Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Iron Man 3: Disney Kept The "Demon In The Bottle"

Writer/director Shane Black was reportedly interested in using the popular storyline Demon in a Bottle--which deals with Tony Stark battling alcoholism--in "Iron Man 3" but Marvel owner Disney nixed the idea. He tells Comic Book Movie:

"I think we were just told by the studio that we should probably paint Tony Stark as being kind of an industrialist and a crazy guy, or even a bad guy at some points, but the 'Demon in a Bottle' stuff of him being an alcoholic wouldn’t really fly.I don’t blame that. I wouldn't be surprised if at some point someone wanted to make a movie and they'd run out of directions for the character, then they’ve still got 'Demon in a Bottle'"

Co-writer Drew Pearce added that alcoholism doesn't make for a compelling villain in a big-budget Hollywood superhero movie.


Instead thanks to the events chronicled in The Avengers Stark suffers from PTSD in the film.

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