Mickey Rourke sat down for in interview with Total Film (via ComicBookMovie) for their May edition and spoke about his role of Whiplash in Iron Man 2. Rourke said that he isn’t really a fan of big franchise movies, however he was a fan of what director Jon Favreau did with Iron Man, and liked that Robert Downey Jr. was ‘quirky’ as Tony Stark and wasn’t a stereotypical superhero “like Spider-Man, like Batman and all that shit.” (-10 fanboy points for Rourke there).

Anyhow, Rourke went on to talk about his training regime for the role….and then he kind of lets slip what happens to Whiplash at the end of the film…

Tell us about Whiplash’s costume…

The first time I had it on I had it on for four minutes and I was like, “Take it off!” The whole vest weighed about 40lbs and I could walk 25 steps and be exhausted. So what I did with my trainer was put on a 40lb weight vest and put the treadmill on uphill and we just worked out for two months. Whiplash uses electrodes as whips so I used wrist weights and my stunt co-ordinator Garrett Warren would come over and we would do a boxing workout with whips.

SPOILER TIME

Will Whiplash be popping up in any of the other Marvel films?
Well, the only thing I can tell you is that they had decided to kill me and we did film it with Gwyneth Paltrow. And then they came to New Mexico and re-shot it and now it’s left up in the air…

We’ll have to wait until May to see which version they go for. It would be cool if Whiplash appeared in The Avengers, and I guess they could be leaving the door open for Iron Man 3 too.

As expected a new trailer for Iron Man 2 was revealed by Robert Downey Jr. on Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Academy Awards yesterday and it also made its way online soon after. In this trailer we see a lot more of Scarlett Johansson and Gwyneth Paltrow, along with more footage of Whiplash attacking Tony Stark at the Monaco Grand Prix. We also get a glimpse of a new portable Iron Man suit.

With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) faces pressure from the government, the press, and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, along with Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), and James “Rhodey” Rhodes (Don Cheadle) at his side, must forge new alliances — and confront powerful enemies.

Iron Man 2 will be released on April 30th in the UK and May 7th in the US.

It’s about time we got a new one! According to Futon Critic Robert Downey Jr. will be appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Academy Awards on Sunday, and he’ll be introducing the second trailer for Iron Man 2.

Host Jimmy Kimmel welcomes two-time Academy Award(R)-nominated Robert Downey Jr. and a musical performance by Grammy Award(R) winner Keith Urban to the fifth consecutive “Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Academy Awards”, SUNDAY, MARCH 7, immediately following the late local news (12:05-1:05 a.m., ET, approx). Downey will introduce the world premiere of the new “Iron Man 2? trailer only moments before Urban performs his new hit single, “Til Summer Comes Around,” from his 2009 album, “Defying Gravity.”

The trailer will no doubt make its way online at some point over the weekend, so keep your eyes peeled!

You can watch the first Iron Man 2 trailer below:

It’s here! The first trailer for Iron Man 2 has appeared online and I never thought a man with electric whips could excite me so much. Whiplash is the definition of badass.

In the trailer we are introduced to Russian prisoner Ivan Vanko who sees the Stark Family as ‘butchers’, so he’s out for revenge. We also see brief clips of Scarlet Johansson as Black Widow and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury. Watch below!

Last week we saw the first Entertainment Tonight Iron Man 2 set visit, then the second, and now they have three one-on-one interviews with Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle and Scarlett Johansson to present to us.

The interviews are embedded after the cut, and they may all start playing at the same time so you’ll have to be skilful in how you deal with the situation. But it’s okay…I believe in you..

First up is Gwyneth Paltrow who talks about Pepper’s promotion to CEO of Stark Industries and the love triangle between her character, Black Widow and Tony Stark.

Next Don Cheadle talks about War Machine and getting in on the action with his own suit. He also mentions that Robert Downey Jr. shaves his chest. Exclusive info right there.

Finally Scarlett Johansson talks about how she got the role (although she doesn’t mention Emily Blunt having to drop out, but it’s okay because nobody likes to be a second choice), showing the Black Widow suit to Ryan Reynolds and performing the stunts required for the role.

We haven’t heard anything from Mickey Rourke yet. Maybe they don’t want him to be interviewed because it will break the whole ‘badass villain’ role he will be playing.

