Rourke is in discussions to play a villain described as Tony Stark's Russian alter ego, a heavily tattooed bruiser who is in the arms trade and battles Iron Man in his own nuclear-powered armored suit.

Rourke was crazy good in the "Wrestler." I'd be interested to see him play Crimson Dynamo

Id like to see this play out

It might not be Crimson Dynamo, it could be Titanium Man.

I would love to see Rourke as Crimson i mean their both cocky and Micky can pull it off easy

Sam as Whiplash...makes sense neither of them are well known

Rourke is awesome

I've always found Titanium Man more exciting than Crimson Dynamo.

"Rourke is awesome"

LOVE IT son!!!

That'd be really interesting.  Rourke's bruiser/freaky appearance makes him a good contender for any type of comic book villain. 

Crimson Dynamo as Iron Man's nemesis in Iron Man #2 would be great, regardless of the actor, but with Rourke, that would really add some buzz.

Crimson Dynamo? I would hope we could get a different style of villain.

I was hoping for Mandarin and possibly Ultimo

It was just announced this A.M. Sam Rockwell will play Justin Hammer.   You were on top of this one early, G-Man!!

Are you in reality Matches Malone?  How do you get your 4-1-1??

Part of the Vine Lady's powers is to plant the vines all around and bring the news back to me.

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More talk on the net says that Sam Rockwell may be playing Whiplash?  I've also heard that maybe he'll be playing Justin Hammer.  But he's an old dude.  It's all over the place.  So take what you'd like with a grain of salt.

And Favreau has mentioned possibly using Dynamo months ago.  Who knows."

There's was some recent news that maybe Sam Rockwell isn't as confirmed as he last said.  He later was sounding more hopeful rather than certain.  I'm wondering if the news that Marvel only offered Mickey Rourke $250,000 has anything to do with it.  Did they offer him the same and he's reluctant or did they offer even less?