The Mandarin

Who else? 2013’s Iron Man 3 had fans excited that Iron Man’s classic arch-enemy the Mandarin would be appearing in it – but the depiction of the character was absolutely NOT what we were expecting (and we obviously don’t mean that in a good way).

As it turned out, the Mandarin we were expecting was actually a clumsy, bumbling British actor named Trevor Slattery, played by Sir Ben Kingsley. He was nothing more than a ruse for Guy Pearce’s Aldrich Killian, who was able to go about his nefarious business unchecked while Iron Man hunted a villain who didn’t really exist.

The Mandarin is to Iron Man what the Joker is to Batman, what Lex Luthor is to Superman, and what Magneto is to the X-Men. If any of those characters were changed in such an extreme way for a movie, there’d be hell to pay. The same applies here.

That’s all, folks! We hope you enjoyed this article!

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