Iron Man Iron Man should train in under a mime artist

[Saint]

Prior to filming Robocop, Peter Weller (The actor who played Robocop) spent a considerable amount of time training under mime artist to design the way Robocop would move. If you've seen the film, you'd know that the #1 reason that performance was believable is because of the very specific way Weller moved in the Robocop costume. Later actors (such as the sad individual who played Robocop in the more recent TV movies) never quite achieved this, and as such their versions of the character was always very silly looking. Where Weller moved convincingly like a cyborg, these other actors moved like actors in a suit.

I think the Iron Man situation is comparable. Obviously Iron Man will move more humanly than Robocop, but there should be allowances for the fact that he is wearing a huge armour suit. He should move as such. I think it might be advantageous for the stunt men--since Downey won't be wearing the suit himself unless his face needs to be seen--to do some mime training to achieve this.

 

[mjbull23]

Interesting point you raise. I would submit that there is a high probability that Favreau and co. have taken similar considerations into account and most likely have Robert working with some type of technical consultant who can advise him and guide him through certain nuances of his motion when the suit is on.

Have i said how much I love this suit? I LOVE THIS SUIT MAN!!!!

 

[odiin]

I suppose so, but it's a little late for that at this point, isn't it?

 

[jpmuftak]

I thought the whole point of Iron Man was that he DIDN'T move like a robocop wannabe?

He is supposed to have a fluidity about him that is almost unbelievable given the armor.


I don't want him moving like C-3PO.

 

[Qwerty©]

It wouldn't be worth the effort. Iron Man will be mostly CGI during the action scenes, where he will likely be flying. He wouldn't be walking around in the armour constantly, because he can take it off, unlike Robocop.

Also the suit has very flexible movement. He'd look fine walking like a regular human. The reason why Robocop walks as he does is because that suit was restrictive, and Peter Weller integrated that into his performance.

 

[Cinemaman]

I really hope IM won't move like Robocop, otherwise I will theatre before the second act starts, lol.

 

[tecnowraith]

The thing is he shouldn't be training with mine. Reason Peter did it because of Robocop was more robot than a man. Iron Man is man in iron suit not a robot. Big difference.

 

[xwolverine2]

I really hope IM won't move like Robocop, otherwise I will theatre before the second act starts, lol.

amen

 

[Syncos]

Prior to filming Robocop, Peter Weller (The actor who played Robocop) spent a considerable amount of time training under mime artist to design the way Robocop would move. If you've seen the film, you'd know that the #1 reason that performance was believable is because of the very specific way Weller moved in the Robocop costume. Later actors (such as the sad individual who played Robocop in the more recent TV movies) never quite achieved this, and as such their versions of the character was always very silly looking. Where Weller moved convincingly like a cyborg, these other actors moved like actors in a suit.

I think the Iron Man situation is comparable. Obviously Iron Man will move more humanly than Robocop, but there should be allowances for the fact that he is wearing a huge armour suit. He should move as such. I think it might be advantageous for the stunt men--since Downey won't be wearing the suit himself unless his face needs to be seen--to do some mime training to achieve this.

I don't think any of this is really necessary. They've constructed a suit, which means that either downey or whatever stand in, will be actually wearing the suit. which means that they will be literally moving like a person in a metal suit of armor. They're not going to need lessons on how to move with armor on, just some time to get used to the function of it.

Also, Wellers performance was great. But he was portraying a bionic character. The movements of robocop are strictly robotic in nature.

 

[Vartha]

I can see Deathlok (if it ever gets made) using a mime artist, but not Ironman

 

[TheBeastWithin]

Weller was trained to make a guy in a metal suit move like a robot. I don't think they need to train Downey to move like a guy in a metal suit.

 

[Saint]

Many of you have misunderstood me. I don't want him to move like Robocop, or like a robot. I want him to move like a person wearing a real version of the Iron an armour would (read: not a costume). This is obviously not going to be the same as A) a person without armour, or B) a stunt actor in a costume.

I imagine it as being more fluid than normal human movment, which is oftentimes very jerky. He should move like someone who is being aided by the mechanics of the armour, who is being guided by the armour, because it is responding to and anticipating his actions.

 

[Qwerty©]

I just think it's unnecessary. The suit was designed carefully so that Downey could move in it as normal as he could. Why ruin that by making him move unnaturally?

 

[<borkis>]

I see where the OP is going, I think many of the responses have misunderstood a bit.

No matter how good the suit looks... it's still just a prop, so to allow the actor to move however they feel inside the suit will betray to the audience that it is fact not a 300-pound (or whatever it weighs in the comics) suit of armour that gives the wearer super-human strength. The movement of the actor in the suit must be carefully calculated to give the illusion that suit functions as it would as if it were real. If the real Iron Man moved around the same as an untrained person walking around in a simulated Iron Man suit, that would be terribly disappointing.

 

[TheBeastWithin]

If the suit really contained advanced technology, then it would only enhance the power and speed behind one's movement, it wouldn't affect the WAY one moved. Affecting how a person moves would hinder his natural movement making it awkward to operate. The weight of the suit on the wearer shouldn't matter since it enhances strength and speed. Even with it's considerable bulk, the wearer should be able to move like the suit is a second skin since you would have an increase in strength exponentially greater than your increase in weight.