Iron Man 3: Robert Downey Jr. To Promote In China

Ever since it was revealed that Iron Man 3 would be co-produced in China, there has been much [...]

By Scott Johnson

Robert Downey Jr.

Ever since it was revealed that Iron Man 3 would be co-produced in China, there has been much speculation over how much of the film would actually be filmed in China. At the 2012 San Diego Comic Con, director Shane Black revealed that that principal cast and crew would not be traveling to China to film. Shane Black joked, "I assume that when the plates crew goes over to China to film the plates while I'm standing by my swimming pool, that it will go really well." In part four of a five part interview with Entertainment Weekly, Robert Downey Jr. has now spilled the beans on exactly how much of Iron Man 3 was actually filmed in China. Robert Downey Jr. said, "Truth be told, we [did shoot in China for about a week in December] after finishing principal photography and there will be some action there in the film. My main interplay through the whole thing was that China figures in as a destination spot for Tony for a reason but I can't explain [more because it would reveal] one of the ongoing themes of the movie. It's tied-in to that theme in much the same way the 10 rings [mentioned in the first Iron Man film] are tied-in to Mandarin — and always have been tied-in to the Mandarin." Of course, some of the footage shot in China made it's way online, so it's no surprise that some filming was actually done there. What is surprising is that Robert Downey Jr. also let it be known that he will actually be traveling to China to promote the film. Robert Downey Jr. said, "Let's just say Tony has a lot of karma in the east and therefore I've been meeting our new Chinese partners and one of their actors — kind of the Gene Hackman of China — can and worked with us, which was a thrill and a pleasure, and I will be figuring in [a visit to] the Beijing Film Festival in our promotional tour. You know, often as business partnerships start up and form it takes time. It hasn't really hit a critical mass, but it's there, it's real and it's happening. But I suspect the real fruits of it are down the road a little bit."

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