Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell to Play Bad Guys in Iron Man 2

Awesome news.

first jeff bridges, now rockwell and rourke, this is just great.
favreau really knows how to pick 'em, i take back every bad thing i ever said about the guy.

...well, not EVERY bad thing, but still.

I think Rourke and Rockwell will make great additions to the cast. Hope they sign both of them.

His first name (Jeff Bridges) in the movie was Obadiah. I remember that because it was a name you do not hear very often.

He was Stane?! lol wow, now I know why I couldn't remember Jeff Bridges character's name in the movie, and I'm pretty good with that kinda stuff.

I think they could both be good villains.

Great news Rouke would make a pretty cool Crimson Dynamo or Whiplash. I am excited they got Justin hammer in this he was from the 90's cartoon series who worked with Mandarin to kill Stark and take his armor. Also will Mandarin be in this or what?

or actually jeff bridges was stane, would be the correct way to say it.

Stane was Jeff Bridges. and yeah i'm pretty positive that other guy ur referring to did get killed.

Is that Stane guy you referring to that terrorist leader from the first Iron Man? The one who gets the side of his face messed up? Btw, I thought he got shot by Jeff Bridges' henchmen in the tent?

This is from Wizard Magazine for all you who are whining Iron Man is fighting another tech-based villain:

""Mandarin is still an important figure in the Iron Man universe (Favreau) said. "We have an interesting take on him that allows us to incorporate the whole pantheon of villains."
Favreau has yet to clarify the statement-it's possible the Mandarin could summon a troupe of villains to oppose Stark-but (Matt) Fraction advises not to expect the standard-issue depiction of the main antagonist. "It's tough when you've got a guy with a Fu Manchu mustache and imperial robes," he says. "You can bring a mature and fully formed character to the screen that doesn't play on stereotypes."
However he's formed, it's possible Mandarin will remain a string-pulling puppeteer than someone with as much screen time as the first film's villain, Obadiah Stane..."

SO, there's still a possibility Mandarin will be in the sequel, but in the background pulling the strings...maybe Dynamo's. We'll see

I gotta say Mickey Rourke as Crimson Dynamo. Dynamo is sweet!

Well look at here....two great actors to play great villains! Beauty!

Sounds freaking awesome! :D

Good point BD, Mandarin is kinda a unbelievable character but they could easily twist the whole rings thing to just be developed technology stolen from Stark Enterprises or something. They can manipulate stuff like that. They wouldn't even need to have any mystism or alien-ish stuff involved. I guarantee they will make Thor modern. I don't know if he'd do well in the box office if he wasn't modified into a real world type of movie. They could fuck with the origins so much if they wanted to; they could even try to pull stuff from their ass like Thor works for Tony or knows Tony and he is browsing through Tony's "newest toys" room, and spots this Hammer looking thing and asks him about it and then later he uses it and armor created by Tony. And maybe Thor has a weird obsession with Norse stuff so Tony makes his armor look that of a Norse God. I know a lot of you would probably hate that, but that's the easiest way to tie those two opposite characters together in a believable world. Twist the story. See, Tony has a cool funny and "okay man I'll do it for ya" type of attitude; so he would make armor for Thor cause he's just cool like that. Robert Downy Jr.'s version of him anyway, is pretty laid back and yet helpful at the same time.

This works perfectly with the greater Marvel movie plan. By the time the third movie comes out thor (a magic/fantasy character) will have been established in the Marvel movie Universe, making Magic and all that comes with if part of Iron Man's worlds, making is easier to explain y Tony Stark is fighting a mystical characters

yeah i think that The Mandarin would tie in at the end

because the terrorist group in the first was The Ten Rings. Which was his weapon in comics.

perhaps this movie shall also bring to light another clue

Two really good actors so this should turn out to be good.

high tech vs high tech whats wrong with that?

James Rhodes(Terrence Howard replaced by Don Cheadle) becomes the hero War Machine

I think this movie will be decent with Favreau at the helm. These two guys have made decent villians in the past so I'm not worried about it. And for those that are bitching because Tony Stark will face another villian in an armored suit, Shut up. That's what the majority of his villians are based around, guys in hightech suits deal with it.

Ok i aint the massive Iron Man Fan, but i've obviously gathered that Mandarin is a fan fav here.

Erm you guys do realise Iron Man is set to be a trilogy?

I reckon Mandarin will be left for the grand finale...

Wasn't War Machine a Iron Man Villain as well?

LAME!! so the options are another guy in a suit or a dominatrix.. Choosing the Crimson Dynamo would bring up the Russians vs Americans idea, it gets so old!

Sounds like Iron Man2 will surpass the first movie with the great additions of Rourke and Rockwell. Way cool...

I'm cool with the Justin Hammer Part even though Rockwell looks really young But Change is good sometimes. But I'm not to sure about seeing Ironman fight another dude in a suit again.

i was kinda excited for the mandarin but this is a great sub. im sure others have seen the way the crimson dynamo looked in the Iron man game and "movie theme" action figure, so im stoked

i think you will see mandarin in Iron Man 3***

I think we will see the bald middle eastern dude from Iron Man one come into play at some point in this movie, i think you will see him be set up as some sort of Mandarin. I mean he leads the ten rings ( a reference to Mandarins ten magic rings of power) plus you see the guy fiddling with his ring throughout the movie...but i think you will be Mandarin in Iron Man 3

I like Sam Rockwell. Not to much for Mickey Rourke, except Sin City.

Awesome!!!!!!! :D