Robert Downey Jr. Iron Man weapon test improvised

    by Freddenver: Tony Stark

    Robert Downey Jr. revealed that the scene where Iron Man tests his weapons was improvised. He explained, 'And he said is it better to be feared or respected is it too much to ask for both, and John and I were literally writing that line for line as we went along shooting it that day.' The original tweet includes links to the full interview: and

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    He's doing a weapons test and he says, is it better to be feared or respected? Is it too much to ask for both? And John and I were literally writing that line for line as we went along shooting it that day. And I put on sunglasses because it was all on cue cards. It was that kind of thing where you go, it's more important that we feel like we're just coming up with this and we like it. And there's no trick we can't employ to cover the fact that we're kind of making it up as we go along. But again, because you have that huge cluster bomb explosion in back of him, because the air mover kind of pushed me forward. And it was just one of those days. There was another moment where Tony has escaped the cave and essentially become Iron Man. And he lands in this kind of crater outside the cave where he's being held. And there was a windstorm that day and we were trying to get this taken. It was very Star Wars-esque in a way. It was very reminiscent of what John has wound up doing since with Mandalorian. And there was just this moment where it's like the storm, this storm kind of settled and everyone kind of looked at everyone. We were like, let's get one more take. And that's the one that's in the film. So it even felt like sometimes the elements themselves.