Comic-Con: Jon Favreau Talks To Us About All Things 'Iron Man'

by Kevin Kelly Aug 1st 2007 // 7:31PM

Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Universal, Comic/Superhero/Geek, ComicCon




Jon Favreau has really come a long way since Swingers (and thankfully, an even longer way since Made) and I'll be the first to admit that when he was attached to direct Iron Man, I breathed a sigh of ... disappointment. I mean, how could the director of Swingers and Elf possibly do a good job with a massive Hollywood summer tentpole film? My hopes were dashed. I pictured scenes of an over-the-top villain in black hat and mustache chasing Iron Man around with a can opener. Camp style, you know?

However, after seeing the footage from the movie, not once but three times, I'm totally sold on this. In my opinion, this is going to be the big movie next summer. When you first get a glimpse of that armor (both versions), it's chilling and cool at the same time. Plus, hearing Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" is just perfect. You sold me, Favreau. Go ahead and chalk up my ticket and popcorn with a medium soda, please.

Click on Jon to activate the audio, of which the highlights are below.
  • On working with Vince Vaughn again: "Vince is riding high on the comedy train right now, and we have a lot of ideas that we could do. The Marshall of Revelation, which is the Western we talked about doing, is a little gritty and darker ... although we're getting a bit too old to play the roles as I wrote them."
  • Is Jarvis the Butler in the movie? "Jarvis is in the movie, let's leave it at that. In some form."
  • There are three different versions of the Iron Man armor in the movie. In the footage we saw, it's the Mark 1, and Mark 2 armors ... Favreau wasn't giving up the good on the other version, consarnit.
  • "I'd love to do some version of Fin Fang Foom, but you can't do that in the first movie. Maybe in the second."
  • On showing the footage to the Comic-Con fans: "If you have a misstep ... you could be Catwoman overnight."
  • "Downey's not a guy that you cast to put asses in seats in a huge Hollywood blockbuster, he's the guy you put in the movie when you want a great actor who will bring integrity to a project like this."

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