Iron Man 2 Cast Grows

13th March 2009

It has recently been confirmed that Scarlett Johansson and Mickey Rourke have joined the cast of the highly anticipated sequel Iron Man 2.

Johansson will be taking on the role of Black Widow, while Rourke is signed to portray villain, Whiplash. For a while, Rourke’s people held out on the offer since they were only willing to pay Rourke a measly $250,000 for the part. C’mon guys, he’s an Oscar nominated actor!!! Anyway, all worked out, and all is well.

Returning to the cast is the Iron Man himself, Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts. If you stayed for that little snippet after the credits, you will remember Nick Fury making his entrance, and Samuel L. Jackson will be back to reprise that role (see archived post about Jackson signing on for 9 more Marvel films!). One face we won’t be seeing unfortunately, is Terrence Howard, who played Col. James “Rhodey” Rhodes, who was replaced by Don Cheadle.

According to Gwyneth’s newsletter, they will all reunite and are set out to start filming in TWO WEEKS!!! There is a scheduled release for May 2010. Can’t wait!!!

So, what do you all think about the new additions to the cast? And what about the replacement? Will Favreau be able to pull off an amazing sequel??

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