Latest Iron Man 2 Set Footage Features Whiplash

Latest Iron Man 2 Set Footage Features Whiplash

ET's latest smattering of footage from the set of Iron Man 2 features Mickey Rourke and his character, Whiplash.

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By bsprecher - Sep 29, 2009 02:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Iron Man 2
Source: ET

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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Scorpioxfactor
Scorpioxfactor - 9/29/2009, 2:30 AM
FIRST!!! I can't wait for the movie to come out. I think that Mickey Rourke deserves a long shot under the spotlight.
This is comeback years. I thank you for this Article Brent. You are very astute and attentive to getting the real deal Holifield information to the fans. Thanks again my friend.
sadmamba
sadmamba - 9/29/2009, 2:39 AM

cant wait for this movie. will he wear a full armor or just like that?

prototype87
prototype87 - 9/29/2009, 2:50 AM
hopefully they surprise with a full armor. that would be great.
TheBumblingIdiot
TheBumblingIdiot - 9/29/2009, 2:57 AM
7th
legionbecks
legionbecks - 9/29/2009, 4:24 AM
8th my guess is ;p...
mounted88
mounted88 - 9/29/2009, 4:38 AM
two hundred and twenty seventh. Look i can spell and count yeah me!!!!
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 9/29/2009, 4:57 AM
THERE WAS A COMIC FEATURING WHIPLASH, RECENT, IT LOOKED LIKE VEGA FROM STREETFIGHTER BUT BUT ALLITTLE MORE ARMOR, THERES SOME SKIN EXPOSED BUT ITS LIKE THEYRE SAYING"THIS GUY IS THAT MUCH OF A BAD ASS WHERE WHAT HE LACKS IN BODY COVERING HE MAKES UP WITH DEADLY WHIP WORK, HIGH VOLTAGE LASER WHIPS THAT LOOK ASSISTED BY BODY STRENGTHENING CYBORNETIC BRACES..WHO'D EVEN WANNA GET CLOSE TO HIM WITH HIS REACH WITH THOSE THINGS, THAT FROM WHAT I CAN SEE CAN SLICE THROUGH AN AUTOMOBILE IN HALF LIKE BUTTER...
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 9/29/2009, 6:29 AM
Damn right Cheadle! Rourke is a rare talent I think. He completely inhabits any role he plays..when he has an interest that is! I have also seen him stink up the screen. But I cant wait to see how he plays this dude.
GenLee01
GenLee01 - 9/29/2009, 6:41 AM
I realy hope they dont make him a complete villian because if I remember correctly Whiplash got started hanging out with the wrong crowd.Then ofcourse he turned into Whiplash(I know I'm skipping stuff just bare with me)He tried to turn over a new leaf but his parents disowned him and he pretty much couldnt get a job so he went back into the buisness of being a bad guy.Iron Man kicked his but of couple of more times and then he realy turned over a new leaf. He got married and had a kid. He however took one more job for the money for his new family. I dont realy remember but his wife was killed while he was gone. His kid was kidnapped and he was blackmailed into fighting Iron Man again. Now Iron Man at this time created a new suit. This new suit was realy smart and ofcource had better gagdets and he made short work of wl. While wl was giving up and telling Iron Man about his kid and that he was sorry Tony Stark tried to stop hitting him but his suit pretty much just took over. Iron Man suit pretty much killed Whiplash right there. Now I know I left alot out but thats how I remember it. Please feel free to correct it. I just hope they dont go all Hollywood and go in another direction honestly.
StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 9/29/2009, 6:42 AM
lol @ Teabag

You know...several times now I have seen that in this movie Whiplash gets hit by a car.
It could be that that ends the fight scene at the race track. Also it may well be that getting his legs crushed in front of a race car is the thing that brings about the upgrade to the full body suit of armor. Perhaps needed to assist him in mobility because there's no way he would walk away from being nailed by a car.
Ya think? maybe?
Bijous
Bijous - 9/29/2009, 7:24 AM
Whiplash armor possibilities:

O.G. COMIC (Meh.)


