Fiery - Gwyneth Paltrow will be playing Pepper Potts, Tony's devoted assistant and occasional booty call. She doesn't have any lines in the trailer, but she does make fleeting flash appearences. :drop:

I don't know if she'll fulfill the romantic function in this movie, but that seems likely given the Hollywood formula. Unlike Batman, whose romantic life shouldn't impact on his mission and yet movie after movie deals with Bats' "wuv me" woes, Tony Stark is a womanizer. He does everything to the extreme, including relationships.

Frankly I'd much rather it have been Leslie Bibb as Pepper, even if she does look to be wearing too much makeup here. Gwyn's a fine actress, but she can be grating.

Maybe Leslie's character will hook up with Tony the Terrible, but she'll probably be just one of many women to do so. (Hmm...make it one of many women AND men to do so and we've got a whole new Iron Man for the 21st century!)


:emma: I had my chance to score with Tony, but the old ball and chain held me back.

:cyclops: Hey!

:emma: Not you, my dim darling. I meant Sebastian kept me locked in the Hellfire Club with a literal ball and chain. Hmph! He was just soooo possesive.

:jean: Gosh, your life is freaked.