UNITED KINGDOM: Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. along with fellow stars of Marvel comics latest film venture Iron Man film walk the red carpet in London

Record ID: 220525

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. along with fellow stars of Marvel comics latest film venture Iron Man film walk the red carpet in London
  • Date: 1st May 2008
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (APRIL 24, 2008) (REUTERS) ROBERT DOWNEY JR. AND SUSAN DOWNEY (Levin) TERRENCE HOWARD
  • Embargoed: 16th May 2008 13:00
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  • Location: United Kingdom
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA8KQ9J0I6GRIG5DUP2Z01Y9RWG
  • Story Text: Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. along with fellow cast members, Gwyneth Paltrow And Terrence Howard graced the red carpet in London's Leicester Square to premiere their latest film 'Iron Man' which marks the start of the Hollywood summer block buster season.
    Robert Downey Junior, who was joined by his wife in London, was upbeat to be given the chance to play a Marvel super hero, a role that up until recently would have seemed out of his reach.

    "I really chased it down, Downey Jr. told Reuters on the red carpet in London. "Susan, his wife, runs a big company that makes big movies like the Matrix, so I was pretty close to someone that understood that these things particularly work."
    Actress Gwyneth Paltrow who plays Pepper Potts, Tony Stark's long suffering personal assistant, was thrilled to be given the chance to work with some of the top actors in Hollywood today.

    "I always wanted to work with really good people. This movie, I would have done if it was a tiny independent movie with this grope of people, so I felt that I couldn't be prodigious against it because it was a super hero movie," he said.
    The actor/director spoke about his love of comic book heroes.

    "I think the idea of doing this movie with Robert was what was intriguing because he fit the character so well and the technology has come far enough along that you can actually show what Iron Man does in the comic books, so I think it really lent itself to being made right now, and that's what drew me to it," Favreau told Reuters.
    Gwyneth Paltrow, who plays Virginia Potts in the movie, spoke to Reuters about how motherhood had changed the way she approached acting roles - or rather how it hadn't.

    "I still do it for myself, when I work, you know" she said.
    "They (her children Apple and Moses) are my priority and being with them is my priority, so when I work, it's my time to express what I need to express as an artist, so I don't censor myself now just because I have children."
    Director Jon Favreau whose first breakthrough film was the Christmas smash hit 'Elf' played down rumours of a sequel.

    "No there is nothing on the burner for Iron Man 2, but we would all love to do it. If this movie does well , I am sure you will all see us again."
    Based on a Marvel Comics character, Iron Man is the story of billionaire industrialist Tony Stark who is captured by terrorists who force him to build weapons for them. Instead, Stark builds his own power suit and uses it to escape back home, where he further improves his suit of armour, helped by his secretary and love interest Virginia Potts. Along the way he becomes the superhero Iron Man.
    The film is being released on May 2nd in the U.K. and the U.S.
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