Iron Man 2

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Actor Sam Rockwell latterly explained how he got theMCUrole of Justin Hammer inIron Man 2after losing out on the part of Tony Stark to Robert Downey Jr. Although he has n’t been seen in alive - action since 2014’sAll Hail The Kingone - shot with a abbreviated cameo , Rockwell ’s Justin Hammeris still a big sports fan - favorite scoundrel who desperately wants the fame and respect maintain by his competitor Tony Stark . As such , it ’s rather fitting that Rockwell nearly play Stark himself in the MCU .

During a late interview withGQ , Sam Rockwell in short speak about his original conversations withIron Mandirector Jon Favreau about potentially act as Tony Stark before the use ultimately went to Robert Downey Jr. He then broke down how he later got the part of Justin Hammer forIron Man 2 :

" My pardner was in [ Iron Man ] , Leslie Bibb , and so I had dinner party with those guys before opening nighttime , and they were queasy about it , and then , of class , it was a cock-a-hoop hit . And then my friend Justin Theroux was going to compose the book [ for Iron Man 2 ] … and I went over to his house and I said , " What ’s blend in on with that Iron Man 2 ? ' He said , ' I ’m fly out to go aid Favreau write the hand . ' And I go , ' Well , let me be in it . I want to be in the movie . save me a part as a sorry guy cable . " They talked to Mickey Rourke , and they decide to split the villain into two villain . "

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It ’s rather interesting that Hammer was a later summation to the movie whereMickey Rourke ’s Whiplashwas primitively intended as the sole villain seek revenge and want to damage the Stark bequest . After all , Hammer ’s involution as Whiplash ’s benefactor due to his own desire to destroy Stark is fabulously dynamic .

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Sam Rockwell late return to vocalize an animated Justin Hammer inMarvel ’s What If … ? season 2 , instalment 3 , feature a reality in which malleus breaks into Avengers Tower on Christmas Eve . However , there is room for a potential bouncy - action MCU render in the near future . After all , Marvel Studios’Armor Warsis on the horizon starring Don Cheadle ’s War Machine as he attempt to protect Iron Man ’s legacy . To that end , Iron Man 2’sHammer makes a good deal of sense as a primary villain seeking to corrupt said legacy in the wake of Tony Stark ’s death in Avengers : Endgame .

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The third film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , Iron Man 2 , is an action - superhero film that occurs six months after the original film ’s events . After outing himself as the heavy metallic element superhero known as Iron Man , Tony Stark goes to not bad length to avoid demands from the regime for his technical school . But , unluckily , the engineering Tony used to save his life is get to impact his health inversely - just in time for a Isle of Man named Ivan Vanko to arrive , who creates his interlingual rendition of the Iron Man technical school to settle a tenner - long scotch with Howard Stark ’s son .

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The third film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man 2, is an action-superhero film that occurs six months after the original film’s events. After outing himself as the heavy metal superhero known as Iron Man, Tony Stark goes to great lengths to avoid demands from the government for his tech. But, unfortunately, the technology Tony used to save his life is beginning to impact his health inversely - just in time for a man named Ivan Vanko to arrive, who creates his version of the Iron Man tech to settle a decades-long score with Howard Stark’s son.

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