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Interview With ‘Iron Man 2′ Villain
By Landfill | September 4, 2009
Recently we told you about an interview with Scarlett Johanson at Comic-con about her role in Iron Man 2. Today we come to you with the latest interview from Comic Book Resources with Sam Rockwell who plays Justin Hammer, a business rival to Tony Stark.
CBR: What can you tell us about your character in “Iron Man 2,” Justin Hammer?
SAM ROCKWELL: He’s a rival to Tony Stark and he’s an arms dealer. He’s in cahoots with a couple of people. He’s kind of a shyster. Essentially, I think he’s a fan of Tony’s. But he doesn’t get the attention he wants from Tony so that’s where I think it starts to go wrong for Justin a little bit.
Justin Hammer and Tony Stark are rivals in the film. What are their similarities and their differences?
They’re similar. I think that ultimately Justin is probably more insecure. So that may be his downfall. His ambition may be stronger in a way so it’s a trap that Justin may fall into.
What was it about Justin Theroux’s script that attracted you to the part?
Justin is amazing. He did a great job. He was the sole writer on the piece and he’s great. He wrote a great character. The character that he played in “The Baxter” is similar to Justin Hammer too so there’s a little bit of that. Justin and I are old friends. We met at a theatre festival in Williamstown so he was able to help me a lot.
Did you do any research for the role of Hammer?
I watched “Amadeus.” The Salieri character is similar. The “Iron Man 2” script was being developed so I wasn’t sure where the character was going. I watched a lot of different stuff. I watched Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor, George C. Scott in “The Hustler,” I watched Bill Murray in “Kingpin.” I was trying to get a lot of different things to incorporate.
I did some research on the guns. I learned how to handle and talk about the guns. That was really all I had to work on. I worked on it the way I work on everything, with an acting coach. I would get certain scenes and we would work on it, do some homework and then those scenes would change.
Head on over to Comicbookresources.com to read the rest of the interview and find out what Sam thought about working with Robert Downey Jr. and Mickey Rourke.
The film also stars Gwyneth Paltrow as Virginia “Pepper” Potts and Don Cheadle who takes over for Terrance Howard in the role of Jim Rhodes AKA War Machine. Iron Man 2 is directed by Jon Favreau and opens May 7, 2010.
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