Dec 18 2008Tim Robbins is Iron Man's Father?
Sorry, Gerard Sanders, but according to Latino Review, your Iron Man role of Howard Stark has been stolen by Tim Robbins:
From what I'm told, Tim Robbins is going to be playing Howard Stark in an important flashback sequence that is going to set up the Avengers and Captain America films. Jon [Favreau] wanted to get a good actor because he didn't think the guy who played Howard in the last film could carry such an important scene.I'm also told that HAWKEYE and BLACK WIDOW are definitely in Iron Man 2 and they wont be cameos either.
Can't carry such an important scene, Favreau? Did you not see him portraying "Mannequin" in the 1989 TV movie Stuck with Each Other? Or "Handman" (???) in a 1985 episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood? Or perhaps, more recently, you missed his turn as "Process Server" in The Young and the Restless.
Maybe Favreau will give Sanders a smaller part to make up for the change. I don't think anyone has been cast as Hawkeye's handman yet.
Reader Comments
1. john - December 18, 2008 5:58 PM
first
2. markonius maximus - December 18, 2008 7:02 PM
Dark Knight set the standard.
Iron Man was too little too late for Marvel.
Without CG the Iron Man franchise is like a Dodge Neon with turbo... Shiny dick with no balls.
3. K lee - December 19, 2008 12:26 AM
I don't even remember Tony Stark's dad being in the first one. What did I miss?
4. K lee... again... - December 19, 2008 12:27 AM
...or was he just shown in pictures?
5. Annoyed - December 19, 2008 2:55 AM
I'm so sick of this "First" garbage. Seriously shut the hell up; give your opinion on the subject matter instead of constantly refreshing the damn page you fucking no-lives.
Anyway, Tim Robins as Howard is excellent casting. I just wish he was in more high profile movies.
6. Brian - December 19, 2008 12:57 PM
@5
SIXTH!!!
7. Jannah - December 19, 2008 2:54 PM
Oh blech, IMHO.
8. sully - December 19, 2008 8:49 PM
I personally loved Sanders as "Bugsy" in Unsolved Mysteries.
I mean, come on.... Bugsy.
EIGHTH!
9. TommyP - December 20, 2008 5:36 AM
Yeah, I get it - the whole Unlimited Power thing and the positive role model. Yeah, good idea.
Oh sorry, thought you said TONY Robbins - my bad.