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Fresh off an amazing, multi-layered
comedic performance in TROPIC THUNDER, Robert Downey Jr. commented on
Iron Man 2, saying that his goals for the movie included not
following the superhero formula.
{sidebar id=1}Our goals are more of the same. The
idea that he said hes Iron Man in part 1its one thing to say
it, and its another thing to actually evolve to the point where
you can live in a heroic fashion. You know, they say, The
superhero movie always needs to follow and I said who is that
guy? Get him out of here! We want to do what worked for us last
time, in a way that evolves. Were talking about a guy who is put
in an extraordinary circumstance, and the people that are around him,
and how that creates a sense of family, and how that disrupts
whatever forces that we have to say that are working [in his life].
I like the idea of an Iron Man 2 that youre able to understand
various points of view. Youre able to touch on some subjects that
are a lot more far reaching, while still grounding it in
entertainment.
Downey then spoke about the upcoming
SHERLOCK HOLMES project, directed by Guy Ritchie. Not only will
audiences see the famed English detective appear in a new tale not
connected to any of the stories previously told by Holmes creator
Arthur Conan Doyle, but this time around, Sherlock Holmes will share
a passion that Downey Jr. practices in real life: martial arts.
Sherlock Holmes, we start October
6th. Guy Ritchies take on it was thatits like
[well be] making a contemporary version of a very classic
portrayal of exactly how it was. But its not telling one of the
stories from one of the books or anything like that. Watsonits
all there. The cool thing about Sherlock Holmes was hes actually
a very skilled martial artist. So its going to have elements of
thatits not just his deduction and all that stuff. Its going
to be a very action-packed version of that. To me its really
exciting.
Im always training. Im big
into martial arts. Were putting together a team of people, were
going to try to do something a little more transcendent and
interesting. I love the idea of martial arts and bare-knuckle
boxingbefore the Queensbury rules, where it was all kind of
proper, it was this real balls-to-the-wall, brutal type stuff. Guy
Ritchies a martial artist, and martial arts studentso were
going to have a real fun time doing all that.
TROPIC THUNDER opens in theaters August 13th!
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