The first photos of actor Mickey Rourke as Whiplash for the upcoming “Iron Man 2” has been released. USA Today has the original photo, which is included as part of this story.
In the photo, we can see that Whiplash has a power-pack on his chest similiar to that of Tony Stark, aka Iron Man. The photo shows Whiplash making an appearance at the Monaco Historic Grand Prix.
“We like to play into and against the expectations that people might have, so we mixed it up a bit,” Favreau says.
Director Jon Favreaux told USA Today that “the technologies are definitely related” and “part of the core theme of the film.”
The villain’s alter ego, Ivan Vanko, is a Russian who “has constructed his own version of a suit,” Favreau says. Among the creative innovations: a pair of whips, powered by the suit’s glowing chest piece, that are expected to keep Iron Man cracking.
Favreau is not telling any plot points and declines to discuss whether the big-screen Whiplash is, as in the Marvel Comics, a weapons designer who works for Justin Hammer, played by Sam Rockwell, a competitor of Stark.
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