13 Best Comic Book Movie Deleted Scenes You Need To See

8. Iron Man 2's Better Opening

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

With so many of Robert Downey Jr's lines being improvised in the Iron Man films, it's not surprising that a bunch of them went unused - but here's a shockingly good alternate opening to Iron Man 2 that really should have been how the film started!

It begins with Stark sobbing, "I'm not gonna make it!" in a voice-over. As the studio logo fades, we see why he's so distraught - a very hungover Tony Stark is retching with his head in a toilet, an unsympathetic Virginia "Pepper" Potts looking on. And if that isn't genius storytelling right there, I don't know what is. Could there be a clearer way of showing Stark as a barely functioning alcoholic?

After more tremendously entertaining misbehaviour from Stark, the scene becomes the one we all know, with Gwyneth Paltrow's Potts kissing the Iron Man faceplate and tossing it out of the back of the cargo plane. After viewing the entire scene, it suddenly makes sense why she's so deeply unhappy with Tony and why she's taking so much pleasure in tossing part of his suit out. In her place, could any of us have resisted the temptation to mess with him?

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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