Robert Downey Jr. "Pumped" for Iron Man 2

Robert Downey Jr. "Pumped" for Iron Man 2

Hot off of filming Sherlock Holmes, Robert Downey Jr. is pumping iron to get into shape for Iron Man 2!

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By bsprecher - Apr 05, 2009 04:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Iron Man 2

Since portraying Tony Stark in the 2008 blockbuster "Iron Man," actor Robert Downey Jr. has played Kirk Lazarus, an actor who undergoes a skin pigmentation-altering procedure to "get into character" in Tropic Thunder (2008), a journalist who befriends a homeless savant in The Soloist (2009), and the world’s greatest detective (sorry, Batman) in Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, due in theaters this December.



In a recent interview with ET! Robert Downey Jr. said:

"It's one thing to say you're Iron Man, it's another thing to be fully ready to do that. I'm on Beefcake Charlie status. I've got to not be the skinny Brit anymore. I have to be the Tony that you know and may have loved."

Gwyneth Paltrow returns as Tony Stark’s assistant, Pepper Potts with Samuel L. Jackson resuming his role as Nick Fury. Iron Man 2 also stars Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Mickey Rourke as Whiplash and Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer.

Iron Man 2 blasts into theaters May 7, 2010.
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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 4/5/2009, 7:27 AM
Cool!!! Pity we're gonna have someone different playing WAR MACHINE! Heck, i don't even know if we even get to WAR MACHINE in 2 but fingers crossed lol!!! GRIF, if thats a spoiler i aint watching it lol heh heh! Can't wait for IRONMAN 2 just got a copy of IRONMAN on Blue ray, did have one before but disc 1 wouldn't play in my PS3, cool movie! Oh yeah, if NICK FURYS in this one, hope its just a cameo,,, i wanna see lots of BLACK WIDOW though i heard she ain't wearing the suit, if she ain't its gonna be crap, not the movie just her not wearing the suit! ; )
adamrich81
adamrich81 - 4/5/2009, 8:20 AM
Bad grammmor overloooad....Linguo...circuit overload...

One for you Simpsons fans. Been waiting a long time to use that one. :-D

Can't wait for IM2
ThisFan
ThisFan - 4/5/2009, 8:27 AM
i cant wait for IM2 also
and its gonna be amazingly good
SoulAllFlush
SoulAllFlush - 4/5/2009, 8:44 AM
Wooooo Iron Man 4TW

shame about the Sherlock Holmes plug, Guy Richie needs to retire before everyone realises he is rubbish.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 4/5/2009, 9:13 AM
Robert Downey Jr is a fantastic Iron Man so its good to hear hes so psyched for Iron Man 2! Im just hoping that IM2 is gonna introduce some of the "Demon in the Bottle" storyline (which I've never read but have read about)
BOOK552
BOOK552 - 4/5/2009, 10:01 AM
hahaha
adamrich81: "Linguo dead?!?!"
"Linguo IS deaaaaaaaaad"
ha besides that i am totally pumped for this movie
loganaspatch
loganaspatch - 4/5/2009, 10:32 AM
i just read justin hammer's bio and it gives me a good feeling there is going to be a pretty damn good story going on here. it will be more bloodier then the mac vs pc war's :D
Shaman
Shaman - 4/5/2009, 11:12 AM
Thanks Grif, i love Rick Astley :P

Hey i need a hand, where can i find the samuel l jackson part in the first ironman he did after the credits? I've got the two disc special edition and i've been searching ever since i bought it! it's not after the credits on the dvd! PLEASE TELL ME!!!
loganaspatch
loganaspatch - 4/5/2009, 11:14 AM
i dont think there will be an iron man 3 with the avenger stuff coming up dellamorte1872 , captain american, thor that mandarin idea is probaly a long way off.
healsisbuckets
healsisbuckets - 4/5/2009, 11:30 AM
sherlock holmes is gonna be sick, downey jr is the man and so is guy ritchie... just go watch snatch
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 4/5/2009, 11:53 AM
I guarantee you will never, ever, EVER see Fin Fang Foom in a movie!

