Iron Man 3 - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Iron Man 3 or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Iron Man 3

[jesus]

Property master Russell Bobbitt designed a custom set of ten rings for the Mandarin. These rings are Bobbitt's favorite props from this movie.

[camila]

Although Tony Stark has created up to forty-two suits in this movie, he only dons a select few. These being Mark VII, XV (Sneaky), XVI (Nightclub), XXXIII (Silver Centurion), XL (Shotgun), and of course, XLII. He would have, at one point, worn the Mark XXII (Hot Rod) armor during the final battle, if it hadn't been taken out by an Extremis soldier a split second before he could suit up.

[sandra]

DIRECTOR TRADEMARK (Shane Black (Christmas): Except for the prologue, the whole movie is set at Christmas time. Black's Lethal Weapon (1987), The Last Boy Scout (1991), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) were also set at Christmas time. Last Action Hero (1993), which Black did not direct, but helped write, had at least a partial Christmas setting.

[lonnie]

Disney bought the distribution rights from Paramount Pictures for $115 million. This deal also included The Avengers (2012). However, as with The Avengers (2012), under the conditions of the deal, Paramount Pictures will be the studio logo to appear, and not Disney's. No reference to Disney was made until the end of the closing credits, "Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures".

[darrell]

As with one of Shane Black's previous works (Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)), one of the main protagonists is attacked at his beachfront house by helicopters while he's with a woman.

[frances]

Rebecca Hall has stated that her character was originally to be the lead villain in earlier drafts of the script, but her role was severely reduced, and the lead villain became male, when studio suits insisted that kids wouldn't buy a figure of a female villain.

[chris]

This movie was heavily edited for Chinese audiences, the Chinese edit has additional scenes featuring the character Dr. Wu and his assistant (played by Chinese stars Xueqi Wang and Bingbing Fan, respectively).

[sophie]

The scenes taking place in Chattanooga, Tennessee, were filmed in Kenansville, North Carolina. In real life, Chattanooga is a mid-sized, fairly modern town, and in an ironic twist, has some of the fastest internet speeds in the world.

[marc]

The post-credit scene with Dr. Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) was Robert Downey, Jr.'s idea.

[maureen]

Sir Ben Kingsley played The Mandarin, and Robert Redford played Alexander Pierce in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). Both were in Sneakers (1992), with Kingsley playing the villain, and Redford the main protagonist. Now, both Academy Award winning actors have been in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

[frances]

Unlike Iron Man (2008) and Iron Man 2 (2010), Industrial Light & Magic was not involved with the film's visual effects. Instead, Digital Domain and Weta Digital took over.

[claude]

Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) discovers that the Mandarin (Sir Ben Kingsley) is actually just an actor hired to play that part. In Without a Clue (1988), Dr. Watson (Kingsley) hires an actor to play Sherlock Holmes, a role later played by Downey.

[nina]

The idea that "Happy" Hogan's favorite television show is Downton Abbey (2010), was at the suggestion of Jon Favreau, who is actually a big fan of the British series.

[janice]

Originally, Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures were looking to shoot this movie in Michigan, due to the tax incentives. However, due to North Carolina guaranteeing a $20 million tax credit, the producers decided to shoot there instead.

[willard]

(At around eleven minutes) Tony tells a young child with glasses that he loved him in A Christmas Story (1983). Peter Billingsley, who played Ralphie in A Christmas Story (1983), was an executive producer on Iron Man (2008), and played a small role in it.

[wallace]

According to the art book for this movie, four other suits were considered to join the House Party Protocol, but were scrapped. A silver and gold suit, with a pointed forehead supposedly named "Bullet", sported large thrusters on its biceps. This suit's purpose was either deemed redundant, or re-worked as the Mark XL (Shotgun) armor, which was designed for "Hyper Velocity". Two suits featuring a pair of close-combat weapons attached to their forearms (one with twin saw blades, and the other with dual hammer-like tools (Oldboy)) were most likely not included, due that the weapons they possessed, did not fit with Iron Man's style. Finally, an unnamed suit, with a desert camouflage color scheme, apparently equipped with grappling hooks, was scrapped due that Iron Man wouldn't necessarily need grapple hooks, if he could already fly.

[aaron]

Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) makes a guest appearance at the end of this film, just as Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) appeared in the post-credit scene in The Incredible Hulk (2008). Those films were both characters' final appearance as the sole lead character, before appearing in the Avengers films. Both would also play a second-lead in films focused on the other core members of the Avengers: Downey appeared in Captain America: Civil War (2016), while Ruffalo appeared in Thor: Ragnarok (2017).

[liam]

The final line was originally written as "I am Tony Stark" to mirror Iron Man (2008)'s ending, but eventually it changed to "I am Iron Man" to enhance the mythical qualities.

[frances]

The post-credits scene was originally meant to have Tony Stark blasting off into space to meet the Guardians of the Galaxy. Iron Man was going to have a cameo role in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) (an homage to his being the Guardians' latest member in the comics), but this was scrapped when Robert Downey, Jr. said he may not reprise his role as Tony Stark in the future. Instead, Dr. Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) appeared in the post-credits scene.