As a long (long) time fan of Robert Downey Jr., I was thrilled when I heard he was hired to play Tony Stark (a.k.a. "Iron Man"). The actor’s been through some tough times, but his performances are always pretty darn excellent — and the guy’s earned a big "superhero" style gig by this point. Anyway, the actor just started talking about his "Iron" assignment…
From ComingSoon.net: ""I went after it like a greyhound after a rabbit," he said when asked whether (Jon) Favreau approached him or whether he went after the part. "I loved Marvel and ‘Iron Man’ to me is the goods. To tell you the God’s honest truth, I’d thrown them all away for Sgt. Rock, because I really grew up on Hogan’s Heroes, Sgt. Rock. I’m still addicted to the History Channel and the Military Channel is my thing, but Tony’s the best because I could never be Sgt. Rock. He’s a little bigger and more butch and has a cigar, I don’t see it. Tony’s a perfect fit for me, and if I was ever going to do this type of thing, I thought, you know, like early ’40’s. Great, because when you hang up your ‘macho hat’ and start directing or doing other stuff, it’s not an embarrassment to be doing this in your late ’40s still if we wind up doing three of them."
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