Iron Man Terrible Casting- Iron Man

[Abaddon]

I've no problem with Tony being older, but Downey looks a bit too worn and weary. Hopefully it'll all work, and they'll put a little more spring in his chicken.


In the comics he looks european.

 

[IronMan_2005]

Ororo and Tony

Slap a goatee and you have Tony Stark.

 

[IronMan_2005]

 

[Savage]

...Wow. That age thing is a pretty bad argument, considering that Iceman and Angel are younger than Marvel Woman and Cyclops who are younger than Beast in the movies...It really doesn't matter.

 

[Abaddon]

Marvel Woman?

 

[Savage]

Eh. Found it odd to say Marvel Girl and she wasn't Pheonix yet so Marvel Woman seemed right...Even if it already is taken.

 

[Abaddon]

In any case, the examples you used don't really work because well, there was nothing enjoyable about seeing Iceman and Angel as teens.

 

[Savage]

I know but it just goes to show that if you're going to relate the movies to the comics when it comes to things like cronology then good luck because chances are the timeline is all kinds of out of whack in the movies.

 

[kaijunexus]

This casting is godly.

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

Robert Downey Jr is, IMO, wrong for the part.
Not because of it´s age but because he doesn´t look the part, and i can´t really picture him in it.
Now, Robert Downey Jr is an amazing actor, and as an actor, i do believe that he will make an amazing job at it.

Robert Downey Jr is what Nicolas Cage was to Superman, totally wrong, but a great actor that will make a great job.

 

[blackbyrd]

Downey is wrong. Period. No one ever said Tony wasn't a couple of miles of bad road from all the drinking but he didn't start out in the comics as a drunk. That look is for the third movie, not the first. It is called eviolution of the character/s.

If you were going to pick a famous actor to play Tony as the age he should be who could also play suave, I would go with orlando Bloom. But in truth, I am a fan of going with a no name actor. For a few reasons:
You see the character not the actor
It is not a distraction
Most of the time, there is nothing for fanboys to complain of
It gives the actor at chance at stardom
It gives the actor a chance to age if they get someone young enough

All things being equal and knowing the character from long ago, Tony is no older than 30 when he builds the suit.

As for flashbacks. Generally, they don't work. Batman Begins was an exception.

 

[tamron]

If you were going to pick a famous actor to play Tony as the age he should be who could also play suave, I would go with orlando Bloom.

If the only two choices for this role were Downey and Bloom, I'd be fine with Downey.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Robert Downey Jr is, IMO, wrong for the part.
Not because of it´s age but because he doesn´t look the part, and i can´t really picture him in it.
Now, Robert Downey Jr is an amazing actor, and as an actor, i do believe that he will make an amazing job at it.

Robert Downey Jr is what Nicolas Cage was to Superman, totally wrong, but a great actor that will make a great job.

That's very well put,im giving it a chance but that is my initial reaction

As for Bloom,as a young Stark i think he would work

 

[Dr. Fate]

That's very well put,im giving it a chance but that is my initial reaction

As for Bloom,as a young Stark i think he would work

Wouldn't Bloom need to develop an American accent.

 

[PenanceStare]

I actually think Robby D will be better than most people will say.

 

[IronMan_2005]

If you were going to pick a famous actor to play Tony as the age he should be who could also play suave, I would go with orlando Bloom.

Orlando Bloom? please, RDJ is a far better and more accomplished actor than Bloom.

If it came down to those two, I too would pick RDJ over Bloom.

 

[Maniacbob]

RDJ is a great choice
If all the other choices are monkeys

Cmon you can find somebody better to play the part
He doesnt look anywhere close to Tony
I like the idea of having a middle aged Stark
But not RDJ
You slap a goatee on him and he will look like a complete idiot

I was looking forward to this movie
Until I read that its starring RDJ
I suddenly dont want to see this movie so much
GG Paramount

 

[thejon7]

Is it me or is the casting terrible? The actors are too old. I have been reading Iron Man comics since issue 150ish. It has been a long time. Given his history, he should be about 26 or so years old at the time that he becomes Iron Man with the suit.

His history goes like this (I have changed some elements in italics to change the Vietnam element to something more contemporary.)

