13 Best Comic Book Movie Deleted Scenes You Need To See

9. Rhodey Helps Fight Iron Monger!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akoh0gDO1jI

Lots of scenes were cut from the 2008 Iron Man movie that introduced Robert Downey Jr to the world as the billionaire playboy genius, Tony Stark. Most of those scenes seem to feature Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane, with director Jon Favreau figuring that Bridges' performance was so strong he could survive losing a few minutes of screen time and still make a lasting impression. Is it wrong to note that Favreau did not cut his own scenes as Tony's driver, Happy Hogan?

One other important sequence that did get cut was part of the climatic battle between Stark's Iron Man and Stane's Iron Monger. In the unused footage, Terrence Howard lends a hand as Lt Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes, driving a car right into Iron Monger just as the bad guy is about to kill Stark. The impact sends Stane flying into a bus - that promptly explodes in accordance with Hollywood physics.

Rather than being happy about the rescue, Stark is upset about Rhodey wrecking one of his cars. This sadly unused piece of bantering is a nice addition to an already great movie and it shows that Rhodey didn't just sit out the final battle - he was there in the thick of it!

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Mike has lived in the UK, Japan and the USA. Currently, he is based in Iowa with his wife and 2 young children. After working for many years as a writer and editor for a large corporation, he is now a freelancer. He has been fortunate enough to contribute to many books on Doctor Who over the last 20 years and is now concentrating on original sci-fi & fantasy short stories, with recent sales including Flame Tree, Uffda, and The Martian Wave. Also, look for his contribution on Blake's 7 to "You and Who Else", a charity anthology to be released later this year. You can find him on Tumblr at https://www.tumblr.com/blog/culttvmike