Question: And then youre also coming out next year in this tiny indie movie called Iron Man 2.
Rockwell: Yes. Yes, thats a little train that could, yeah.
Question: I mean, we dont normally see you do such huge, tent pole films.What was the major reason that you wanted to be a part of that?
Rockwell: Cash, baby. [LAUGHTER] No, no, no. No. Its a really good group of actors, actually, when you think about it. I mean, youve got Don Cheadle, Mickey Rourke, Robert Downey Junior. Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson. Not to mention a lot of other actors. Gary Shandling. Jon Favreau and I worked together on a movie called Made, and hes a lovely guy. Hes really good with actors, really good director. The Marvel guys are great guys. Kevin and Jeremy, theyre really low key and very helpful. Justin Theroux, whos a friend of mine, wrote the script,. We did theater in Williamstown back in the day, and he wrote Tropic Thunder, so its got really good pedigree behind it.
Question: Youre a weapons guy?
Rockwell: Yeah. Im a rival to Tony Stark. Im a weapons dealer.
Question: But we dont know if hes really a bad guy or not, do we?
Rockwell: Hes kind of more of the plucky comic relief, but hes got a little bit of an edge. Hes a little pissed off.
Question: How is it being the plucky comic relief? I mean, does that give you a certain bit of freedom? I mean, its the antithesis of the kind of acting you would do in that movie, versus the kind of acting youd do in Everybodys Fine, obviously.
Rockwell: Hes a little more Salieri than he is the plucky comic relief, but Mickey Rourke is really the bad guy.
Question: So, youre saying youre the Salieri of Iron Man 2.
Rockwell: I wouldn't even go that far. Im more of a cross between the agent character in Entourage and Salieri and maybe Bill Murray in Kingpin.
Question: Oh, thats an interesting combo.
Rockwell: Yeah.
Question: Does part of your thinking, when you elect to do a movie like this, is that its the kind of movie that actors need to be out there, so that Hollywood sees you in a bigger light? Do your agents discuss that kind of thing with you, when you think about doing a big franchise movie?
Rockwell: What do you mean, do they say, like, Oh, youve got to do this, or whatever?
Question: Basically, yeah.
Rockwell: Yeah. Yeah. Thats basically what they say. I mean, they say, You got to do this. I mean, at one point, there was a play that might have been a conflict and thank God, we got the play pushed, so Im going to get to do the play as well. But there was maybe a time when I was going to have to make a choice. And thats a tough choice: A Broadway play that Im really excited about, or Iron Man. So you go, Oh, wow, what are you going to do? So, thats good that I didn't have to make that choice.
If all else fells, Sam Rockwell could end up saving this film but, I simply don't see how this film will fail, I really, really don't. Having Rourke in it easily makes up for any ANY bad casting (some people still iffy on ScarJo, while I think shes perfect). 
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