Chewy
02-19-2009, 01:22 PM
Alcoholism, anyone? :woot:
You can take that one to the bank! IRON MAN 2http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2.gif (http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6320&Itemid=99#) Production Designer J. Michael Riva says his first job on the sequel was to design a toilet for Robert Downey Jr. to puke in.
Well, there's one story point down, now only 387 to go! Riva was talking to NPR's (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100816240) Susan Stamberg on the Morning Edition,
Eight weeks before shooting began on Iron Man 2, J. Michael Riva had just gotten the first real script.
But he did have a list of sets and plot points. The first item on the list read: "Tony, in the Iron Man armor, pukes in a toilet."
"I design a toilet," says Riva. "My big job for the day. After that I can go home. My kids ask me, 'What'd you do today, Dad?' I designed a toilet!"
'It's Like Marionette Theater'
As production designer, Riva is responsible for the look of the toilet — to make sure it fits with the look of everything else in the film and doesn't stick out.
"It's like a marionette theater," Riva says. "You want to look at the puppets. You don't want to look at the strings."
Tony Stark pukes in toilet, heads back to bedroom, into the arms of...
Safe to assume drinking has become an issue?
You can listen to the entire interview by clicking here. (http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=100816240&m=100856620)
SOURCE (http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6320&Itemid=99)
You can take that one to the bank! IRON MAN 2http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2.gif (http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6320&Itemid=99#) Production Designer J. Michael Riva says his first job on the sequel was to design a toilet for Robert Downey Jr. to puke in.
Well, there's one story point down, now only 387 to go! Riva was talking to NPR's (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100816240) Susan Stamberg on the Morning Edition,
Eight weeks before shooting began on Iron Man 2, J. Michael Riva had just gotten the first real script.
But he did have a list of sets and plot points. The first item on the list read: "Tony, in the Iron Man armor, pukes in a toilet."
"I design a toilet," says Riva. "My big job for the day. After that I can go home. My kids ask me, 'What'd you do today, Dad?' I designed a toilet!"
'It's Like Marionette Theater'
As production designer, Riva is responsible for the look of the toilet — to make sure it fits with the look of everything else in the film and doesn't stick out.
"It's like a marionette theater," Riva says. "You want to look at the puppets. You don't want to look at the strings."
Tony Stark pukes in toilet, heads back to bedroom, into the arms of...
Safe to assume drinking has become an issue?
You can listen to the entire interview by clicking here. (http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=100816240&m=100856620)
SOURCE (http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6320&Itemid=99)