Sam Rockwell Talks 'Iron Man 2' Villainy

Perhaps breaking some kind of hush-hush embargo, Sam Rockwell gave IGN a little more information about his role in next summer's Iron Man 2. I dig Rockwell, think more people should have seen him in Moon earlier this year, and am glad he's getting a bigger spotlight for a change. Now, sure, if you've read some Iron Man in your day, you know a little about Justin Hammer, so this might not be news to you. Plus, we already knew he was leaning toward the dark side, just based on descriptions revealed when the casting was announced earlier this year. Then again, as we learned last week, the name of The Black Widow was apparently changed to completely Americanize the character, so maybe the motivations of the characters will change some, too. But Rockwell says he and Mickey Rourke kind of gang up on RJD's Tony Stark in the sequel, and if you know of more unpredictable on-screen combo than Rockwell and Rourke, I'd like to see it:

"He’s a rival of Tony’s – they are competitors in the weapons industry. I team up with Mickey Rourke and we decide we want to take him down and take down the Stark legacy. He’s sort of like a cousin of the Charlie’s Angels character I played. The smarmy cousin. But it’s Mickey – he does the fighting and the kicking ass in the film."

I guess the only development there, really, is that they're working together, unlike the villains in, say, Spider-Man 3, who just kind of had a goal conveniently in common. Rockwell was great in Charlie's Angels, so I'll take that action for Iron Man 2.

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[SEAN]

Rockwell = underrated actor/ needs more high profile work
Rourke= seen some of his pic's in the film, cant wait, wonder how he'll do

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[Tjei]

So Rourke's basically the dumb muscle in this.