Episode #49 – Iron Man
With our big fiftieth episode just around the corner, we chose to watch the movie that started the MCU and helped reinvigorate the superhero genre—2008’s Iron Man! Looking back, we reflect on how much of a surprise some of the casting choices were and how nobody expected Iron Man to be the lynchpin of the Marvel Universe.
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Directed by Jon Favreau
Written by Art Marcum, Hawk Otsby, Mark Fergus, Matt Holloway
Based on characters and comics by Stan Lee, Don Heck, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby, Dennis O’Neil, Luke McDonnell, David Michelinie, Bob Layton
Cast
Robert Downey Jr. – Iron Man / Tony Stark
Terrence Howard – James “Rhodey” Rhodes
Jeff Bridges – Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger
Gwyneth Paltrow – Virginia “Pepper” Potts
Clark Gregg – Agent Phil Coulson
Leslie Bibb – Christine Everhart
Paul Bettany – JARVIS
Jon Favreau – Harold “Happy” Hogan
Shaun Toub – Ho Yinsen
Faran Tahir – Raza
Samuel L. Jackson – Nick Fury
Stan Lee – Hugh Hefner
Iron Man – Superhero Cinephiles
With our big fiftieth episode just around the corner, we chose to watch the movie that started the MCU and helped reinvigorate the superhero genre—2008's Iron Man! Looking back, we reflect on how much of a surprise some of the casting choices were and how nobody expected Iron Man to be the lynchpin of the Marvel Universe.