I read on MtVs page that its not going to tackle the demon in a bottle storyline..but it might hint at it.
Grizzly
Grizzly - 4/5/2009, 12:05 PM
Snatch was a badass movie. Had a great plot and characters. However Guy has failed to produce anything of that caliber in a while. I watched Revolver with Jason Statham and Andree 3000 and that movie was crap. Been wanting to see Rocknrolla, thought it might be good. Hopefully he can take Holmes to the level of Snatch.
SupahPhreak
SupahPhreak - 4/5/2009, 12:21 PM
To Shaman: Sux2bu
verbicide
verbicide - 4/5/2009, 2:11 PM
shaman...strange, i've got the double disc also, and it is right after the credits, the gf & I actually missed this in the theaters(now we stick around for the credits.) did you buy your copy in the U.S.?
itashy
itashy - 4/5/2009, 4:26 PM
yea look at the very end of the disc...just fast forward to the part with the companies symbols going by then it starts
shibazz
shibazz - 4/5/2009, 4:43 PM
Shaman! how could you have kept this from us for so long.... ? we are about to BBQ right now and throw down on some Soul Caliber 4 and i will be sure to woop somebodies ass in honor of your loss! and ya know what i would rather know what yous mugs are thinking than the people on my damned facebook account .... i hate facebook and annd alll the peoples from my past, can just pick up the phone if they have my number and talk to me other wise logging onto facebook is like someone asking me if i wanna look through their photo-album! so i am saying yes i even look forward to SuperMikes comments more than my best friends from high school. those buncha'Chauncers. and know this ... i was one of the most popular people in my school, not cause of fit-in-status, but cuz of straight up get-down status!~!!!!!!!!! time to BBQ!!!!!!! and to finish this drank!
TheSoulEater
TheSoulEater - 4/5/2009, 7:11 PM
That makes two of us, I cant wait
TheSoulEater
TheSoulEater - 4/5/2009, 7:12 PM
That makes two of us, I cant wait
SirExcalibur
SirExcalibur - 4/5/2009, 7:28 PM
lol I just been Rick Rolled hahaha
Philtown
Philtown - 4/5/2009, 9:32 PM
Can somebody humor me and do me a favor? Can someone explain to me how Whiplash and Black Widow can be related in this movie? I can see the Whiplash and Hammer storyline, and I could have seen how Crimson Dynamo would have made more sense with Black Widow, but can someone catch me up and help me understand how a possible storyline could be created with Whiplash and Black Widow while allowing enough time for both characters to be developed without pulling a Spider-Man 3-type scenario? Thanks.
loganaspatch
loganaspatch - 4/5/2009, 10:21 PM
yes i would like to know also, Im not a big reader of Iron Man and knowing how things are changed for the movies its probaly better for me that i dont know.. literaly my only recollection of iron man was the iron man animated dvd, Iron man 1 and the world war hulk stuff.
Shaman
Shaman - 4/6/2009, 7:15 AM
Thanks guys, i'll have to check it out!!! My girl friend gave it to me for christmas but bought it in Canada. Don't know if it makes a difference...

itashy- Naturally, when i saw the "company logos" i stopped it and whent looking in the special features but found nothing. Next time i'll forward to after the logos. Thanks :))

Thanks grif for the vid. I'll have to check it out later this week when i can access my other computer. At work, i can't see them :(

Shibazz- You're to hot girl!!! I love it when your drunk LOL :P A Motley Crew song comes to mind now... "She goes down, she goes down, she goes dooooown down down down..." LOL :P
Betty
Betty - 4/6/2009, 10:01 AM
I think they are combining whiplash and dynamo. Names like crimson dynamo are too comic booky. Names like that I dont think the work well with cinema.
Philtown
Philtown - 4/6/2009, 9:14 PM
Actually, Whiplash can fly. He's an engineering genius, and he created a flying disc on which he stands. Still, I find a character like Whiplash a rather wussy villain against Iron Man, which I guess is why he lost to Iron Man so often.
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