Shane Black On Doc Savage, IRON MAN 3, Mandarin & A Deleted Scene With Ashley Hamilton

Shane Black On Doc Savage, IRON MAN 3, Mandarin & A Deleted Scene With Ashley Hamilton

At the Saturn Awards, Shane Black ("The Last Boy Scout") was recently interviewed. The Iron Man 3 director discussed his approach to The Mandarin, a deleted scene with Ashley Hamilton, and adapting Doc Savage for a modern world. Check it out!

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By nailbiter111 - Jul 01, 2013 09:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Iron Man
Source: collider





Marvel Studios’ “Iron Man 3″ pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?


Iron Man 3 was directed by Shane Black, from a screenplay written by Drew Pearce. The film opened in theaters May 3, 2013. It stars: Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark), Gwyneth Paltrow (Virginia Potts), Don Cheadle (Col. James Rhodes), and Ben Kingsley as The Mandarin.
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thwip
thwip - 7/1/2013, 9:51 AM
listening to his explanation of this iteration of the mandarin...it's strangely beautiful and poetic. the more times i see this movie, the more i like it.
hartley07
hartley07 - 7/1/2013, 9:52 AM
only good part was that they used some music from iron man 1. exited that the same guy is doin thor 2 so maybe he'll use some music from number 1. damn sylvestri only used his captain america music for avengers and didnt honor anyone else.
CaptainObvious
CaptainObvious - 7/1/2013, 9:55 AM
I can't wait until the Mandarin appears in a future Iron Man movie!
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 7/1/2013, 9:58 AM
I love the idea that Mandarin that nothing more than an Osama Bin Laden-esque character - a US/CIA/Media creation to install fear into people all over the world.
averageBEAR
averageBEAR - 7/1/2013, 10:02 AM
I respect wht shane black did [frick] all the haters OLEOLEOLEOLEOLLE
Kolossus
Kolossus - 7/1/2013, 10:03 AM
I wanted the evil ching chong mandarin not a limey drugged addled wanker...
MARVELousKornKids
MARVELousKornKids - 7/1/2013, 10:05 AM
My God, what a bunch of whiney bitches on this site. I've been reading articles here for years, but jeebus the comments section is getting seriously tired. I was as shocked as anyone by the twist, but still enjoyed the movie quite a bit. Hardcore Marvel fan that loved MOS & is really rooting for WB/DC to get it going. Please people, grow up a bit?
Whiteandgold
Whiteandgold - 7/1/2013, 10:09 AM
shane black is the best villain in MCU history.
HugoStrange87
HugoStrange87 - 7/1/2013, 10:13 AM
Still have to see this
Emjeed
Emjeed - 7/1/2013, 10:15 AM
LMAO.. when he said "chicks" haha..the most honest hollywood answer I've ever heard
MrReese
MrReese - 7/1/2013, 10:15 AM
[frick] u Shane!! XD

@Whiteandgold lmao!
Blastaar
Blastaar - 7/1/2013, 10:16 AM
Shane Black would have been an excellent choice for Heroes For Hire. He did a descent job with Iron Man 3 but he failed at tying all of the ends together and bringing the mythos full circle. The twist wasn't needed unless it would have been done like "The Usual Suspects" were in the charcter fools everyone and REALLY was the Mandarin after all. The twist destroyed the true potential that the movie had. The Mandarin could have been a terrorist on many levels.
novaprime
novaprime - 7/1/2013, 10:20 AM
The Man That Destroyed the Ironman Franchize!!! Hate em, im happy im going to see Joss weedhons Ironman in Avengers because his Solo Films sucked!!! Iron got great reviews Because fans cant just Except That There was another 3 Movie Disaster.
Demongod20
Demongod20 - 7/1/2013, 10:21 AM
I could have accepted the changed Mandarin only if they wouldn't have turned him into a walking punch line and gave him his powers.
StrangeBlackPantherDoctor
StrangeBlackPantherDoctor - 7/1/2013, 10:30 AM
Movie was awesome so is Shane Black.
MrCameron
MrCameron - 7/1/2013, 10:33 AM
MrReese
MrReese - 7/1/2013, 10:34 AM


MrReese
MrReese - 7/1/2013, 10:35 AM
MrReese
MrReese - 7/1/2013, 10:45 AM
^Thank u!! Again [frick] Hack!
CapA
CapA - 7/1/2013, 10:47 AM
Welcome to the world of double standards.

