Iron Man 2 The Official Whiplash Thread

[Boom]

Epic win .

 

[PyroChamber]

I don't know much about all the Iron Man villains, but I'm guess that Justin Hammer is one of his main ones?

 

[nightwing06]

Excellent choice

 

[chamber-music]

Jon Favreau said on the Howard Stern Show tha he considered casting Sam Rockwell as Iron Man when the studio where unsure about RDJ so its obvious Favreau wanted to work with Rockwell at some point.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Mickey Rourke is da maaaaan! I'm glad to see him making a comeback.

 

[Carlo Comicus]

Good choice Rourke for Crimson Dynamo, but Rockwell it's so young for Justin Hammer role.

 

[chamber-music]

Rockwell is 40 years old and Robert Downey Junior is 43. He can be a contemporary rival to Stark.

I'm guessing Sam Rockell will use his own accent and not play a British Hammer like he is 616 Marvel in the comics or an American from the south like he is in the Ultimate universe.

 

[dark_b]

i am afraid that they casted Rourke for the cliche villain . the guy is capable at doing somethign grounbreaking.

 

[3dman27]

A Russian with deadly coils sounds more like Omega Red from the X-Men books....

Rourke even looks like Omega Red!

iron man vs omega red, interesting

 

[Ace of Knaves]

He is playing the Crimson Dynamo though isn't he?

 

[Nirvana]

Oh hell yes! Mickey Rourke as Crimson Dynamo is total win! I have to admit I'm not very familiar with Justin Hammer at all, but after reading up on him a bit and seeing that Sam Rockwell is playing it sounds like a very impressive role. I look forward to seeing it.

 

[Brian Braddock]

Yet another amazing coup in terms of casting.

Excellent;

Seriously, the calibre of actors that studios are getting for these movies nowadays truly staggers me sometimes. Rememeber the days when 'serious' actors would scoff at the idea of appearing in a comicbook movie?

Those days are dead, my friends.

And that truly is an excellent thing.

 

[[A]]

Who was the guy going mad over producers not using Omega Red..?

 

[He-Man]

Good news on Rourke and Rockwell.

 

[[A]]

Let the manip-madness begin!

 

[OsGom]

I'm excited about this! Anyone know if they are elaning towards a Demon in the Bottle storyline? I think Hammer and Dynamo fit well in that scenario with Mandarin behind the scenes.
Also I think combining Whiplash with Dynamo is a good move as that design would set IM and Dynamo's armors apart from one another.

 

[Ironfan72]

I'm excited about this! Anyone know if they are elaning towards a Demon in the Bottle storyline? I think Hammer and Dynamo fit well in that scenario with Mandarin behind the scenes.
Also I think combining Whiplash with Dynamo is a good move as that design would set IM and Dynamo's armors apart from one another.

Favreau indicted that Demon in a Bottle might be part of the film, but said he didn't want it to play to much into the story, indicating it would be to dark he still wants this to be kid friendly.
I think it will be addressed, but I doubt it will be the theme of the film.

 

[Rich Santoro]

Coils??? Hell, it could Constrictor... doubt it, but hoping for Dynamo... or Titanium Man.

I would like to see more than one teched-up bad guy... like a small group that attacks Stark (Mach1 as opposed to the Beetle, Spymaster, Whiplash... maybe even HE), then later it all escalates to a confrontation with Dyanmo after Hammer does a big reveal... something about an arms race "Tony, didn't you think others would see what you have done, and try to catch up??? You may be a step ahead of the rest of us, but we are right on your heels. Its an arms race all the way. Now, you may be the genius inventor, but I have found me a real pilot to operate my suit. It is good to know that all the cold-war Soviet MIG training isn't going to be wasted..."

 

[[A]]

Whoever these guys play, with all these big names in one movie--it's gonna be one hell of a ride t:

 

[Iron_Stark]

I think it makes more sense that Rockwall should be Professor Anton Vanko, the creator of the Crimson Dynamo suit.

But I won't complain about these great casting choices.

 

[Optikal]

Oh Hell yeah! Rourke in on the action is just the icing on a very promising cake! Iron Man, Nick Fury, Crimson Dynamo, WAR MACHINE! This really is a golden age for comic book fans.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Awesome news!

Iron Man 2 really needed another heavyweight actor to take on the villain role, for this film to truly live up to the first part. Though overshadowed by Heath Ledger's legendary interpretation of The Joker, Jeff Bridges did a great job as Obidiah Stane in Iron Man, and so it was important to me that the filmmakers kept the standard similarly high for the sequel.

And they go and bring in Mickey F'n Rourke! A worthy successor to Jeff Bridges indeed! Not only that, but I think it creates an interesting dynamic with Robert Downey Jr, both being Comeback Kings. Of course, Sam Rockwell is no slouch either. A very underrated, talented actor.

One question, though. I'm not too familiar with the comics world of Iron Man. Is Crimson Dynamo in danger of coming across as too similar to Iron Monger? Or is there enough difference between them for each to stand on their own merits?

 

[Rocker22]

In the first movie it WAS going to be Dynamo. Alot of the early concept for Monger was really Dynamo, just with a slightly diffrent head piece and the eyes were red.

So I hope they come up with a new design so where they don't look so similar.

 

[Congo Jack]

I'm not going to even try to guess who these guys are playing, I'm just happy actors of the calibre or Sam Rockwell and Mickey Rourke are involved.

Potential Cast for IRON MAN 2
Robert Downey, Jr.
Gwyneth Paltrow
Don Cheadle
Samuel L. Jackson
Mickey Rourke
Sam Rockwell

The future is bright, the future is.

 

[[A]]

In the first movie it WAS going to be Dynamo. Alot of the early concept for Monger was really Dynamo, just with a slightly diffrent head piece and the eyes were red.

Indeed. If you check the dvd extras, you'll see they keep calling the bad guy Crimson Dynamo early in production.

I'm not going to even try to guess who these guys are playing, I'm just happy actors of the calibre or Sam Rockwell and Mickey Rourke are involved.

It's Marvel's own Expendables!! t: