In this short video from the set of Iron Man 2, Entertainment Tonight (ET) focuses on Mickey Rourke and the character he plays, Ivan Vanko, AKA Whiplash. Producer/director/actor Jon Favreau said about Rourke: "His career got very busy as he was doing all the award season stuff and it took some time to make everything work out, but he was enthusiastic from our first meeting. "Once we thought of him, we started developing the costume and the design of the character around him." Robert Downey, Jr. said that Rourke takes acting very seriously, which would only help the production: "We knew he would bring something to a nemesis character that would make it more engaging and more dimensional." EDITOR NOTE: Whiplash's whips looked much cooler in the teaser clip shown at the San Diego Comic-Con than they do in this ET clip. With the SFX added, his flailing whips are truly a menacing spectacle.
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