Tony Stark enters the undergraduate engineering program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, the mascot is the Beavers) in Cambridge, MA while only 15 years old and graduates at the top of his class. At the age of 21, he inherits his father's company, Stark Industries, after his parents are killed in a car accident. One of the first things Stark does is to buy out the company that made the faulty brakes on his parent's car and correct the mechanical problem.
**Let’s say that he makes the changes to the brakes by age 22.
While on a visit to Iraq to see how his new mini-transistors could assist the American war effort, Stark is caught in a booby trap. Captured by an Iraqiinsurgent named Omid Al-Abdullah, and dying from a piece of shrapnel lodged in his heart from the booby trap, Stark is pressed into building weapons for Omid Al-Abdullah, along with a fellow prisoner, the famed physicist Yin Sen (later called Ho Yinsen). However, Stark and Yin Sen use the workshop to secretly design and construct a suit of powered armor — an iron exoskeleton that gives Stark tremendous strength as well as other abilities — that will not only keep Stark's heart beating, but also allow him to escape. Yin Sen sacrifices himself to buy Stark time to charge the bulky suit of armor, and as Iron Man, Stark makes short work of Omid Al-Abdullah and his men. On the way back, Iron Man encounters a wounded AmericanAir Force helicopter pilot, Jim Rhodes.
**To be a pilot in the US military you have to be a Warrant Officer or Line officer which requires a college degree. So, let’s say Rhodes is 18 when he goes to college, graduates at 21 and gets commisioned in the Air Force by 22. Training can take a year or two to get enough flying hours in to see action. That would put him at 24. Judging from the comics Tony and Jim are roughly the same age so that would mean that if Tony when to Iraq at qge 22/23 he was held captive for a year or more. I highly doubt that he and Yin bult the suit in a few months starting from scratch, although it is possible given his intellect.
Introducing himself as Stark's bodyguard, Iron Man and Rhodes manage to defend themselves against the pursuing Iraqis before making it back to American lines. On his return to the US, Stark continues to improve the armor, establishing a dual identity as the adventurer and superhero Iron Man. He also greatly expands his father's company, Stark Industries, eventually renaming it Stark International.

**So, let’s say that the whole ordeal takes Tony 2 years from the time he was captured to the time he escaped and was sent home. He would be 25ish. Note that being a pilot requires a 6 year military commitment not the normal 4 year so that means Rhodes won’t get out of the USAF until he is 28. This would mean that the upgrades and expansion of the company take a couple of years.
The cover for Iron Man is that he is Stark's bodyguard and corporate mascot.

**So, it is not out of the realm to think that Tony is 28 before he hits full swing as Iron Man. Robert Downey, Jr. is 41. So, the movie would imply that he beomes a superhero at the young age of 41?! !@#$% It took him from age 21 when he got the company to 41 to make a suit. WTF?! Terrance Howard is 37. So he nearly spends an entire professional career in the USAF, in truth, in the comics, he was probably out by age 29.

Hollywood just screws everything up….


Check out his different armors.
http://www.ironmanarmory.com/armors.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man's_armor

The only one they left out was the Hulkbuster Armor

okay dude, first off: you dont even know how this film is gonna turn out, second: Robert Downey Jr. and Terrence Howard are both amazing actors! and i must say that this may be the best comic-book movie cast ever, not only because these 2 men were nominated at the Oscars but also because they are great actors! watch some of the films that they were in and you'll probally understand why these men we're picked 4 they're roles, and also... wasn't the director responsible 4 turning Will Ferrell into an elf in Elf? yes he was, so wat makes u think that he couldn't do the same with Robert Downey Jr. in turning him into the anti-hero Iron-Man? but i will say this... the crew should give Robert Downey Jr. contacts because his eyes r brown and Tony Stark's eyes r blue(look in a couple of posts above this 2 see wat i mean.

 

[Maniacbob]

Oh yay
A director whose only major project was Elf not exactly the most amazing movie ever, actually I hated it, and has done no other outstanding movies, nor is his list of directing projects that long either
Actors get Oscars when they are fit for a role
Having one doesnt suddenly make him perfect for every role
Or even an amazing actors
Some actors are brilliant at only a certain genre of movie
And to place them in another genre suddenly makes them very poor actors
Dont use their Oscar awards as reasons they'll be great
Dont mean a thing

 

[terry78]

Oh yay
A director whose only major project was Elf not exactly the most amazing movie ever, actually I hated it, and has done no other outstanding movies, nor is his list of directing projects that long either
Actors get Oscars when they are fit for a role
Having one doesnt suddenly make him perfect for every role
Or even an amazing actors
Some actors are brilliant at only a certain genre of movie
And to place them in another genre suddenly makes them very poor actors
Dont use their Oscar awards as reasons they'll be great
Dont mean a thing

What about his resume of film roles from the 1980's until present? You're saying he hasn't transformed himself into those characters, each more different than the next?

 

[Maniacbob]

Acting and Directing are completely different
Transforming yourself into a complex character and realizing the vision of a movie are not even similar
Ive tried them both being good at one doesnt automatically make you good at the other

 

[tamron]

Actors get Oscars when they are fit for a role
Having one doesnt suddenly make him perfect for every role
Or even an amazing actors
Some actors are brilliant at only a certain genre of movie
And to place them in another genre suddenly makes them very poor actors
Dont use their Oscar awards as reasons they'll be great
Dont mean a thing

QFT. I agree completely.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

I also agree that this movie has bad actors,which is why i think it may be a failure.

 

[Mysterio]

Is it me or is the casting terrible?

it's you.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

I think it should prove to be inspired casting.