle of psyche, he's fighting the bottle and an all-star hot shot serial killer(who's Marvel's Riddler go-to guy?) And like Empire Strikes Back the ending is a downer, only to not replicate Seven and keep it even more surprising, maybe even have his family and relatives also disemboweled. Make it all dark and stuff, edgy and "character driven", then the third movie you can add the kooky more family friendly things. Maybe even do an Iron Man TV holiday special with the singers and tv people of today.
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He's freaking Iron Man!!! Would you want to sneak up on a guy who can destroy an entire armored battalion by himself?
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I'm not sure whether they could pull off an NC-17 Iron Man, where he's crying into a crack-pipe to avoid the pain caused by terrorists hacking Pepper's head off with a rusty machete.
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You can have menace and threat at a PG-13 level (Sorry, Synder but large amounts of blood and slow motion does not equal menace in my book).
I like the whole act of defiance at the end of the first Iron Man, it was inkeeping with how he played the character.
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even if she does not seem like a good fit for the russian at all
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rather than "appropriately ridiculous" for Hollywood
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She was on her way to (or from) the gym. Trust me, she's in shape. However, I liked her original shape more.
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Did I miss something? Everyone seems in on the joke but me. Is it like the tard voice "dee de dee"? Or more like "yada yada yada"? And to the guy who just saw Fight Club, f'in awesome right?? I always wonder why that movie isn't even more popular than it is.
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...than I am about Emily Blunt NOT being in it...she would have been amazing I think.
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But having Iron Man be world renowned as Tony Starks bodyguard was always problematic. Because he was a personal employee of Starks, Stark himself could be sued for damages caused by Iron Man. Stark would also be a target for reprisals from IM's enemies - he would be a soft target if IM was not visibly seen guarding him. Starks closest friends would also be targets. I disagreed with revealing Tony Stark as Iron Man because it opened up a huge can of woms in the 'real' world, but the reality of his 'body guard' situation would still make Stark a target. However, Stark must now and forever more be on his guard when he is not in his armor. Because he was a high profile target, he already had protection from the ordinary criminals. That is what Happy Hogan was for. But now, he must be on guard against the 'super' criminal when he is not in armor, and that can make a man paranoid. It can also make for a great storyline.
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Are you morons kidding me?!?! How can you even care about gwenyth when there are far worse situations at hand? She's Not the issue... Don cheadle R teh suxor in this movie. They replaced a perfectly Good rhodey with a doutche bag from crash
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looks interesting, too.
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Is Tony is 16 or something. Basically he is now Peter Parker. Spectacular Spider-Man is still on, right? Looks like a carbon copy - but with armor!
Ooooo, shiny!
The nice thing is that from all published accounts that is tha approach Marvel Films was taking with Iron Man 1 until Favreau insisted on RDJ. THAT is what happens when you hire people familiar with the source material. Good decisions that honor the canon but are still accesible to Joe Six Pack. -
Iron Man.i like the idea of going empire/dark knight style of darkness
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I'm guessing this will be too
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Must be the final vilian. And the movie will be simultaneously released as cloverfield II. Look into yourheart, you know this to be true.
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Then I can step in to double for RDJ so he can have a smoke break.
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about The Dark Kight and Lord Bale. Until he does, the fatwa stands.
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Da da da is from the Bale rant.
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Apr 20, 2009 11:44:18 AM CDT
C'mon people don't start the DARK KNIGHT worship shit again
by mr incredible
It's fucking distracting.
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You need to apologize for the ALL CAPS fetish you can't seem to shake.
Are you sure your fatwa is justified? "Da da da" sounds pretty generic. Just a cliche for "so on, so forth" which people use. Plus, he didn't even use it in the same mocking context Bale did. I could'nt tell what Bale reference you were all talking about.
Perhaps this is a case of zealotry on behalf of the Bale Fundamentalists. I just hate to see a brother go down over a simple misunderstanding.
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What you will and what you won't. Da Da Da. Anyone remember that 80s song? Bueller?
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No, he doesn't. It's opinion.
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i hope favreau, downey, et al, are upping their game with the Dark Knight in the back of their minds. they want to up the genre and emotion and they have the mad skillz to succeed. i look forward to it!
