Stories that prove Marvel actors don’t shy away from challenges while making their films

[post_page_title]Rourke felt shortchanged[/post_page_title]

When Mickey Rourke was cast in Iron Man 2 to play the villainous Ivan Vanko, he had a few conditions. He didn’t want his character to be a “mindless villain” – he wanted him to have depth, color, and multi-dimensional.

Rourke felt shortchanged

Director Jon Favreau accepted his requests, and Rourke was temporarily happy with the new scenes that he shot. But he wasn’t very happy later on, when he learned that many of those scenes were cut – and he likened the film to a mindless comic book movie.

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