IRON MAN 3 Actor Guy Pearce Reveals How Robert Downey Jr. Broke His Ankle During The Shoot

IRON MAN 3 Actor Guy Pearce Reveals How Robert Downey Jr. Broke His Ankle During The Shoot

During a new interview, Guy Pearce reveals some intriguing details about his experiences filming Iron Man 3, including the story behind Robert Downey Jr. breaking his ankle while performing a stunt...

By MarkCassidy - Mar 20, 2020 09:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Iron Man 3

Back when Iron Man 3 was shooting in 2012, reports emerged that production was going to have to be delayed for a short time because star Robert Downey Jr. had suffered an injury on set. We were given a few vague details at the time, but Downey's costar Guy Pearce (Aldrich Killian) has now explained exactly what happened.

While speaking to GQ for the latest in their "Iconic Roles" video series, the Lawless actor revealed that RDJ actually broke his angle while attempting a stunt, resulting in the movie shutting down for over a month.

"He had to do a stunt where he had to jump from one platform down to another platform and be on a cable," Pearce recalled. "And they wanted to rehearse it. He said, 'No, I don't need to rehearse it'. He jumped, and the guy holding the cable wasn't quite ready, and he landed hard and broke his ankle. So the film shut down for five or six weeks."

The Iron Man 3 stuff comes in around the 16:30 mark so be sure to give it a watch, as Pearce also tells a funny story about Downey being surprised that he wanted to film their fight scene while wearing sandals!

Killian probably won't go down as one of The MCU's more memorable villains, but Pearce clearly had a good time in the role. Would you like to see him return to play any other Marvel or DC Comics characters at some point? Drop us a comment down below.

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Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 3/20/2020, 9:03 AM
Rumour is Tom Cruise had breakfast with him that morning.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 3/20/2020, 9:04 AM
You always need to rehearse it kids.
KWilly
KWilly - 3/20/2020, 9:25 AM
@Nightwing1015 - "Jarvis... Sometimes you need to run, before you can walk"
MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 3/20/2020, 9:28 AM
@Nightwing1015 - Tell that to a woman who wants to save herself for marriage and see how that works out...
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 3/20/2020, 10:06 AM
@KWilly - Lol fiction vs reality
PicolasCage
PicolasCage - 3/20/2020, 9:06 AM
Guess ole Bob learned his lesson the hard way
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 3/20/2020, 9:12 AM
I know I'm not the only one that momentarily thought Robert Downy Jr broke Guy Pearce's ankle.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 3/20/2020, 9:28 AM
@BillCipher -
IronGenesis
IronGenesis - 3/20/2020, 9:17 AM
For all that Christopher Nolan likes to re-team with his actors...I’m surprised Pearce and Nolan haven’t worked more together.

Maybe they didn’t get along? Or maybe so many of the roles Pearce was right for went to the bigger name actor in subsequent films?

He could have been:

Crane - BB
Harvey Dent - TDK
Multiple Roles in Inception
...etc.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 3/20/2020, 9:40 AM
@IronGenesis - He was in talks for Ra's in BB.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 3/20/2020, 5:03 PM
@IronGenesis - I think he'd be a great Harvey Dent, should the DCEU ever get to that point.
KWilly
KWilly - 3/20/2020, 9:25 AM
You'd think he'd have a stunt double for something like this.
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 3/20/2020, 9:37 AM
What?
Why no story about Marvels latest
“Woke SJW soon to be a huge hit” comic?!?!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤢🤮👎
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 3/20/2020, 9:42 AM
@AnthonyVonGeek - Probably because that news is three months old and the current story is how Dick Grayson had sex with a gorilla.
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 3/20/2020, 9:43 AM
@AnthonyVonGeek - Not even twitter likes these guys. Like who is this meant for? Really?
Matador
Matador - 3/20/2020, 9:46 AM
@AnthonyVonGeek -

tmp3
tmp3 - 3/20/2020, 9:46 AM
@WakandanQueen - It has BIG "how do you do fellow kids?" energy
tmp3
tmp3 - 3/20/2020, 9:47 AM
@BillCipher - It feels incredibly tone-deaf for sure
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 3/20/2020, 9:49 AM
@BillCipher - It's offensive in many ways.
tmp3
tmp3 - 3/20/2020, 10:26 AM
@TheJustinHammer - I've seen that guys videos before, he's pretty cool. "Experiment internet gas".... wtf were these guys thinking
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 3/20/2020, 10:39 AM
@tmp3 - wtf were these guys thinking

I'll concede that I'm probably too desensitized to see the problem here but ... I guess they were thinking that chemicals and/or radiation explained about 90% of superpowers from 1950-1970?
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 3/20/2020, 11:02 AM
@BillCipher - Like I said, I'm desensitized and it just sounds like a callback to Silver Age shenanigans. I mean yes internet gas is stupid, but so is falling from an airplane and developing the power to shoot punches out of your eyes.
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 3/20/2020, 9:40 AM
I'm sure it was hard to stick a landing in those heels he had to wear.

WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 3/20/2020, 9:46 AM
Listening to After Hours while looking at the ceiling is the most exciting thing I've done yet in the COVID era.
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