Marvel: 5 cinema secrets on Iron Man<

Long before Querobert Downey Jr.Not inheritance of the role of Tony Stark, many other actors have prowled around the coveted armor of Iron Man (film available on Disney+), a true icon of American pop culture which had undoubtedly rocked the childhood ofmost of them.Indeed, from the early 2000s, when the Marvel comic-books knew their first real success on the big screen withx-Men and Spider-Man, Tom Cruise himself would have declared himself interested in the character and would even have failed the'incarnate in a signeenick Cassavetes adaptation which has never seen the light of day.

Other famous actors such as Nicolas Cage, Hugh Jackman, Clive Owen, Sam Rockwell or eventimothy Olyphant would also have jostled at the Marvel gate to embody the superhero.In 2008, against all odds, it was Robert Downey Jr.who ended up inheriting the role.Determined to go up the slope following an important hollow of wave in his career, he invested in the interpretation of his character: ""He is a man who asks himself a lot of questions, and rightly"", he said about Tony Stark when the film was released.""He only becomes aware of the role he can play only when he begins to live in agreement with a certain ethical code.""

Many people say that if today, Marvel has become a real titan of dark rooms, it is thanks to the iron man.First brick of the surrounding wall that was ultimately become the MCU, Iron Man, produced Parjon Favreau in 2008, could just as easily have signed the bankruptcy of the Maison des Idées, and in any case destroy all future projects of the CompanyAt the movie theater.

Retrospectively, we can now consider the first adventure of Tony Stark on the big screen as one of the most great poker strokes in industry.In the event of a failed film in theaters, the Marvel studios would indeed have been forced to reimburse the $ 525 million borrowed from the InvestmentMerrill Lynch to make Iron Man.

Par chance, le long métrage a connu un succès colossal, rapportant 585 millions de dollars dans le monde et permettant à Marvel d'amorcer la seconde ""phase"" de son énorme plan sous la houlette de la Walt Disney Company : offrir une origin story à ses autres héros afin de tous les rassembler dans un seul et même film en 2012, le très ambitieux Avengers.

Sistan Lee - famous creator of many Marvel superheroes - never hid having inspired the billionaire Howard Hughespour to create his legendary iron man, it is another wealthy inventor Quejon Favreau borrowed some character traits to giveLife in Tony Stark in the cinema.Indeed, the director of Iron Man and his interpreter Robert Downey Jr.said that to build their character, they had drawn their inspiration from Elon Musk.

This gifted inventor and entrepreneur who marketed his first video game at the age of 12 is now known for giving birth to Tesla, Paypal and SpaceX.Even if he does not steal (yet) in super-army, he has the firm intention to send humans to Mars in a few years, and to build what he calls hyperloop, a futuristic train allowing toCarrying passengers at around 1000 km/h.And as if to confirm the hooked atoms that connect him to Tony Stark, Elon Musk agreed to give him the reply for a small Monegasque cameo in Iron Man 2.

After being chosen to embody the first superhero of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Robert Downey Jr.Invested body and soul in the preparation of his character, and in particular from a physical point of view.Indeed, upstream of filming, the actor followed an intensive training, regularly practicing martial arts and bodybuilding, just to forge a first natural armor before putting the iron combination.

""Je me suis dit, tant qu'à jouer dans un film commeIron Man, autant le faire maintenant avant que ça ne devienne ridicule de me retrouver en collants et d'exhiber mes chairs flasques"", a-t-il plaisanté au moment de la sortie du film.At the time, no doubt it was far from imagining that he was finally going to embody Iron Man in 9 different feature films (11 if we count his appearances in the incredible hulk and in Spider-Man: Far from Home)).

It is to the genius of special effectsstan Winston - famous for having created the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park, the T -1000 Determinator 2 or even the Edward scissors in the hands of silver - that the heavy task was entrustedTony Stark's armor.More or less retirement, the Maestro of special effects supervised the site from afar, and left his hand to his team of magicians.

De leur propre aveu, la principale difficulté à l'époque était de travailler ""sans support"", carRobert Downey Jr.had not yet been chosen to embody the character.Starting from the various conceptual drawings provided by Marvel and by the film of the film, the artists of Stan Winston therefore put themselves to work, first developing a costume on computer, in 3D, then a model carved in clay,a miniature model of 60 centimeters, and finally the final armor of the film.

To realize it, they were finally able to work with Robert Downey Jr., who paid them a little visit after obtaining the role so that they could methodically take the measurements of his legs, his arms and his chest by making a certain number of molds.The latter thus allowed them to design an armor adapted to the actor, who wanted to limit as much as possible the intervention of his liners, even if other costumes have also been created for stuntmen, and that they haveHolding a crucial role on the set.

In the making of the film, actor Shaun Toub (who plays Professor Yinsen, hosting hostage alongside Tony Stark), still recalls the day he saw Robert Downey Jr. revêtir le prototype original de son armure : ""La première fois que je l'ai vu mettre le casque, je l'ai regardé et je lui ai dit, 'Robert, tu es Iron Man.Isn't that wonderful?For the rest of your days, you are Iron Man, and nobody can never take it away.'""

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