We worked on that movie for a year. Mandarin was the villain, we had Pepper Potts, we had Tony Stark. Im really curious to see the movie when it comes to. We worked on it for years and ultimately New Line dragged their feet. As movies tend to go, you get a head of steam behind them, but if some of the other elements dont click in, it goes away. That was really disheartening. When were doing the show, we only work on one movie a year, except for this year. But we really love the guys at Marvel. It was very cool. We worked with Michael Crichtons researchers to find a grounded realistic way to deal with the suit. The idea was he needed the suit to stay alive. Hes the same guy we used with SPIDER-MAN 2 to come up with Dock Ocks inhibitor chips and what the arms are made of and how they work. The thing about Michael Crichton is, its real, real, real and then fantasy. So he tries to keep the bridge between reality and fantasy, you only get one buy. I think with IRON MAN, we had a really good way to do the suit and a very modern way to tell the story. Madarin was an Indonesian terrorist who masqueraded as a rich playboy who Tony knew. I think we had a really good contemporary take on the material.
