Wow, Mickey Rourke is lining up work like he’s going out of style; like he has a family to feed; like he’s on a death watch with only six months to live. Some of it is could be terrible (see the Stallone picture with a bunch of other deadweight goombah‘s), but this breaking news that the comeback kid actor will become part of the Jon Favreau, “Iron Man” milieu is pretty huge.
According to Variety, Rourke has signed on for a role in “Iron Man 2” as one of the film’s villains. Apparently he’s going to play Tony Stark’s “alter ego, a heavily tattooed bruiser who is in the arms trade and battles Iron Man in his own nuclear-powered armored suit.”
Apparently that’s a character called, Crimson Dynamo, according to some speculation (we honestly have no clue, we were never a big fan of that particular comic – when we were 9). Sam Rockwell is apparently also in negotiations to play a badguy too. Guess this means Robert Downey Jr. will be facing off against multiple foes and all of that is fine, we just demand one thing from Favreau and Justin Theroux: make the film as entertaining and fun as “Iron Man” one and we’ll have no beef. Shooting on “Iron Man 2” is set to begin in the spring, better hope that script is ready!
