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By Zack Zeigler
In Hollywood, the limelight rightfully shines upon the onscreen stars that play out scenarios and deliver lines. However, there are always key mega players behind the scenes who prove to be worth their weight in gold-or in this case, iron.
Two of the biggest for "Iron Man 2" are Marvel Studios President and "IM 2" producer Kevin Feige and screenwriter Justin Theroux. Their efforts-along with those of the A-list cast-to respect the characters and maintain the integrity of Tony Stark's story helped keep Iron Man from blasting off course.
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| Kevin Feige with Robert Downey Jr. on the set of "Iron Man 2" |
There's no question the popularity of the first "Iron Man" left Marvel Studios in a favorable position for its follow-up, but it also left a lot of ground to cover.
"We had to rectify what to do when a private citizen, even a really rich and powerful one, comes up with something that has the ability to tip the balance of power, not just nationally, but globally," Theroux said in the production notes.
With the addition of names like Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle and Sam Rockwell, some worried the plot would get watered down, a notion Feige dismissed at the 2009 Comic-Con in San Diego.
"'Iron Man 2' is totally Tony Stark's story," he affirmed.
Telling that story properly meant on-the-fly rewrites due to the improvisation that took place on the set. Robert Downey Jr. is well known for his ability to ad-lib-something director Jon Favreau encourages-which meant the hectic world Theroux wrote about would sometimes mimic his own as the film's scribe.
"My job as the writer was to stay on the dance shoes of Jon, Robert, Gwyneth [Paltrow]... and rewrite things on the fly," Theroux said at the
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Having worked with Downey on the comedy "Tropic Thunder," Theroux's first screenwriting endeavor, the writer had an already-established chemistry with the movie's lead. A pace that would leave many frazzled only accentuated Theroux's skills as a scriptwriter and opened the story for deeper interpretation and exploration, two aspects that would preserve the naturalistic tone of part one.
"[Theroux] understood... how to weave in and out of Robert's creative process," Favreau told reporters in L.A. "He really did a fantastic job."
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