Variety is reporting that Guy Pearce (Memento) is in talks to join Marvel and Disney’s Iron Man 3 in the role of geneticist Aldrich Killian.
Pearce would join the returning cast of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark, along with Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle and Scarlett Johansson. Sir Ben Kingsley is set to play the film’s villan.
Variety reports:
Plot will borrow elements from Warren Ellis’ six-issue “Iron Man: Extremis” comicbooks, that also heavily influenced the first “Iron Man” pic, and focuses heavily on the spread of a virus through nanotechnology.
In the books, Killian co-created the Extremis technology that Iron Man adopts after Killian sells it to terrorists.
The film is set to begin filming next month in North Carolina, with Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) directing. Are you excited to see Pearce join the cast?