According to Rockwell, “Iron Man” director Jon Favreau originally considered casting him for the role of Tony Stark in the first film, but he’s now on board to appear as Justin Hammer, a staunch corporate rival for Stark, in “Iron Man 2.”Weird to think that Robert Downey Jr almost wasn't Tony Stark. Justin Hammer is a middle aged business man that wants to take Stark's place in the weapons selling business after he pulled out. To me, he's not that exciting of a character. I'm not sure if I feel he's really necessary but I'm not going to argue with Favreau's judgement. It seems like it's going to be a busy movie. We have Mickey Rourke as possibly Crimson Dynamo. Emily Blunt may be playing the Black Widow. Mandarin is supposed to be in it and possible Hawkeye too. No wonder Tony develops a drinking problem.
“We had a phone conversation about it, and then I didn’t hear anything and that was it,” Rockwell told MTV of early conversations regarding the part that eventually went to Robert Downey Jr. One blockbuster film later, the phone conversation was accompanied by an offer to play Hammer, and Rockwell accepted.
Iron Man
Character » Iron Man appears in 11210 issues.
Tony Stark was the arrogant son of wealthy, weapon manufacturer Howard Stark. Tony cared only about himself, but he would have a change of heart after he was kidnapped by terrorists and gravely injured. Pressured to create a weapon of mass destruction, Stark instead created a suit of armor powerful enough for him to escape. Tony used his vast resources and intellect to make the world a better place as The Invincible Iron Man. Stark's super hero identity led him to become a founding member of the Avengers.
Sam Rockwell Confirms Role For Iron Man 2
"Mickey Rourke has all the buzz from the Wrestler. I don't recognize Sam Rockwell from anything..... "Mickey Rourke is awesome... get his ass to play Whiplash
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Sam Rockwell is an awesome actor. Not sure about the villain choice, but Rockwell is on a very short list of my favorite actors.
He also played Batman. Check it out HERE.
Sam Rockwell didn't know Justin Hammer was an old dude or that he was an actual comic character. Check out a short video from MTV:
I'm looking forward to seeing this done. Sam Rockwell is a fantastic actor (He gives a great performance in Joshua) and I would like to see what he does with a character like Justin Hammer. Hammer is a character I always thought had potential and could be modernized in quite creative and cool ways. Arms dealer for super humans. What doesn't sound dope about that?! Lol Plus him being involved in creating the Crimson Dynamo armor is an interesting new direction to take the story in. And Rourke as Dynamo....that's something I may pay a few times to see. The actress casted as Black Widow seems to have potential as well. Hopefully Hawkeye played by a great actor as well. I'd suggest Leonardo Dicaprio or Tim Olyphant or Josh Duhamel. All great actors. All could fill Clint's purple boots.
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