Mickey Rourke and Scarlett Johannson Officially Cast in Iron Man Sequel
Robert Downey Jr. has revealed that Mickey Rourke and Scarlett Johannson are officially cast in the Iron Man sequel.
“They are both cast and doing Iron Man 2,” he said. “Garry Shandling is in the film. Of course we have Don Cheadle. We have Sam Jackson. We have Sam Rockwell. And we of course we have, my dearest heart, Gwyneth Paltrow.”
The actor, 43, is also busy working on the new Sherlock Holmes adaptation from Guy Ritchie.
“Our version of Sherlock Holmes goes back to the book where he was basically the first western martial artist,” Robert told TV show Extra. “They don’t talk about that part in the books very often because they never had the budget to put it onscreen. We had the budget to put it on screen.
“We are hoping Chris Martin of Coldplay will contribute to our score. He’s a huge Sherlock Holmes fan.
“He told me you need to be really skinny which is always the last thing you want to hear. I would probably be Jabba the Hut’s brother if I wasn’t required to stay in shape for these films.”
