Ok so not really...but the person who played Gandhi in the biopic will the villain in Iron Man 3. That's kind of close right? Anyway "Variety" reports that Sir Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast, Species, The House of Sand and Fog) will play the as yet unnamed villain in the third installment of the billionaire playboy.
Original reports stated that Mandarin would be the main villain however that was back when Jon Favreau was still director. Apparently Kingsley's character will be involved in a virus that spreads via nanobots. The story is based on a six issue Iron Man tale published back in 2005. The arc, titled "Extremis," was written by Warren Ellis.
Even though I wasn't as critical of Iron Man 2 as some writers (I thought Mickey Rourke was amazing) I do like the fact that the writers are moving away from the "robots fighting robots" theme. Tony Stark after all is a genius and it would be nice to see his mental powers tested.
Iron Man 3 starts shooting next month.
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