Some of the first looks at Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark have already come out, but now we get a closer look at the Stark becoming Ironman. Still not Ironman pictures just yet, but I like this picture.
“But it is exactly [Downey’s] past, says director Jon Favreau (Elf), that makes Downey the only choice to play playboy millionaire and recovering alcoholic Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, the comic-book superhero who hits multiplexes next year.
We didn’t want to just go with a safe choice,” Favreau says from the set of the film, due in theaters May 2, 2008. “The best and worst moments of Robert’s life have been in the public eye. He had to find an inner balance to overcome obstacles that went far beyond his career. That’s Tony Stark. Robert brings a depth that goes beyond a comic-book character who is having trouble in high school, or can’t get the girl. Plus, he’s simply one of the best actors around.”
I also like just how suscinct Favreau is about his choice of Downey as his Ironman. It sums up most of what I was thinking, as well as a couple other points that just gel his point of view.
The picture speaks volumes as we get to see Ironman in his origins, (especially with the device mounted RIGHT to his chest) but in the interview we hear it mentioned that Stark is a recovering alcoholic, yet time and time again we hear that alcoholism is NOT going to be a part of this movie?
So which is it?
