The Futurists
So, Robert Downey Jr. was cast as Iron Man/Tony Stark in the upcoming Marvel movie. Weird. At first I thought it was a crap choice but after thinking about it some more it kind of works. Stark battles alcoholism and is a notorious ladies man (or letch depending on the writer) and it isn't like Downey Jr. is a stranger to either of those issues. As long as Jon Favreau (who is directing) pushes him to get a good performance, I think this might actually work.
Also it should be noted that Stark is often referred to as a Futurist and Downey Jr. released an album called The Futurist. Coincidence? Probably.
Read more at CNN and at Marvel
posted by Ryanetics at 9:33 AM
7 Comments:
Ow, that RDJ album hurts my ears! He needs to stick to acting and doing drugs.
hahahaha. I am just impressed that someone actually listened to it. I don't know if I am man enough to give it a shot!
He's really good at doing drugs.
I think he's gonna make a badass Iron Man.
Yeah I am really into it the more I think about it.
I also thought it was a bad idea at first, but like it now. I hope Favreau does go with the whole drunk Iron Man thing. If not, Downey might suck.
I am a little concerned if he can pull off the billionare industrialist image without making it a parody of the "evil rich."
The best hope is Favreau. I love pretty much all he has done.
Terrence Howard's playing Jim Rhodes, too.
War Machine!
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