During the C2E2 convention in Chicago, MTV spoke with Veteran "Iron Man" artist, and War Machine Co-Creator creator, Bob Layton. Layton was one of the artist responsible for some of the Iron Man's famous tales including the "Demon in a Bottle" storyline and the introduction of characters Jim "Rhodey" Rhodes and Justin Hammer.
"[Robert Downey Jr.] and I were having a talk while he was getting his makeup on, and at one point, he goes, 'Oh, you don't know about this, do you?' then suddenly jumps up and runs over to the prop cart," remembered Layton. "He comes back and drops that attache case in my lap, and I just stare at it for a moment."
"I tell him, 'Wait... You're really doing it?!" he continued. "And [Downey] tells me to have the prop guys take me back to the trailer. I go back there and there's the full model of the Silver Centurion armor."
"All I could manage to say was 'F---!'" he laughed.
The necessity to keep it a secret, however, was finally removed when the armor made its debut last month in the trailer.
"Of course, I couldn't tell anybody, so I've had to keep my mouth shut," he said.
Now that he's free to talk about it, though, Layton has nothing but praise for the armor and what it means for the project.
"You know what? It's cooler than the regular armor, and those are my colors, man," he laughed.
"I was incredibly flattered that they were trying to put as much of the lexicon of Iron Man into these films as possible," he said. "Everyone on that set, cast and crew, are Iron Man fans."
In the trailer we saw that Tony Stark whips out the MarkV armor to take care of Whiplash. And their battle is being described as epic, on the Monaco Race Track. We'll be able to see the MarkV unfold on the big screen May 7th.