The Chicago Sun-Times recently spoke with the Iron Man star and managed to pry some details about the sequel to the hit film out of him; Movie Hole also asked Downey about Iron Man 2 and got more than they bargained for when the actor went on a tirade, slamming DC Comics and the runaway success of The Dark Knight.
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“You want some plot secrets? Okay, here we go,” Downey said in an interview [with The Chicago Sun-Times] this weekend. “If he said he’s Iron Man in the first film, it’s one thing to say it and another thing to evolve to a point where you can live in a heroic fashion.”
Downey added, “Our goal is also more of the same in ‘Iron Man 2.’ We want to do what worked for us last time. I’m talking about telling more of the story of a guy put in extraordinary circumstances who has a family now and he’s dealing with these forces. In ‘Iron Man 2,’ you will be able to understand various points of view about him that are far-reaching while this guy is still grounded in reality.”
Ok, so basically they’re taking the Christopher Nolan approach: using the continuity established in the first film to logically expand on the plot threads left hanging at the conclusion of the origin story. Not too original, but hey, if the wheel works so well why re-invent it, right?
Downey pretty much echoed his sentiments about IM2 in an interview with Movie Hole, adding that
It’s pretty great and I think it’s going to be cool… [Iron Man has] a very rich feel, because it was a very simple movie, if you ask me. It was an origin story.”
And that’s about when the daggers started flying:
“My whole thing is that that I saw ‘The Dark Knight’. I feel like I’m dumb because I feel like I don’t get how many things that are so smart…and I’m like, ‘That’s not my idea of what I want to see in a movie.’ I…still can’t tell you what happened in the movie, what happened to the character and in the end they need him to be a bad guy. I’m like, ‘I get it. This is so high brow and so f–king smart, I clearly need a college education to understand this movie.’ You know what? F–k DC comics. That’s all I have to say and that’s where I’m really coming from.”
Wow, tell us how you really feel Rob. (It may be time to start urine-testing this guy again.)
Seriously though, I don’t see why Downey is hating on TDK. Iron Man tore it up at the box office ($569 million worldwide as of today,) and basically put Downey back on Hollywood’s radar. What, did that stupid MTV movie award go to his head? Or maybe Marvel has a clause in their contracts which states that their stars have to bad-mouth DC whenever and wherever possible. Hell, maybe Downey is just doing his job
So what do YOU think about Robert Downey Jr.’s kind words for Iron Man 2? About his hateful words for The Dark Knight? You have my permission to sound off.
Source: The Chicago Sun-Times & Movie Hole
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class dismissed lol
ha-ha! ha! very funny guyz.
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Hey Robert,,, this is Screen Rant, not your MySpace page,,,
Damn it..
790 i know this is Screen Rant
Comes across as a joke to me. RDJ always seems like someone who has tongue firmly planted in cheek.
If not it’s kind of sad that he couldn’t follow the story. I mean I know theres a lot going on but it was pretty easy for me to follow it but then again keep my eyes off the screen as amazing as the film was.
I think it just stung a little as well as Iron Man did and to have it blown out of the water by TDK in almost everyway. I mean to not only be #2 but such a distant one at that had to sting a bit. I can’t remember the last time the gap was that large during the summer movie season.
Iron Man is still a great film and he should be proud of it and I’m sure he is from all the interviews I’ve read with him.
790, I know every is entitled to their opinions but I can’t see how anyone can say Spiderman 3 was good compared to the first two…not even close in my book and most others agree. I thought it sucked to be honest. Spidey 1 and 2 are in my DVD collection but just like Batman and Robin, Spidey 3 won’t ever find it’s way in my DVD collection. Terrible movie overall. Hate the way they wasted Venom but then again I also don’t care for how the Nolans pretty much wasted Two-Face in TDK.
It was an awesome story arc in TDK but along with Ras Al’Ghul and of the course The Joker, Two-Face is Batmans greatest villian. In the comics Ras is Batmans equal, The Joker is Batmans polar opposite and Two-Face is the villian most personel to him.
I know Rami doesn’t like Venom at all so they should have held out on using him until a director took over that had a little more respect and love for that characther
Ok, so, anyway this is a little bit off point, but did anybody else catch when rhody looked at the Mach 2 suit and said “maybe some other time” Terrence Howard as warmachine???
That’s been a duh since long before the movie was in theaters. Howard said it was the only reason he took the role.
Daniel is right.
@Matt
Yeah, anyone who is a fan of Iron Man comics noticed that easily.
Vic
vic you are good man
I think he was drunk or high at the time of the interview. If that is the case, I hope that he doesn’t let excessive substance intake ruin his ability to bring Tony Stark / Iron Man to screen in the same fashion as he did previously.
They should keep the same creative minds working on the project, which in my opinion they’ve already f-d up by changing writers — hopefully I’m wrong.
Iron Man and The Dark Knight are tied as my favorite movie of the year. I can’t wait for IM2!
RDJ has been clean for a few years now and I’ll keep the faith that he still is. I highly doubt he is off the wagon right now. I liked Iron Man but TDK is far ahead of it on fave comic movies of not only the year but of all time.
I’m pretty sure RDJ was joking and laughing when he said that, but it didn’t come across in the text version.
Vic
I think that iron man was better than TDK as an origon movie…lol
Well good thing TDK wasn’t an origin movie then huh?
Well it’s nice to see this topic come full circle Daniel, I made that same observation about 60 messages ago.. Shall we go around again?? Curse you Kofi..
I’m not sure what michael’s point was. I thought everyone knew that TDk wasn’t an origin story, but apparently not.
LOL RDJ is going to make a heated rivalry between DC and Marvel, lol.
I want to see that interview, something tells me there were other funny moments…
rivalry is usually a good thing in entertainment as it makes people perform to their best like notorious big & tupac,kanyea’s last album after what 50 cent said,
jay z and nas.
I prefer marvel myself especially after the civil war.
Daniel Fenwick, i don’t know if relized i was being sarcastic, and i agree marvel is better, except i still don’t like iron mans powers. I thought the suit was enough. But DC me thinks has a couple really great characters, Supes, Bats, Flash, and GL while marvel has a billion good characters.
Vic-Did you get my email with the pictorial response to this story?
@PhotoShoplifter Dan
Yes, I did. Very cute.
Vic
I enjoyed IM more than TDK, but I guess that was because I don’t like crime films.
That said, I think I’m not biased when I say that I found TDK to be flawed. For example, I despised the TDK ending, since it didn’t make sense to me. I didn’t see the need for Batman to take the blame for Two-Face’s crimes, when they could simply have blamed the Joker. Also, I found the sonar technology used by Batman to be too unrealistic for a movie with the level of realism that TDK was supposed to have.
Oh no, you’ve done it now. Watch the flaming begin. I hand the mic over to Daniel now.
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