Sam Rockwell "“ Tony Stark To Justin Hammer!
Sam Rockwell has impressed us with his lead roles in movies like Joshua, Choke and Matchstick Men. He was also decently impressive as Justin Hammer in Iron Man 2. You might not know but the actor was originally shortlisted for the role of Tony Stark before Robert Downey Jr. grabbed it. Here's what the director Jon Favreau said back in 2010 to LA Times about considering Sam for the role of the Marvel superhero:
"He was one of the actors I was looking at for Tony Stark. He represented a dark-horse idea for Tony Stark early on in the process. A very different take. Of course when I met with Robert there nobody else on my mind. There was some things Sam would bring to the role that would have been great."
Obviously, it is heard for anyone of us to imagine a face for Tony Stark other than RDJ. But the director claimed in the interview that Sam Rockwell would have succeeded to come up with "˜interesting and different things'.
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