Iron Man Jeff Bridges Joins the Cast

[Cmill216]

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Jeff Bridges has joined the cast of Iron Man, the first feature film to be produced independently by Marvel Entertainment, says The Hollywood Reporter. Jon Favreau is directing the movie, which Paramount Pictures will distribute.

Robert Downey Jr. stars as armor-clad superhero Iron Man and his alter ego, billionaire industrialist Tony Stark. Bridges will portray a confidant and close business associate of Stark, a longtime employee at defense contractor Stark Industries who plays a major role in shaping Stark's life.

"We've been talking to Jeff for long time," Marvel's president of production Kevin Feige said. "He's excited about doing a movie like this, and we're excited to have him in this particular role. There are many facets to this character which I can't discuss, but looking at the spectrum of all of Jeff's roles, this fits in nicely with the man who played 'Starman,' 'Tucker,' 'Big Lebowski' with a little bit 'Tron' thrown in.

"This rounds out our ensemble, and I think it's one of the strongest casts ever assembled for one of our films."

Bridges' boarding marks the fourth Academy Award-recognized actor signed on for the Iron Man cast, which in addition to Oscar nominee Downey includes nominee Terrence Howard and Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow.

Filming on Iron Man is scheduled to begin in March in Los Angeles with a planned release date of May 2, 2008.

 

[Tissues]

Awesome. Nice.


Cool.

 

[Retroman]

OMG i can't believe they got such a fantastic cast for this movie. Bridges is not the type you'd expect in a movie like this.

 

[Lobster Charlie]

Interesting. I need to see how this is going to look before I get excited, though.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Damn. The A-listers just keep coming and coming. The script must be fantastic! I do not see how anyone could not be excited about this.

 

[batman44]

Dang, this movie is stuffed with talent

 

[AdWolF16]

i can't get over how great this movie's cast is

 

[fu manchu]

This movie is sounding like the movie to watch in 2008!! Jeff Bridges should be great. I loved him in the movie Big Lebowski and Seabiscuit.

I wonder who they will cast for The Mandarin?

 

[Catman]

The Big Lebowski is in Iron Man.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Tony I hate the ****ing Eagles.

 

[Mister Sinister]

This just gets better and better.

 

[emi]

WHOA, what a beautiful casting, I'm officially impressed. Nolan, watch out: Favreau is going to kick your pitiful ass!!! 'nuff said!

 

[blind_fury]

The Dude abides.

 

[David33]

Great casting choice!!

 

[blind_fury]

The weakest link is Paltrow.

 

[Octoberist]

why is it always the women? Why can't they get the chicks right (Bosworth, Holmes)?

I'll give Paltrow the benefit of the doubt doubt; lets be fair.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

I am perfectly fine with Paltrow. Much better than Bosworth or Holmes.

 

[blind_fury]

why is it always the women? Why can't they get the chicks right (Bosworth, Holmes)?

I'll give Paltrow the benefit of the doubt doubt; lets be fair.

Her only decent or memorable role was being a murder victim in Se7en.

She plays the same person in every role. Better actresses can disappear into their characters.

She simply doesn't have any onscreen charisma. I'd prefer a real actress like Emily Watson or Cate Blanchette. Or at least some eye candy like Isla Fisher. Paltrow is neither compelling to watch or eye candy.

 

[chamber-music]

I am perfectly fine with Paltrow. Much better than Bosworth or Holmes.

Yeah atleast Paltrow isn't from the teen drama school of acting like those two. Where they just stare doey eyed at someone while they talk dialogue at them.

I wonder if his going to have Mandarin pee on his rug. It really tied the room togethert:

 

[emi]

Her only decent or memorable role was being a murder victim in Se7en.

She plays the same person in every role. Better actresses can disappear into their characters.

She simply doesn't have any onscreen charisma. I'd prefer a real actress like Emily Watson or Cate Blanchette. Or at least some eye candy like Isla Fisher. Paltrow is neither compelling to watch or eye candy.

 

[blind_fury]

I wonder if his going to have Mandarin pee on his rug. It really tied the room togethert:

lmfao! classic!

 

[AssMan]

Interesting addition to the cast. Im looking forward to filming starting next month. That way we will get plenty of news from the sets t:

 

[Mr Jide]

I'm really mpressed with the way things are shaping up. The script must be awesome. I cant wait for things to get moving.

 

[R_Hythlodeus]

OMG! This is just great!
I mean...
Tony Stark treats objects like women, man!

 

[french joker]

"yo Iron, what's up ?"