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I'm guessing that his secret identity being revealed will be kind of glossed over and not rationalized all that much. Honestly it would take half the movie to explain all the questions about it raised here. And I don't think everything needs to be rationalized in the film. It would be appropriate if at the senate hearing he got some gov't protection or something or gov't freedom to cause damage or whatever without being sued. But it sounds like he wants to do this without the gov't. Everyone knows that Tony Stark is Iron Man in the comics and I don't know how they explain how he's not always the victim of assassination attempts so don't expect much of that in the movie. The more I'm resigned to Scarlett Jo being in the movie, the more I like it. Some of you may have a different opinion but I think she was nominated for an oscar for "Lost in Translation" so I think she can play a sexy spy of all things. Plus to me she's one of the hottest women on the planet. Can't wait for the super tight Black Widow costume. Although it will probably look like the costumes from "GI JOE Rise of cobra". Also with Scarlett and Mickey and Samuel L. and Gwyneth, that's five oscar nominees in a comic book movie. I think this fim will be pulled off fairly well.
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that was how the first movie was described by some critics.jesus..
remember those days where u could go at the cinema and enjoy 2 hours of good entertainment? simple as that.
now everything has to be very intellectual,deeply artistic and ofcourse politicaly analysed until death.i hate how the world has turned into. -
Apr 20, 2009 2:05:55 PM CDT
It will be good because it will be grounded in reality.
by zinc_chameleon
The U.S. government wants to confiscate it in the nicest terms possible; a competing corporation hires Russian gangsters to steal it, former KGB babe loves up Tony to his doom. If only it could have been Emily Blunt. She would be on the A-list until she turns 40 after this movie.
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there are plenty of high profile people out there who other people would love to kill, but you don't see it happening every day, especially not in the US and especially not if the person that is the target has billions of dollars. Tony and his loved ones will be just fine, or some will be captured and heroically rescued. So chill with the OMG he needs a secret identity or everyone of his enemies of which (in the movies so far) he has um none really, will kill him and Pepper SO FAST.
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Maybe they will address Stark's vulnerability outside of the armor by having War Machine as his bodyguard from the start. That way Rhodes can be a bad ass from jump street.
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Didn't anyone learn from TPM that Senate scenes are boring?!
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In the comics, Stark was brought before a Senate committee that wanted him to share the Iron Man technology with the military. This fits right in line with the first movie. Stark was a weapons developer for our government but he turned against that type of business. He doesn't want to sell weapons anymore. Good source of conflict, especially in this era of a huge industrial military complex.
Maybe the Crimson Dynamo tech is based on stolen IM technology. Maybe our government is involved? Or Hammer develops CD to sell to the government, since Stark won't sell IM?
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The funny thing is, I liked the Military Propaganda that was Iron Man. It wasn't bad jingoism like First Blood II and III or Navy SEALS, and it didn't just turn a blind eye to America's faults with dealing with an enemy (the fact that we arm many of them and they often use are weapons to hurt others and our own soldiers). It also wasn't a "America sucks, it is the real terrorist" film either (thank god).
No, to me it hit the right political, ideological, philosophical notes: that weapon makers have a moral obligation to make sure their weapons are being used by the right people; that you can't just profit by making weapons without thinking about the consequences; that there are terrible, evil people out there that want to do us and others harm that we should be fighting (al-Queda in our world and the Ten Rings in Iron Man's world); and that are military and soldiers are trying to fight the good fight, despite blundering and conflict of interest from politicians and business leaders (as exemplified by Stane). And Iron Man did it while being fun and entertaining.
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I love the first movie, but outing himself as Iron Man was one of the only flaws in the film IMO. Yes Tony Stark is a powerful billionaire and can hire security, but the fact that he is now known to be Iron Man makes it harder to operate. You can keep track of Iron Man just by keeping track of Tony Stark, and because of his big status and fame he will be easy to keep track of: just watch TMZ or some other gossip show (“Hey, just got word from Perez Hilton that Stark was spotted in NY. We can pull off that attack on Stark’s LA Headquarters tomorrow”). If you thought Iron Man and Stark were separate people, you might hesitate because just because Stark is at one place doesn’t guarantee that Iron Man will be with him.
Secondly, Stark should maintain the secret ID for the same reason that elite military forces like DEVGRU, Delta Force and the CIA SAD maintain secret identities: to protect themselves and their loved ones from reprisals. Someone with a bone to pick against Iron Man (but not against Stark) might target Tony Stark, his boss, but wouldn’t target Pepper Potts or Hogan without knowing they are somehow important to him. But once you know Starks is Iron Man, you suddenly make them being targeted a lot higher (if you want to hurt Stark and Iron Man, who are you more likely to go after: a billionaire with a suit of armor that makes him invincible, or his pretty secretary who he has a deep connection with?).
