20 Things You Didn’t Know About Iron Man 2

5. There Are Several References To Previous Sam Rockwell Movies

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Sam Rockwell accepted the role of Justin Hammer without even reading the script, being a good friend of both Jon Favreau and screenwriter Justin Theroux.

And so, Favreau couldn't resist but include a few cheeky nods to some of Rockwell's prior movie roles. For starters, when Hammer appears at the Stark Expo and dances his way to the podium, he says to the crowd, "That's what I'm talking about!"

This is actually a line spoken twice by Rockwell in the cult classic sci-fi movie Galaxy Quest when introducing the crew of the Protector.

Also, when Hammer first meets Ivan, he tells him, "Anything you want, we got it," near-identically mirroring one of his lines in 1990's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, where he makes a cameo appearance as "Head Thug."

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