RDJ talks about Iron Man 2

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“Day one I’m doing a Senate hearing where the government is saying the Iron Man tech needs to be turned over to the Senator and the Senator is Gary Shandling, and we had this fantastic day that was somehow this controlled chaos of a Senate hearing where I keep interrupting them and dah dah dah.”

So it seems that the government will be getting more involved with Iron Man. Comes as no surprise what with him coming out and proclaiming his identity at the end of the first movie. What will be an issue however is S.H.I.E.L.D.'s place in all of this. I assume that S.H.I.E.L.D. will be affiliated with the government but hopefully still a largely secretive group, not known wide spread throughout the country. I hope this isn't just an easy way for the Iron Man designs to get out on the market, but It'd kinda make sense because it turns out that Mickey Rourke's character is supposed to be a Whiplash/Crimson Dynamo mixture. As far as Mickey is concerned:

“I’ve seen his stuff and it is literally remarkable. Literally remarkable. He’s so good. And he’s formidable and he’s very much reminding me of that kind of charming, confident guy that we know.”

This is a concept from the Iron Man Animated show.

I'm really worried about how his character is gonna come across, and how this will fit into the idea of the Mandarin being an overarching shadowy figure. Mickey Rourke spent some time at a Russian Prison to get ready for his role which lends itself more to Crimson Dynamo. Guess it's just a waiting Game. RDJ goes on too say that there will be multiple Iron Man models, apart from the predicted War Machine suit to be worn by Terrance Rhodes (played by Don Cheadle). The addition of Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer though brings an interesting concept to the table. Armor Wars lite? It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to have this Senator be a puppet for Justin Hammer, who would acquire the specs in a way that would allow Rourke's character to become the movies Whiplash character. Stay tuned, when I know, you know!