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[The Outsider]

http://www.deadline.com/2012/04/jessica-chastain-back-into-iron-man-3-talks

EXCLUSIVE: I’m told that Jessica Chastain is back in the mix to play a starring role opposite Robert Downey Jr in Iron Man 3.

The role is a sexy scientist every bit as smart as Tony Stark.

Chastain, who last year starred in The Tree of Life, The Help, Take Shelter and The Debt, was originally offered the role but it looked like she was going to be preoccupied making a movie with Joel Edgerton and Samantha Morton.

I think that movie was The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby.

She also had scheduling issues involving the Kathryn Bigelow-directed Sony Pictures film about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden.

Marvel then began lining up meetings with actresses like Diane Kruger, Gemma Arterton and Isla Fisher.

But all that has changed as Chastain’s movie has been pushed, the Bin Laden scheduling was worked out, and it looks like she’s going to get the role after all.

She will join Downey, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, and potentially Guy Pearce and Ben Kingsley in the third installment of the Iron Man trilogy, this one directed by Shane Black.

Some follow-up articles have indicated that the role is that of Dr. Maya Hansen, a character responsible for the "Extremis" nanotechnology that is said to be a key part of the sequel's focus.

Looks like Shane Black is putting together a nice little cast for Iron Man 3!

 

[Escape Goat]

Never heard of her before.

 

[Quick]

Bring back Terrence Howard.

 

[GK86]

Quick search, I have never seen any of her work.

 

[triplestation]

TERRANCE HOWARD COME BACK!

 

[Az987]

Will Jon Favreau still be Iron Mans driver?

That would be kind of awkward...

 

[white dynamite]

Oh, that's nice.
Is ScarJo returning?

 

[Dynamite Ringo Matsuri]

Only know her from Take Shelter and Tree of Life. Lovely lady, great actress. I'm okay with this

 

[Good Job Bob]

Don Cheadle is going to ruin every scene he's in --- they should just cut that character.

 

[Dany]

Great actress, loved her Tree of Life, The Help and she was the only redeeming part of The Debt.

 

[Stat Flow]

Iron Man 2 sucked in comparison to the first one though. I didn't even know a third one was happening.

 

[NoRéN]

Who?

 

[Buckethead]

ITT: Philistines.

 

[Escape Goat]

TERRANCE HOWARD COME BACK!

 

[Fry]

Who?

You can check her out in Tree of Life.

Spoiler

Though I really don't recommend you to

 

[Veidt]

Don Cheadle is going to ruin every scene he's in --- they should just cut that character.

Cheadle is better than that other guy who always looks like he's about to burst in tears.

Y'all just hatin' cause he's too black.

 

[Blader]

ITT: Philistines.

Jesus, seriously.

 

[Dynamite Ringo Matsuri]

You can check her out in Tree of Life.

Spoiler

Though I really don't recommend you to

She was better in Take Shelter I felt. That and Michael Shannon was flippin brilliant, no idea why it didn't receive more attention from the academy

 

[SerArthurDayne]

I like redheads.

Terry Malick seems to like her, which is a good sign.

I saw The Help (unfortunately) but don't remember her from it.

Extremis could be interesting. Probably not what I would pick, but they might incorporate other stuff into it as well.

 

[Escape Goat]

Jesus, seriously.

Shes been in one high profile movie and an indie. And a bunch of TV work. Hardly the stuff of legend here.

 

[Good Job Bob]

Cheadle is better than that other guy who always looks like he's about to burst in tears.

Y'all just hatin' cause he's too black.

=\

I like Don Cheadle, but I rolled my eyes every time he was on screen in IM2.

Terrence Howard nailed that role and despite him not getting along with RDJ they had good chemistry (that might've actually helped lol.)

Don Cheadle just phoned it in and had absolutely zero chemistry with RDJ.

 

[RBH]

ITT: Philistines.

Yup.

 

[Gilgamesh]

The Debt was a great movie.

 

[Dany]

Shes been in one high profile movie and an indie. And a bunch of TV work. Hardly the stuff of legend here.

She''s moving on up.

 

[Good Job Bob]

She''s moving on up.

You can't really get much higher than Tree of Life.

 

[Dany]

You can't really get much higher than Tree of Life.

She's doing another Malick film so yes, she will,

 

[demosthenes]

Sexy scientist, seems like we can pretty much guarantee the story line of IM3 then.

 

[The Outsider]

Honestly thought the name would be more recognizable after the films she did last year. Oh well. Good actress nonetheless.

 

[StriKeVillain]

She was ok in ToL, I didn't really have a positive or negative reaction to her character/acting.

Who am I kidding though: they could clone Olivia Munn, have her replace JARVIS and Pepper and I would still see it day one.

 

[Grifter]

Really enjoyed her work in The Debt

 

[Face it Tiger..]

terrance come back you can blame it all on the producer

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Jessica is great. She would be a good addition. She's been great in everything I've seen so far. I also need to see Take Shelter and Coriolanus.

 

[- J - D -]

Saw her in Tree of Life, The Help, and Take Shelter, all this year. Good in each.

 

[benzy]

Terrence Howard nailed that role and despite him not getting along with RDJ they had good chemistry (that might've actually helped lol.)

Is that the reason why they didn't bring Howard back?

But yeah, Terrence is better for the Iron Man films.

 

[Amagon]

I was like "Who?" but then I remember her from the movie, Take Shelter. She's a great actress and nice to see her get bigger roles.

 

[Finaika]

She's great.

 

[Blader]

Is that the reason why they didn't bring Howard back?

That and he wanted more money than Downey.

 

[985boi]

Really good actress

 

[johnsmith]

Oh, that redneck girl from The Help. She was all right in that.




Nobody watched The Tree of Life, guys. The movie grossed a whopping $13 million domestic.

 

[Loofy]

She was awesome in The Help.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

This role should have gone to Idris Elba.

 

[Good Job Bob]

This role should have gone to Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Fixed.

 

[triplestation]

This role should have gone to Michael Fassbender.

Fixed.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

I never heard of her, and i hope ScareJo is not in it. The movie went from meh to shit for me with all of the close up on her.

 

[richiek]

ITT: Philistines.

Nobody watched The Tree of Life, guys. The movie grossed a whopping $13 million domestic.

I rest my case.

 

[Pachinko]

Having read extremis I still wonder how much it'll follow the book. For those who haven't it was marvel trying to give tony stark the equivalent of a mutant power. Nanomachines hide his iron man suit within his DNA so he just wills his suit to appear on his body. Kind of a dumb concept but it was a pretty good read actually. I just don't know how well some of those ideas will play on the big screen.

 

[sharbhund]

Having read extremis I still wonder how much it'll follow the book. For those who haven't it was marvel trying to give tony stark the equivalent of a mutant power. Nanomachines hide his iron man suit within his DNA so he just wills his suit to appear on his body. Kind of a dumb concept but it was a pretty good read actually. I just don't know how well some of those ideas will play on the big screen.

The motion comic for the Extremis arc is available on Netflix.

 

[Askani]

Bring back Terrence Howard.

TERRANCE HOWARD COME BACK!

Don Cheadle is going to ruin every scene he's in --- they should just cut that character.

Is that the reason why they didn't bring Howard back?

But yeah, Terrence is better for the Iron Man films.

Sorry, but TH sucks in Iron Man. That's just the way it is. DC isn't perfect, but he's way better in that role than TH.

 

[Staccat0]

I like the idea of putting good actors in movies, so I like this.

 

[Discotheque]

Pretty damn good cast lined up for this one. Assuming Ben Kingsley doesn't sleep through this role like he's been doing for the past long while.