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Interview By: Rocco Passafuime Jeff Bridges has had a long and distinguished career. He has been nominated for three Best Supporting Actor Oscars for The Last Picture Show, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, and The Contender, as well as for Best Actor in Starman. However, Bridges is about to embark on arguably one of his biggest and most unique roles yet. He plays villain Obadiah Stane, who transforms into Iron Monger, in the film adaptation of the Marvel comic book Iron Man. We first asked the now 58 year-old actor what motivated him to play the role of a villain in a movie based on a Marvel comic in the first place. “Well, I wanted to shave my head, because I thought that would be fun,” Jeff replies, “I always wanted to. But what brought me to the party was wanting to play with Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr., those two guys, and I thought that in this comic book movie genre, I remember when I first heard about it and that Jon Favreau was going to be involved, that combination seemed so peculiar to me.” “I was curious to see what Jon’s take on it was and he told me what he had in mind, he wanted to cast Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man,” he continues, “And that sounded so odd and so intriguing and that’s why I’m here basically. And as far as what I didn’t want to do, what I did want to do with it is I bring everything I have to the party and they get to pick and choose.” What also intrigued Jeff about doing Iron Man is the uniquely rare combination of substance and spectacle that manages to cut across to an audience in an era rife with both confusion and political division. “One of the things I liked about the movie in general is that it’s full of interesting themes, but it’s not shoving a message down anyone’s throat,” Bridges says, “People who have that anti-war sentiment will look at the film and say it’s an anti-war film. Other people that are like gung-ho and pro war will say it’s a pro-war film. So there is a lot to be seen and gleamed out of this thing and hopefully, it’ll promote discussion.” Jeff says he also brings that sense of moral ambiguity to his performance as Obadiah Stane. “As far as my character goes, I didn’t want to make it so clean,” he notes, “We all have selfish and selfless aspects of ourselves and sometimes it’s hard to differentiate which is the good guy and which is the bad guy. I think with Obadiah, he sort of thinks of himself as a hero in the sense, that, yeah, I’ll be the bad guy, you can blame me and I’m the reason all this is in place.” “I’m holding this altogether and you can blame me all you want and I can take it, because that’s how ... |
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