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Despite public pleas from star Robert Downey, Jr. to appear in Iron Man 2, it doesn't look like Oscar nominee Mickey Rourke will play the villain in the Marvel sequel after all.
Rourke, who is the frontrunner to win Best Actor at this weekend's Academy Awards ceremony, told New York Magazine, "Right now, we're not doing Iron Man 2." The magazine said that Rourke's agent is currently "battling Marvel for a bigger paycheck."
Rourke reportedly received a lowball offer of $250,000 from Marvel to play either the Crimson Dynamo or Whiplash, depending on which trade paper you read.
Iron Man 2 doesn't have a set script or firm start date yet, but it's expected to begin filming sometime in April.
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