Iron Man 2 fever is in full swing, and we shouldn't expect it to die down any time soon. The best part of all the cast and crew interviews that are coming out are the tidbits of information we keep receiving about Marvel Studios
other projects. Today, MTV News has released a few comments from Tony Stark himself where the actor gives his take on the controversial Captain America casting choice and the highly anticipated
Avengers movie:
"I do know [Chris Evans] and I think it was a very smart casting choice. I know that it was a difficult choice for both the studio to make and for him personally, having been involved in other franchises before. But if I had to venture a guess, I think he'll count himself as lucky and he'll have a good time."
Chris Evans is the final piece of The Avengers puzzle. With Two Iron Man films and The Incredible Hulk already garnering mass approval from fans, and Thor close to wrapping on filming, the Captain America movie will be the one needed to maintain general audience enthusiasm until the ensemble film comes out in 2012.
Evans has recently stated that he doesn't know if Captain America will step up to lead the superhero team, The Avengers, when they make their theatrial debut in 2012. Downey was asked if his character could even be led by anyone. In true comedic form, he replied,
"I'll clown all of them. I'll just clown those fools."
UPDATE:Downey touches upon the relationship change between Tony Stark and Pepper Potts in Iron Man 2, along with his director sanctioned campaign to woo Mickey Rourke for the film:
"The way I see it, what we've been able to so far with this franchise is meet the base expectations and then turn things on their ear a little bit. So, whatever [the relationship] is supposed to be, we're going to play with that and probably do something shockingly different."
"Jon [Favreau] felt he was the guy," regarding the director's pursuit of Mickey Rourke to portray villain Whiplash. "I then agreed because I am not the director. I am merely an appendage to said director. I went campaigning here and there. If I saw Mickey [Rourke] at a press get together, I'd bring it up in front of everybody. If we were out at dinner, I'd remind him that I brought it up. And then by the time we were in negotiations, [it] was made pretty clear that we really, really hoped he would do it."
Information courtesy of MTV