Comments on: Guy Pearce Explains Why He Almost Didn’t Take The Role Of Aldrich Killian In ‘Iron Man 3’

By: dnwilliams

dnwilliams — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:10:10 +0000

I feel like Pearce and Portman might be the most wasted stars in the MCU. Pearce would have been a great Doctor Strange, Portman would have been a great Wasp.

By: Emperor Zerg Rush

Emperor Zerg Rush — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:10:10 +0000

At the time, everyone assumed Kingsley was going to be the actual Mandarin and this was likely Marvel's way of keeping the twist contained as much as possible without it leaking via actor's assistant or some other bullshit and essentially spoiling the entire hook of the film's last act.

But then Marvel would attempt to wipe it out anyway, using Drew Pearce's All Hail the King one-shot to establish that there's a third party who claims to be the "real" Mandarin, despite Killian's statement that the Mandarin had been something he'd cooked up to spook governments/etc. into bending to his whims.

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:10:10 +0000

Wait….so he actually did read the script and signed on to the film anyway! Smh