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Tony Stark loves L.A. (He loves it!)

January 11th, 2008
Author Kevin Melrose

Tony Stark (Downey), outside the Walt Disney Concert Hall in L.A.

The East Coast may be fine for Spider-Man, Batman and Superman, but in the upcoming movie Iron Man is a West Coast kind of guy.

Director Jon Favreau tells The Los Angeles Times that with Ol’ Shellhead, “L.A. is getting a superhero that’s perfect for the city.”

“He has to live in Los Angeles and there’s a real sense of the place in his story and in his character,” says Favreau, who grew up reading the comics and has devoted three years to bringing the armor-plated hero to the screen. “A lot of things that are unique to Southern California are in this film. I couldn’t imagine it being anywhere else.”

Iron Man opens on May 2.

Related: Film.com says Favreau is the go-to guy for superhero movies

 
3 Responses to “Tony Stark loves L.A. (He loves it!)”
  1. MOMO Says:

    THIS IS HORRENDOUS. TONY STARK WAS ALWAYS A NEW YORK GUY. STARK TOWER IS IN NEW YORK, AVENGERS MANSION WAS IN NEW YORK. I HOPE THIS ENTIRE FLICK IS NOT FOCUSED ON THE WEST COAST. THAT WOULD DEFINATELY DESTROY THIS MOVIE. ONCE AGAIN, HORRENDOUS IDEA.

  2. AdamYJ Says:

    You know, I always saw him as being on the West Coast too. Then again, it’s probably because that’s where he was located in the ’90s Iron Man cartoon. And I think that idea was taken from a period in the comics in which he was running with Force Works or the West Coast Avengers in California. So, it does work.

  3. Jason M. Bryant Says:

    I guess I see Stark as not really having a home. He seems to go all over the world all the time.

    So this certainly isn’t HORRENDOUS AND WILL DESTROY THE MOVIE, it’s just a minor change.

    Now, if the closing credits showed that Tony Stark’s middle name was Floyd, that would be the WORST THING EVER.

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