Superman snapping Zod's neck : "Eh... it's not your dad's Superman."

That great IM3 twist : "Don't you dare touching dat Mandarin !"
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 7/1/2013, 10:50 AM
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 7/1/2013, 11:02 AM
@CapA You're trying to create a double-standard that doesn't exist. The general response to the faux uprising against Superman killing Zod is simply, he had no choice.

"Eh... it's not your dad's Superman." is your own fabrication presented as an actuality. Meaning, you're dishonest. =(
CapA
CapA - 7/1/2013, 11:08 AM
Nomis - Trance beat that twist.

Neo - "It's not your dad'Superman." is an excuse I've read over and over these past weeks. He had a choice to fly away with Zod and figure something else or the script just wanted to portray a Superman THAT different from the classic character.

Trevor's Mandarin was a twist and a decoy, the real Mandarin was Guy Pearce's character, thank God for that ! With all due respect to Sir Ben Kingsley, he's not much of an action hero.
DutchMovieFan
DutchMovieFan - 7/1/2013, 11:19 AM
I might be one of the few who is alright with the twist. But yeah, it could have worked. Have Tony go to the Manderin's mansion, like in the movie and have them fight each other hand to hand, and the makeshift gadgets easily taken care of. The Manderin kicks Tony's ass, leaves to record the final video after he leaves Killian in charge of the Extremis project and Tony. After the big seasport vattle, set up his return by makng him and his ninja's take care of a SWAT team who have come to take him in and escape. There, no magic rings but still an ass-kicker.
jcfrommars9
jcfrommars9 - 7/1/2013, 11:31 AM
@Nomis

The Mandarin in the comic books was always in superb shape and that fits Guy Pearce better than Ben Kingsley.
darkrider1
darkrider1 - 7/1/2013, 11:34 AM
THE IRON MAN TWIST WAS LAME, MAN OF STEEL IS WAY BETTER THAN IRON MAN 3 WILL EVER BE. BUT I DID LOVE THE AVENGERS.
TayDee
TayDee - 7/1/2013, 11:40 AM
"Oh my god he sucks ass he's a piece of shit he ruined iron man i hope he dies!!!"

Cbm fans these days
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 7/1/2013, 11:57 AM
Kingsly was miscast for the actual Mandarin, but had they played him all the way through as he was in the terror videos, it could have been dope. Especially if they trimmed the Ace Ventura meets Naked Gun comedy with Stark.
BANEofExistence
BANEofExistence - 7/1/2013, 12:00 PM
I see where hes coming from. The Mandarin isn't The Joker, Riddler, Penguin, Lex Luthor, Green Goblin, Doc Oc etc where ALL audiences know him, so average movie goers love the twist, though I also feel the fanboys pain about the Mandarin....
AwesomeSauce
AwesomeSauce - 7/1/2013, 12:11 PM
People need to stop being little bitches about IM3. Superman and Batman had to be rebooted twice each to get to Nolan's Batman and Snyder's MoS. This is the first incarnation of Iron Man on screen so calm your tits. I'm sure we'll see the true Mandarin some day, I mean when ever Marvel is done with their MCU (so maybe in a distant future).
AwesomeSauce
AwesomeSauce - 7/1/2013, 12:14 PM
...or maybe not, who knows if Marvel is ever going to reboot with their MCU expanding.
StarkReactor
StarkReactor - 7/1/2013, 12:20 PM
@Awesome

EXACTLY. For a first incarnation this is a pretty damn solid film series compared to others in this genre.
RamonSuarez
RamonSuarez - 7/1/2013, 12:31 PM
When you listen to Shane Black's reasoning the logic of his creative choice makes sense, but much of the MINO problem was in the execution as well as in the inappropriateness of the character for the cinematic universe he was part of. The Marvel Universe isn't trying to deconstruct superhero comic books so much as its trying to revive their most interesting aspects. Making a fake Mandarin doesn't really have a place in a universe where the character, his organization, and influence were established as very possible from the first film.
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