Jan 8 2009Rourke and Rockwell Will Fight That Iron Man Guy
Mickey Rourke has gotten so popular since he started his wrestling career. Yesterday he joined the cast of Stallone's The Expendables, and now he's reportedly in talks to join Iron Man 2 as the film's central villain, while Sam Rockwell may play a rival industrialist. From THR:
Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell are in talks to star as the villains in "Iron Man 2," being directed by Jon Favreau.Marvel has been keeping a very tight lid on the script for the sequel, being written by Justin Theroux, but it is known that Rourke would play a tattooed Russian heavy named Ivan who becomes Whiplash, a man with deadly, technologically enhanced coils.
Rockwell would play Justin Hammer, a multibillionaire businessman and a rival of industrialist Anthony Stark, AKA Iron Man, being played by a returning Robert Downey Jr.
So Mickey Rourke is playing Whiplash. Except Variety says the role is Crimson Dynamo:
Which role Rockwell will play has yet to be disclosed by Marvel, but Rourke is in discussions to play the Crimson Dynamo, a heavily tattooed Russian arms dealer. He's considered to be an evil version of Iron Man because he battles the superhero in a nuclear-powered suit of armor.
Confusing! I think the only way to suss this one out is with blind speculation, Photoshopping, and comments that we won't see the movie without Terrence Howard in it.
Reader Comments
1. Jonny D - January 8, 2009 4:00 PM
Poor Terrence. (sob...sob)
2. Jimmy Jim - January 8, 2009 4:53 PM
so...war machine isn't the villain? or will he be the villain in part 3?
also...mickey rourke could very well pull himself out of obscurity literally overnight.
3. slayer - January 8, 2009 5:14 PM
War machine isn't a villain you moron it is a suite designed and built by Tony stark and is occasionally worn by himself or jim rohdes whi is his friend.
read your mythology son
4. Hal - January 8, 2009 7:31 PM
Is there an Iron Man villain in canon who's undergone botched plastic surgery? That would be the one I'd have Rourke play.
5. Jimmy Jim - January 8, 2009 8:42 PM
@slayer is worthless
"When Stark loses his company to Obadiah Stane and relapses into alcoholism, Rhodes takes over the armor and role of Iron Man,even fighting in the Secret Wars.He begins to experience headaches while using the armor, and his behavior began to grow more erratic and aggressive. Rhodes's manic mental state is revealed to be the result of the armor's cerebral interfaces, which are calibrated for Stark's brain, leaving any other long-term user disoriented and confused.The recovering Stark helps Rhodes maintain the armor. Rhodes continues as Iron Man but his increasing paranoia causes him to believe that Stark means to retake the armor.
Rhodes goes on a rampage, and Stark is forced to don a crude, prototype suit of armor to stop Rhodes. Rhodes comes to his senses, and the two reconcile. "
sounds like war machine was a villain at one point. its easy to call someone a moron though, you must feel good about yourself.
6. Josh - January 8, 2009 8:50 PM
War Machine by and large is not a villain. To say he is would be like saying that captain america was once brainwashed by red skull so Captain America is a villian.
War Machine is a hero character, end of discussion.
Additionally, Whiplash was a chick and no one named Ivan was ever a Crimson Dynamo so theres a shitload of fail in all these speculations.
7. Tyler - January 8, 2009 8:59 PM
Crimson Dynamo is Russian and Whiplash is a like a gay lion tamer so it'll probably be the Dynamo and since there's 12 god damn Crimson Dynamos, they could name him Ivan if they felt like it.
8. Jimmy Jim - January 8, 2009 9:06 PM
you comic book faggots are the reason why hollywood doesnt let any of you pen a script. MOVIES BASED ON COMICS DO NOT HAVE TO BE 100% TRUE TO THE COMICS, so go fuck yourselves.
9. Ryan - January 8, 2009 11:15 PM
@8 So first you want to argue based on the comics and when that didn't work now you say it doesn't matter if they follow the books
If you are going to make no fucking sense and contradict yourself, do us all a favor and at least have the decency to get your own show on ESPN or Fox News so we can tivo your stupidity and relive it over and over.
10. @jimmy jim - January 8, 2009 11:15 PM
we comic book reader will stop bitching when a comic book adaptation stays closer to the story that has made most of the reknown comic books stand the test of time
like spider-man 3mo what the hell was up with that
x-men the last stand
or all the joel schumacher batmans
i mean its good to change things for the sake of adaptation
but lets try to stick as close to the mythology as possible.
11. K lee - January 8, 2009 11:25 PM
Ooh, yay! I hope this makes people notice Sam Rockwell!
12. K lee again - January 8, 2009 11:26 PM
p.s. Terrence Howard is a high-voiced pretty boy who turns all of his characters into high-voiced pretty boys, including Rhodey. So boo to him!
13. Cardii - January 9, 2009 3:44 AM
@7
Unless they're using this version of Whiplash:
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e44/WCReaf/comic%20panels/whiplash.jpg
still kinda gay, but its different
14. Deamonghod - January 9, 2009 6:03 AM
DABg Why whiplash And yes... that was a girl first i thought they had it confusedd with Omega red..becuse mickey rourk could play him for real.. that would be more on point ..:)
check that url on top Mickey or not:)
15. Deamonghod - January 9, 2009 6:04 AM
http://www.marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/7/71/OmegaRed_Head.jpg/440px-OmegaRed_Head.jpg
16. Eville1 - January 9, 2009 10:12 AM
Uh, I liked this "whiplash" character when he was called Omega Red. He was russian too. He was also more like Wolverine with carbonadium (what a fucking stupid name, anyway..) Coils that could leach the life out of people.
Just saw @14. Beat me to it.
17. sully - January 9, 2009 12:07 PM
so, let me get this straight.... War Machine is a villain, right? or is he... i'm so confused. but I do know for sure Rhodes is a villain, AND a high voiced pretty boy, right? so now Don Cheadle has to play a high voiced pretty boy? dang...
Litlle known fact, Don Cheadle was on the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air...thats probably why he got hired for this movie
18. Danomite - January 9, 2009 6:23 PM
@17 Rhodes is War Machine who is not a "villain" but just went a little nuts when someone elses brain waves were interacting were his (a loose explanation). It happened once and he's been a hero in every sense of the word since then.
19. che-che - January 12, 2009 11:31 AM
i hope this this movie comes out good. they definently got the talent back this thing up.
nice tidbit fact on don cheadle.
he is a bad ass.
20. Caine Black Knife - January 30, 2009 4:25 AM
I won't see this movie without Terrence Howard in it.