It looks like Jeff Bridges' role in Iron Man is going to be bigger than we originally thought.... quite literally looking at that image on the left. IESB recently spoke to Bridges who kindly lets us know that he will be playing the role of Obidiah Stane in the movie. Now I'm not up on my Iron Man as much as say Spidey or X-Men, so I will let IESB tell you how significant this is... This gives incredible insight into what storyline the film will follow! Obidiah Stane is the financier who, unknowingly to Stark, attacks James Rhodes and takes over Stark International. Stane's henchmen are known as the Chessmen due to his fascination with the game of chess since childhood. He renames it to Stane International. Tony relapses into alcoholism and walks away from his Iron Man role. Rhodes then apparantelybecomes the new Iron Man while Stark recovers as Stane creates his own armour at Stark International and becomes The Iron Monger. Rhodes is of course to be played by Terence Howard in the movie. Bridges has gone to the lengths of shaving his head ala Britney Spears for the role to stay true to the comic book character who has no hair. Wow, this sounds truly awesome. Bridges as a comic book villain? Downey Jr. as Iron Man struggling with his alcoholism! My anticipation for this movie just gets higher and higher. source - iesb