"DARK AGES" COMIC (Yuck, too "the gimp")


ANIMATED (Cooler, but very Matrix-y)


MODERN COMIC (Yeah, right on! Looks like he stole some of Tony's spare parts)






ROURKE CONCEPT ART


And, from SDCC (what Brent was talking about):
Bijous
Bijous - 9/29/2009, 7:41 AM
Oh, yeah, I forgot one...



Oh, wait, that's Whiplash from He-Man, sorry...
Shaman
Shaman - 9/29/2009, 8:17 AM
Nice finds bijous!
Sonny
Sonny - 9/29/2009, 8:39 AM
I think this movie is in DEEP DEEP DEEp trouble, there promo-ing it more than any movie ever.. WHY so much work if the product is good... Rourke looks like a bum in THIS footage, could get better later .. but sawry its looking like a train wreck to me.
thegreek
thegreek - 9/29/2009, 8:40 AM
[frick] yeah .... HE- MAN
bsprecher
bsprecher - 9/29/2009, 9:15 AM
Sorry, Bijous, I deleted you. My bad! Post again!
Bijous
Bijous - 9/29/2009, 9:15 AM
WTF? What happened to my pic?
bsprecher
bsprecher - 9/29/2009, 9:16 AM
@Bijous: You had a bad image and I tried to repost it for you, but then deleted it by accident. Just post it again.
Bijous
Bijous - 9/29/2009, 9:19 AM
Damn, I forgot what I was talking about...

@Shaman: Thanks! I'm too lazy to write my own articles, so...

@Sonny: This movie will be good considering the talent involved and the pressures to top the first one. And, Rourke looks skeevy cause he just got out of prison (orange jumpsuit).

Notice how Rourke's orange jumpsuit kinda-sorta looks like Whiplash's crazy waist cape in this old Iron Man comic? Coincidence?

bsprecher
bsprecher - 9/29/2009, 9:39 AM
@Bijous: Dude, good catch! If they actually took a cue from this issue in Rourke's design, I am impressed!
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 9/29/2009, 10:15 AM
Man, I cannot wait for this movie any longer!!! Isnt Iron Man 2 the only Marvel or DC CBM out next year?
NataliaRomanov
NataliaRomanov - 9/29/2009, 10:20 AM
@Bijous: "skeevy" XD
Minotauro
Minotauro - 9/29/2009, 10:47 AM
Damn, Brent! you already messing up peoples pics..XD
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 9/29/2009, 11:24 AM
Mickey Rourke was the best addition to the cast. Can't wait for this movie. Hopefully he'll have a better suit in the next trailer
DrDon
DrDon - 9/29/2009, 11:30 AM
Those whips better get some CGI because they look lame as $#$% in that clip.
ASSASSIN666
ASSASSIN666 - 9/29/2009, 11:41 AM
This is definitely going to one of those movies where the sequel is better then the first movie.
droopy1317
droopy1317 - 9/29/2009, 12:03 PM
Yea, he needs an upgrade that'll cover skin cuz otherwise, how will he withstand hits from iron man. it'll suck if that's it for his suit
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 9/29/2009, 1:00 PM
teabag: Thanks! Stilll, a quiet year for CBM's though i guess! :(
theartofoneness
theartofoneness - 9/29/2009, 3:37 PM
None ever mentions his roll in spun the movie. That was one of the first films he did when he got back into acting, i think it was right before sin city. Really trippy movie and he played a meth cooker. Really good movie.
TheSoulEater
TheSoulEater - 9/30/2009, 2:55 AM
I heard from a friend of mine who's dad works on the set of Iron Man, that the "Pre Madona" stuff was an joke, he is actualy pissed on set when people don't do things he doesn't like and storms off and doesn't come back till he's "Ready"
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