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01-17-2007, 09:56 AM
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Gwyneth Paltrow to Star in Iron Man
Source: Marvel Entertainment, Inc. January 17, 2007 Marvel Studios announced today that it has signed on Academy Award® winner Gwyneth Paltrow to join the cast of the highly-anticipated summer 2008 event film Iron Man. Paltrow will take on the role of Virginia "Pepper" Potts, personal secretary and confidant to Tony Stark aka Iron Man. The film is slated to hit theaters May 2, 2008. Paltrow joins a star-studded cast for Marvel Entertainment's first self-financed and produced feature film, which also includes Oscar® nominees Robert Downey Jr. in the title role and Terrence Howard as Jim "Rhodey" Rhodes, Stark's best friend. Jon Favreau is set to direct. This latest move reinforces the continued allure of Marvel's films among Hollywood's most celebrated talent. Paltrow will portray billionaire industrialist and genius inventor Tony Stark's indispensable personal assistant, Virginia "Pepper" Potts. Pepper is an invaluable resource to Stark Industries, and one of the few people in Tony's life who can go toe-to-toe with him, occasionally acting as his conscience and working to keep his priorities straight as he secretly defends the world as the armored hero known as Iron Man. Below the surface, Tony and Pepper share a deep attraction for one another although neither is willing to admit it. "Gwyneth is the embodiment of a leading lady. She brings intelligence, poise and an incredible range of talent to this role," said Kevin Feige, President of Production, Marvel Studios. "We could not be more excited about the great chemistry this illustrious cast will bring to 'Iron Man.'" Paltrow made her film debut in 1991 with Shout, and delivered a breakout performance as Jane Austen's heroine in Emma (1996), which garnered her significant praise and attention as a leading lady. Her role in the critically acclaimed film Shakespeare in Love (1998) catapulted her to stardom and earned her a Golden Globe®, Screen Actors Guild award and Oscar® for Best Actress. More recently, she starred in the film adaptation of the highly praised stage play Proof (2005), which reunited her with Shakespeare in Love director John Madden and earned her a Golden Globe® nomination for Best Actress. Other film credits include Se7en (1995), Sliding Doors (1998), A Perfect Murder (1998), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Sylvia (2003) and Running with Scissors (2006). She will next be seen in The Good Night with Penélope Cruz, which was directed by her brother Jake Paltrow. Filming on Iron Man is scheduled to begin in Los Angeles in March 2007. The film will be distributed by Paramount Pictures. Iron Man will be produced by Avi Arad and Kevin Feige. Executive Producers are Ari Arad, Peter Billingsley, Louis D'Esposito, Jon Favreau and Michael Helfant. Paltrow is represented by CAA and Brillstein Grey. 
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01-17-2007, 05:15 PM
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02-02-2007, 11:08 AM
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Gwyneth Paltrow Talks Iron Man
Source:Advanced Dark February 2, 2007 Gwyneth Paltrow talked to Entertainment Weekly about playing Virginia "Pepper" Potts in director Jon Favreau's Iron Man: Seems like you're taking on more projects than you have in the past. Well, I hadn't worked in a long time, I was really committed to being home. Then I finally just agreed to do this movie Iron Man. I reached a place in my life where I thought, "It's okay that I have a passion for something besides my family." I love making films. If I do one thing that makes me fulfilled, then I'm a more interesting woman for my children. And then I got this call, and I thought, I love Jon Favreau [who's directing Iron Man]. And the cast was so good. This feels right to me. Who's your character? I play Pepper Potts, who's Iron Man's assistant. They have a very charged dynamic. When do you start Iron Man? March. And what do you do to get ready? Pump it up! [Laughs] I'm exercising. So why Iron Man? You know why? Because of the people involved. It had nothing to do with the size of the budget. It was like, if I got a call that there's a six-million-dollar movie, and these are the people, I'd do it. I've always wanted to work with Robert Downey Jr. He's a genius, and I had never been asked to do a film with him before. I'm really excited that it's Iron Man because I've never done anything like it. I'm really thrilled. Iron Man is scheduled for a May 2, 2008 release.
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Robert Downey Jr. could definitely pull off all the dimensions to Tony Stark. Has anybody talked villains yet?
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02-06-2007, 01:44 PM
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That's a really good cast so far. When this was announced I was pretty sure it would suck, but I guess it won't be that bad. Usually the deciding factor in things like this is the villain for me. I was puzzled and offended by Batman Begins adding Ra's-Al-Ghul at the beginning of the storyline, but pleased to hear that Ghostrider includes Blackheart.
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i am a noob to the iron man comics so can someone give me the 411 or maybe a website with bio's on all the characters...know about tony stark but nothing about the rest of the story
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