If you watched the Golden Globes last night you would have seen that award-winner Robert Downey Jr showed up for the event with some very familiar facial hair – the particularly defined goatee of Mr. Tony Stark. If you look back at the December junket for Sherlock Holmes, Downey was clean shaven – this is something he grew out over the holidays.
Why?
A number of sources tell me that there will be additional shooting for Iron Man 2, although Paramount denied this to me when contacted last night. Tonight Jon Favreau tweeted this: ‘Began “locking reels” today. It’s the beginning of the home stretch on IM2.’ That means he’s finished specific reels of the film in editing, and that they’re ready to go (although they probably still need mixing and FX and whatever).
Which means there are two possibilities: one is that there are upcoming shoots for Iron Man 2, but that they’re for specific parts of the movie and that Favreau is editing around them. The denial I received may have been a very standard thing, since studios never like admitting they’re doing reshoots. I’ve explained it before but it bears repeating: reshoots can be a vital part of the process, especially after editing reveals the nature and shape of a movie. Lots of films change or really come together in editing, and a director needs to be able to go back out and pick up new shots or scenes to fill in the gaps. That’s very normal, and as far as I’m concerned, nothing to be worried about. In fact, it’s probably a good sign.*
The second possibility is the one that has your geeky mouth watering: Downey is gearing up for some kind of Thor cameo. That movie is filming right now, and it’s the penultimate film before The Avengers, so a Stark cameo makes a whole ton of sense. In fact, we just learned that Clark Gregg, who plays SHIELD agent Coulson, will be in the movie, so there’s lots of room for Tony Stark to show up.
It has to be one of these two things… and it could even be both of these things. If Downey is suiting up as Tony Stark and doing the shoots at the same lot where Kenneth Branagh is doing Thor – well, why wouldn’t he wander over and say hi?
* Updated to add: this is probably especially a good sign for Iron Man 2. My understanding is that, like on the first movie, there was a process of on-set discovery with this movie. Favreau and Downey are pretty open while shooting, and reshoots could be done to help reconcile the stuff they came up with later with the stuff they shot at the beginning.
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Hell yes. All of the above makes me very happy
Maybe Tony Stark wins a Golden Globe in the movie and this was them getting coverage for it…nah.
so…either something may be happening or not or maybe two things but still maybe neither. absolute non-story. wait until you have something to publish.
Careful Devin, Andy's after your job!!
Maybe they just want their lead actor to look like he looks in the movie that they're going to be pushing hard for the next 3 months, regardless of re-shoots, cameos, etc.? Or, get this, maybe he just WANTED to grow the damn thing. Like Andy said, complete non-story.
I said the same thing to my friend last night "Holy shit Downey has got his Tony Stark beard!" I figured it was light reshoots but the Thor thing makes a whole ton of sense. Awesome, cannot wait for either.
This is awesome. I still can't believe they're making Thor. And Cap. !!
It's nice to see a proper usage of the word penultimate from someone for a change.
As much as I love this site, after running a story on the secret meaning of Robert Downey jnrs beard (most probably he likes it) I will never be able to take Devin seriously as a writer with any integrity again
Just because Devin was 100% wrong about The Dark Knight and now Avatar does it mean he will be wrong all the time, just 99% of time.
I've been reading CHUD for about two years now and have grown increasingly sick about the abuse that Devin takes in these talkbacks (which I think should be moderated or outright eliminated). I'm at the point where I can't understand whether the childish trolling of Devin is meant to be a joke or actually is the inane hate that it appears to be. Either way, it's old. Very fucking old. Nothing is accomplished by this and anyone posting something negative about him PERSONALLY, and not his opinion on a movie, should really just fucking stop. You're proving nothing and, worse yet, are simply reinforcing the SEEMINGLY VERY TRUE stereotype that most movie "geeks" are fat and angry malcontents who seem to feel empowered by anonymously hating someone or something because they can do so over a computer and in the safety of whatever confine they find themselves in. I come to this site to read OPINIONS, and I don't always agree with Devin, but NO ONE can argue that he is not a talented writer, ok? Talented writing about movies: that's what brings me to this site and will keep me coming back. And until the day comes where these people begin writing full time for a movie site, they are nothing more than envious and therefore will use any means to express it. YOU PEOPLE GIVE FILM LOVERS A BAD NAME. Devin, I hope this bullshit doesn't get to you because there are plenty of people out there who respect you as a writer, even if they don't always agree with you. Keep it up.
I think this is very very interesting speculation. I am glad Devin decided to write it and I am glad her nerd brain made the connection. I went on to Favareu's twitter and he has been editing non stop. He even turned down a chance to see his beloved Jets (He's from NYC) when his buddy Fazion Love offered him a ticket. Bravo Devin!!! Andy is just mad you beat him to the story.
Or maybe he just likes the look.
Cool (read=awesome! marvel is playing right!)
@11: Abso-fucking-lutely Spot On, Well said.
Like the gimps who continue to watch, then bitch about various TV Shows, I simply cannot understand what drives someone who hates (or certainly seems to hate) something, to consistently return for the sole purpose of bitching about it. Life's too short. The internet's a big place, maybe, and its a crazy fucking idea I know, maybe find a site you enjoy that provides the news reviews that you want without the personalities you don't. Or maybe, leave your fucking house once in a while, and enjoy the real world, and stop getting so annoyed with every-single-little-thing you come across. Sloths would be embarrassed by the pointlessness of your lives.
I like this article very much. It is fun to speculate on upcoming movies; I do it all the time, even on movies that aren’t even written yet. Why? You never know who is reading and I have seen director and writers latch onto things that people have posted and use them in their movies. Sometimes speculative plotlines become real plotlines.
If they are filming additional material to fill in gaps found in the editing process, then these would be pick-up shots NOT reshoots. How do you re-shoot something that was never shot in the first place? It's no wonder there's always a negative connotation on additional filming for a film when it's reported like this.
I agree with Matt. Maybe he and/or his wife just likes the way he looks with a goatee. It could mean absolutely nothing!
So now you're talking about RDJ's facial hair? This isn't TMZ, right?
Perhaps Downey, as Stark, is doing a few shots for the Captain America movie that don't involve Cap.
I like the Thor link a lot better though.
they are filming reshoots in pasadena next week for Iron Man 2:
http://www.onlocationvacations.com/2010/01/21/filming-locations-for-1-21-10-including-gossip-girl-and-30-rock/
Well, Sherlock Holmes was clearly filmed before Iron Man 2, as it is already out and Iron Man 2 is not out for another 2 months. So, he is probably doing rehoosts for Iron Man 2.
robert downy jr is alsome,cool,and funny im hes #1 FAN hes sooooooooooooooo alsome i wish i met him i like hes movie ironman and ironman 2
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