Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, in addition to comments regarding the seriousness of Comic-Con’s trailer for the new IRON MAN film, has spoken out to Empire magazine of how IRON MAN 3 ties in with the end of THE AVENGERS, and how the character of Tony Stark has been altered by the story’s events:
“By the end of Avengers, when a portal is opened up in Manhattan and he’s met Thor and The Hulk and the Chitauri are coming down on him, he realizes that he doesn’t know everything; we think that has had an effect on his psyche, and then his world is blown out from underneath him.”
On how the Avengers don’t appear in the new IRON MAN sequel:
“IRON MAN 3 doesn’t feature any of the other Avengers, or Nick Fury showing up, or any of those world-blending conceits that the Phase One films had. You have to keep in mind that IRON MAN 3 had been in the works for almost a year, year and a half before THE AVENGERS was released. We’re sticking to the vision for these films, and showing once again that these characters are just as interesting alone as they are together.”
Some scripting options to gather original intentions for the first movie concerning the choice of villain:
“Early – and very late – drafts of Iron Man featured The Mandarin as a villain. The Mandarin is his most famous foe in the comics mainly because he’s been around the longest. If you look, there’s not necessarily a definitive Mandarin storyline in the comics. So it was really about having an idea. In terms of the Fu Manchu stereotyping that was involved, we never had any interest in that. He’s relentless. Assuming that he’s the one responsible for what happens to Tony’s house, no other villain has been able to strike that fast and that hard at one of our heroes. He’s very much about believing that the world needs to learn, and he wants to bend the world to his vision.”
On Stark’s nemesis Iron “Rhodey” Patriot:
“The notion in the movie is that a red, white and blue suit is a bold statement, and it’s meant to be. With Rhodey, he’s very much the foil to Tony’s eccentricities, and in this one you get to see this and be reminded of the trust and friendship between them in that great Shane Black buddy-cop fashion.”
And lastly about Robert Downey Jr’s recent injury while filming:
“Robert is very gung-ho about doing his own stunts, but he’s also very safety conscious and aware of his limitations. He wasn’t even attempting to do anything above or beyond what would be considered safe – it was just a wire-assisted leap from one platform to another, and he came down in the wrong position on that ankle. It was a good old fashioned accident. The silver lining was that Shane started to work on the cut and continued to work on the script, and hone and refine the movie itself.”
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Source: Collider