Last week Entertainment Tonight posted a 5 minutes video from the set of Iron Man 2. It contained interviews from all the cast and a look at some behind the scenes action from the Monaco Grand Prix set. Now they another video to present to the world which focuses on Mickey Rourke and his whips. While the video is shorter, it’s for more interesting than listen to Gwyneth Paltrow talking about how good she feels and her children. I’m sure her children are lovely, but this is Iron Man 2 and i’m sure everyone would rather see Mickey Rourke smashing up cars!

Yesterday we got a sneak preview and today we have the full Entertainment Tonight Iron Man 2 set visit. Most of the visit takes place on the Monaco Grand Prix set where Tony Stark first meets Whiplash. We see some cars being smashed up and Robert Downey Jr. says that it is probably his “favorite thing in the world to do professionally because you get the free adrenaline rush and it’s all safe.” Gwyneth Paltrow talks about wearing skimpy clothes and Scarlett Johansson talks about training for the role of Black Widow and the love triangle between her character, Tony Stark and Pepper Potts.

Watch below!

Entertainment Weekly have been on an Iron Man 2 roll recently. They got our first look at Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow in Iron Man 2 and now they’ve received the far less interesting images of Don Cheadle as Col. James Rhodes and Sam Rockwell as weapons manufacturer Justin Hammer. The image above also shows director Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr watching playback from a boxing ring.

Click here to see another image of Gwyenth Paltrow as Pepper Potts having a few words with Tony Stark.

Filming on Iron Man 2 finished this week, so hopefully they can gather some footage together for a teaser trailer in the near future.

Earlier today we got our first look at Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, however the accompanying article also gives us a few details about what we can expect in the sequel. Here are some snippets below:

Rourke, for his part, wanted to instill some lightness into the role of the heavy. “I told Favreau, ‘I don’t want to just play him as a one-dimensional p—-,’” he says. “He let me have a cockatoo, who I talk to and get drunk with while I’m making my suit.”

Scarlett Johansson joined the cast as Stark’s mysterious new assistant, Natasha, who has an alter ego of her own, Black Widow. That introduction inevitably sparks romantic tension between Stark and former assistant Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), who’s been promoted to CEO of Stark Industries. “The men want it to be, like, ‘Ooh, the girls are fighting over Tony,’ but it’s not as standard as that,” says Paltrow. “There’s a weird male catfight fantasy. Downey agrees. He believes what differentiates the franchise from other superhero series can be summarized as follows: “We’re horny. Not, like, can’t-bring-your-kids horny, but just…horny.”

Mickey Rourke getting drunk whilst talking to a cockatoo and lots of horny people. Iron Man 2 sounds like it’s going to be fun.

In other IM2 news director Jon Favreau has been updating his Twitter account, counting down the days until filming finishes. 1 day to go!

Collider recently got the chance to ask Robert Downey Jr. a few questions about Iron Man 2, which is currently in filming mode. He said that due to high expectations he is taking the sequel a bit more seriously, and he also praised the new additions to the cast (Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle).

Here’s a snippet:

Another bit that Robert told us was how he is taking “Iron Man 2” more seriously than any movie he has ever done:

Robert: I’ve never been in a sequel and it’s very daunting because I feel the expectation of the millions of people who watched it and enjoyed it and told me that it was a little different than your usual genre picture and that they expected us to not screw it up. So I actually have taken “Iron Man 2” probably more seriously than any movie I’ve ever done, which is appropriately ridiculous for Hollywood.

On the way the suit has been improved from the first film:

Everything has been improved. Everything is ergonomic and the story is incredibly risky and artistic for a big genre movie.

In which way risky?

The set pieces have to do with things that aren’t your typical like bad guy conflict. The relationships are very complex and hilarious. The motivations Tony has and why he turns around and does things has completely to do with his own internal processes and it really is, I think, as much as we tried to in the first one really see behind the façade of this kind of storytelling. We really, I think, leaving ourselves open to…we’re kind of trying to tell a story about how a dysfunctional family saves life on Earth as we know it.

Could you talk about working with Mickey?

I could if we shot together. I’ve seen his stuff and it is literally remarkable. Literally remarkable. He’s so good. And he’s formidable and he’s very much reminding me of that kind of charming, confident guy that we know. Sam Rockwell, on the first day of shooting I was like “if this guy thinks he’s going to be funnier and cooler than me (laughter) and it was a photo-finish. Scarlett Johansson, amazing. Don Cheadle is just rocking it.

Click here to read the whole interview!