Of course, it makes sense my Stark revealed his identity (he is an egotist and a vain man), and these issues might be addressed by Jon Favreau and the rest will deal with in the next movie. In fact, maybe one of the reasons Stark starts to drink more is because he feels guilty over people he loves getting hurt and for becoming more isolated from everyone to protect them?
PS - I hope they have Titanium Man instead of Crimson Dynamo. Just because of the name ("Iron is strong, but Titanium is stronger!"). -
uses invisible font...its a message from Afghanistan for Tony Stark....it will self destruct if this movie sucks.
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can't wait to see Scarlett Johanson in this....yummy!!!
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What does that mean? Is it racey? Is there porn in this one? Is it political bashing? WTF!
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Gee Ribbons, I don't seem to remember ever saying much to you back in the day, under any ID. But as you seem to be festering w/ resentment(s), well golly gee batman--does this mean we're not...friends....awwwwwwwwwww Hate_Speech was great. A BIG MONKEY! YES! THat was a riot. Oh I liked Iron Man quite alot. I think this is a great surprise-Downey Jr. as Iron Man?? and the movies are--good?? Make more!
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Apr 20, 2009 6:43:18 PM CDT
Man I hope what RDJ says is that this time the movie won't suck!
by series7
But that's going to be hard considering you have Don I'm a HUGE HUGE wussy Cheedle playing one of the most bad ass Marvel Characters right now. I can't even see Don Cheedle having the strength of Dazzler let alone War Machine, hopefully someone juices his pansy ass up with steroids.
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No joke I thought Iron Man was better than Bats II: Harvey Dented-and it's reall obvious Favreau, Downey Jr. etc are onto something here. Doesn't need no Giant Robots either-though it could help.
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I'm not talking about the da da da reference. Bale has no problem with that, and done respectfully, it is one's honor to use it.
I'm talking about RDJ' criticism of TDK being complicated. Maybe RDJ's killed one too many billion brain cells but that's still no excuse to speak ill of Bale.
Cartoons of Bale are permissible. Again, only if done out of respect. For reference, see aintitbalenews.com and the fine work by DGDB, Stuntcock and other True Baleivers. -
is if there is a subplot with her and Gwyneth Paltrow sixty-nining for a prolonged, graphic scene. I might buy a ticket for that.
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The Joker alone would make the walking can of soup shit in his armor. Batman would smash on the Tin Man. NO FUCKING HEART.
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There is no way Batman takes down Iron Man. Not in the comics, not the movie versions, never ever ever gonna happen. Unless Bats has time to prep first...
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would totally make Iron Man his bitch. He built a suit of armor for Booster, I'm sure he could tear down Tony's suit.
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I am very stoked for this.
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Scary Jo doesn't totally fail, then this movie will rock. I'm kinda surprised there's not more Sam Rockwell love on these boards. As far as I'm concerned, the man can do no wrong. "WHAT'S MY LAST NAME? YOU DON'T KNOW, DO YOU? DO YOU?!?!"
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Pardon me y'all. Tony Stark is the epitome of cool
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...having the strength of Dazzler let alone War Machine."ok, that was very funny!!! lol
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Dude Don Cheadle knows how to act. He can pull this out easily. Much better than T Howard. Howard is a soft voice pretty boy
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Air Force pilots are there? I don't think one needs bulky muscles to operate power armor.
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...Downey's like 5'7" and I'm pretty sure most of us have no problem with him as Iron Man (although some people did when he was first cast). You don't need a big, burly man's man here; it's not like we're talking about Norse gods. But I guess arguing about this doesn't really matter because this kind of second-guessing is almost natureal with comic book movie casting; usually once the film comes out the results speak for themselves (for better or worse).
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Apr 21, 2009 9:56:51 PM CDT
"Frosty" needs to learn how to spell "Garry Shandling".
by cotton mcknight
What a dope. And this guy has enough clout to interview celebrities? As football coach Mike Gundy might say, "get your facts straight!".
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I'm down with her portraying the black widow. I was a fan of her since I saw Lost in Translation. Sure, some of you will disagree. That's cool as long as no one tries to convince me that Scar Jo is raping your childhood.
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