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Posted by: Mintyfunk 1 year, 11 months ago

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Wow, if this information is correct, then Paramount and Marvel have acquired a huge set of balls and are pinning the entire Iron Man franchise on -- wait for it -- Robert Downey Jr. According to AICN, some top secret scooper told Harry Knowles prior to a screening of The Fountain that Downey Jr. has landed the part of Tony Stark in Jon Favreu's upc

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Mintyfunk
Sept. 29, 2006, 8:21 a.m.
Ed Quinn, who plays Nathan Stark (nice coincidence) of Scifi channel's Eureka, would be my current choice. He has the Tony Stark look and the chops to pull the roll off. Downey would be ok, but definitely not in my top 10.
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trojan1960
Sept. 29, 2006, 9:24 a.m.
I think we'll just have to wait and see. He wouldn't have been my first choice either. then again Michael Keaton wouldn't have been mine for batman either and he pulled that off pretty well.
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Mintyfunk
Sept. 29, 2006, 10:40 a.m.
Definitely. I've had to learn a new level of patience when watching things from my childhood adapted for the screen. This strip from PVP sums it up pretty well.
http://www.pvponline.com/article/2864/tue-sep-05
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DuduFischer
Sept. 29, 2006, 3:47 p.m.
Two reasons this sets well with me: 1) Tom Cruise had been lobbying to play this role for years, and I've had it up to HERE with his wingnut jackassery. 2) Downey Jr. should be able to NAIL the "hero struggling with alcoholism/addiction" bit. Now, just so long as the armor effects don't suck...
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DuduFischer
Oct. 10, 2006, 4:46 p.m.
Wikipedia has some great info posted about the upocming movie. Links to conceptual CG armor, too.