The Iron Man 3 news just keeps coming. This time thanks to
EW we get our first look at Ben Kingsley as The Mandarin in Marvel's Iron Man 3 movie.
The also reveal some details about the villain such as he will not be the same version we are used to in the comics.
Kingsley is not, of course, Chinese, but Feige says they wanted to blur the background of this version of The Mandarin. “It’s less about his specific ethnicity than the symbolism of various cultures and iconography that he perverts for his own end,” Feige says. From his samurai hair, to his royal robe, to his bin Laden-esque beard, and the AK-47 he keeps at his side, Kingsley’s interpretation is a hodgepodge of various warrior motifs.
In his attempt to rid the world of its oppressors by replacing them, The Mandarin considers himself a twisted version of absolute good.
It would even seem that this version of Mandarin will not have power rings which in the comic originated from alien technology.
Don’t expect aliens, even though The Avengers and Thor opened up this unified cinematic world to the presence of extra-terrestrials.
Iron Man 3 will be more about a clash of technology, Feige says and those who have been paying close attention to the previous two films know that The Ten Rings is a term for the terrorist group that kidnapped Tony Stark in the first movie, and gave the villain Whiplash some assistance in the sequel.
So what do you think so far. Does this sound like the Mandarin you have been waiting for.
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