Robert Downey Jr. continues his discussion about filming Iron Man 3 in China in a new interview today, and how they attempted to combat flaws that he felt occurred in Iron Man 2.
Robert Downey Jr. sat down with Entertainment Weekly for a five-part interview, and today they’ve released the fourth part of the interview where Downey Jr. discusses their short time in China during the filming of Iron Man 3.
When asked about how Iron Man 3’s new director Shane Black fit into the mix, he explained that filming for Marvel is somewhat like taking a “four-year college course in humility”:
“The first six months of pre-pre-production when you get hired to a Marvel movie is like taking a four-year college course in humility. The strongest ones survive and they move into prep and then they shoot the movie and they still look like a human being. The great thing about Shane is the same thing that’s great about Shane’s movie is that all the moving parts within the frame of his story are so poetic and inherently entertaining and then thought out and rethought out. And then everyone all the way through really put their nose to the grindstone this time and I really felt like we were in a much safer playground [than we were with Iron Man 2] just because it was Shane’s vision. And he had a lot, lot, lot of time to figure out just one thing, which was to figure what the story would be.”
Robert Downey Jr. later talked about his time in China, and while they only briefly filmed there, it seems that his time there in the film will be highly important to the plot. Downey said, “Truth be told, we [did shoot in China for about a week in December] after finishing principal photography.”
He followed up saying that there would be action taking place in China, but it’s more of a destination spot for Stark, saying: “There will be some action there in the film. My main interplay through the whole thing was that China figures in as a destination spot for Tony for a reason but I can’t explain [more because it would reveal] one of the ongoing themes of the movie. It’s tied-in to that theme in much the same way the 10 rings [mentioned in the first Iron Man film] are tied-in to Mandarin — and always have been tied-in to the Mandarin.”
We’ll make sure to bring you the fifth piece of the Iron Man 3 interview when it’s released next week.
Check out the latest ‘Iron Man 3’ news roundup below
Disney/Marvel have been ramping up the Iron Man 3 buzz lately as yesterday Marvel released an explosive new poster showing Tony Stark screaming as he falls from the sky. Also, be sure to check out the previous interviews that Entertainment Weekly brought us from its extensive interview with Robert Downey Jr., where he recently explained that Sir Ben Kingsley’s character, The Mandarin, would end up “stealing the film.” Marvel also released a short teaser of the clip that they’ll be showing of the film during the Super Bowl this Sunday.
Marvel also released an official still today featuring Rebecca Hall, who plays scientist Maya Hansen in Iron Man 3. Maya is a scientist who developed the Extremis virus (involving nano-technology) alongside Aldrich Killian (played by Guy Pearce). When Killian steals a sample of the virus and sells it to domestic terrorists (The Mandarin, played by Ben Kingsley), she calls up Tony Stark, an old friend of hers, to help recover the virus sample.
After Tony is severely injured by the terrorist that was injected with the virus, he finally convinces Maya to inject him with the Extremis virus in an attempt to defeat the terrorist. Click on the image of Rebecca Hall below to see her character Maya Hansen in high-res:
Iron Man 3 starring Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sir Ben Kingsley, Rebecca Hall, and Guy Pearce will hit theaters May 3, 2013.
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