Tony Starks, what? Remember when we said Ghostface Killah was going to be in “Iron Man,” the film based on the comic starring Robert Downey Jr. and directed by John Favreau?
Turns out it’s the truff and Ghost confirmed it to MTV News today. As we wrote last time, Ghostface Killah actually named an album after his favorite comic book character Iron Man (one of Ghost’s aliases is Tony Stark – the super hero’s alter-ego) so he was pissed when he wasn’t initially invited to appear in the movie. Apparently that got situation got fixed.
“I jumped in there for maybe 12 or 16 bars, nothing too major,” Ghost downplayed before describing his scene with the film’s star. “It was a good look for the kid because Robert Downey Jr. recognized me as soon as I seen him. He was like, ‘Yo, Tony!’ … For him to recognize me, I was kinda surprised by that. I didn’t know he even knew about the kid. … We called each other Tony onscreen. I’m like, ‘Tony Stark, I got your jet, I didn’t mess it up.’ He was like, ‘I got the Bentley for you, I laced it up.’ I had two girls with me, I was like, ‘That’s you [pointing toward the girls].’ I sent two birds at him. It was a wrap for that scene. He’s a cool dude and funny. Big up to Robert Downey Jr.”
As we’ve noted numerous times, Ghost also has a small part in “Walk Hard: The Story of Dewey Cox,” which he described as thus: “We had a bugged-out scene in there, with me, Jewel, Lyle Lovett, and we did a track,” he explained. “It was crazy though. … I’mma start doing a lot of [acting] in the next year. My character on the screen is incredible. Acting is nothing for me, man. It’s all an act. Rap is cool, but acting, that’s my star. When you get me in front of a camera, it’s a whole different aura.”
There you go, look for the Wu-All Star on many screens in the future. Ghostface Killah’s new record, The Big Doe Rehab, comes out on December 4. You can hear the new single, “We Celebrate,” on his myspace page.