'Iron Man 2' Star Scarlett Johansson Talks Deleted 'Repulsor' Scene 'There was a moment where there was a little bit of repulsion, a jolt of some kind,' she tells MTV News.

If "Iron Man 2" fans heading to the theater are hoping to see what MTV News has dubbed "the repulsor moment" in the flick, they may be disappointed to find that the scene didn't make the final cut. Those in need of a refresher can watch what we alluded to, at the 2:13 mark, in the trailer that premiered in March.

But moviegoers aren't the only ones in the dark about the moment in question. "A repulsor? Oh, yeah. ... It's not in the film?" Scarlett Johansson said when MTV News asked her about the now-deleted scene. "Am I with Robert [Downey Jr.]? I don't know. I have not yet seen the film, so I'll be looking out for that.



"But there is a scene where Natalie is sort of cozying up to Tony, and I do have that repulsor, as you call it," she said of her character, Natalie Romanoff, a.k.a. the Black Widow. "There was a moment where there was a little bit of repulsion, a jolt of some kind. Maybe it didn't make it into the movie, I don't know."

Although that particularly explosive scene didn't make the film, Johansson relished in the action scenes that did. "It was a bit daunting at first, especially when I was watching whatever Tom Harper, our stunt coordinator, had cut together, these sequences that he was planning and choreographing," Johansson recalled. "It was like, 'I'm going to be doing that in how many months?' It just seemed like it'd be really painful. And it was. It all paid off in the end."

'Iron Man 2' rockets to No. 1-Film earned $133.6 million domestically; 'Nightmare' is No. 2

Marvel Studios' summer-launching comics actioner "Iron Man 2" handily outpaced its franchise predecessor but without industry records, opening atop domestic rankings with an estimated $133.6 million in weekend boxoffice.

The first "Iron Man" pic -- also starring Robert Downey Jr., who enjoyed a personal-best bow with the sequel -- debuted with $98.6 million in May 2008. Some had suggested that broad pre-release buzz could translate into a record opening by "Iron Man 2," but the $158.4 million first-frame performance of "The Dark Knight" in July 2008 remains secure in the record books.



Distributed by Paramount, "Iron Man 2" marked the fifth biggest bow ever and Paramount's best to date.

Heated expectations for the opening gave us knots in our subject, a relieved Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige conceded Sunday.

"But what untied those knots was watching the film with a paying audience," Feige added. "It really was an indication to us that they're still with us for this ride."

A franchise three-quel is expected to hit multiplexes sometime in 2013.

"We do have a contract with Robert Downey Jr. to do it, and it will come after 'The Avengers,' " Feige confirmed.

Paramount is set to unspool "Avengers" -- an ensemble superhero actioner featuring "Iron Man" and other Marvel characters -- on May 4, 2012.

Elsewhere this weekend, Warner Bros.' remake of horror pic "A Nightmare on Elm Street" finished in second place in its sophomore session with $9.2 million, despite falling a big 72% from its opening tally for $48.5 million in cumulative coin. DreamWorks Animation's leggy 3D adventure "How to Train Your Dragon" was third with $6.8 million from its seventh frame and cume totaling $201.1 million.

Summit Entertainment's Brendan Fraser comedy "Furry Vengeance" dipped 40% from its week-earlier bow to fetch $4 million in sixth place, with a 10-day cume of $11.6 million. And in a near-wide release, Focus Features unspooled "Babies" -- a documentary about the first year in four babies' lives -- in 593 locations and grossed $1.6 million in 10th place.

That represented an average $2,951 per site and a satisfactory result for a documentary bowing so broadly.

"Our business planning was for a $1.5 million weekend," Focus distribution president Jack Foley said. "So we're really happy."

Foley penciled in a "conservative" estimate for the pic's Sunday gross, though its aggressive distribution involved a Mother's Day counter-programming ploy opposite "Iron Man 2."

"Babies" was acquired for an unspecified modest sum by Focus, the Universal specialty unit that continues to draw rumors of a potential sale by Uni parent NBC Universal. NBC Uni in March rejected a $500 million offer from Media Rights Capital to buy Focus.

"We are not in negotiations to sell Focus Features," a Universal spokeswoman said Sunday.

The weekend top 10 grossed a collective $171 million, or 21% more than top performers in the comparable frame last year, Rentrak said. That was the second frame of last summer, topped by a $75.2 million bow by Paramount's "Star Trek." (The industry marks summer from the first weekend in May.)

Also during the latest frame, Sony Pictures Classics opened "Mother and Child" -- an ensemble drama featuring Naomi Watts, Annette Bening and Samuel L. Jackson-- on two screens in New York and two in L.A. to gross $44,488, or a promising $11,122 per auditorium.

And IDP/Samuel Goldwyn expanded the Michael Caine starrer "Harry Brown" by 24 playdates for a total 43, fetching $139,750, or an acceptable $3,250 per engagement, as cume rose to $381,070.

"Iron Man 2" cost at least $170 million to produce, with Marvel laying out roughly $75 million in additional marketing expenses. Its opening audiences skewed 60% male, with 60% of patrons aged 25 or older.

"We're thrilled to be associated with a picture that's given Paramount its biggest opening ever," Paramount exec vp distribution Don Harris said.

Exit surveys gave the pic top marks, he added.

"We think that bodes for a great Mother's Day and a great long run," Harris said.

Paramount distributed both "Iron Man" pics, though the sequel represents the first Marvel movie to hit multiplexes since Disney finalized its acquisition of the comic book giant in December. A total 181 domestic Imax venues contributed $10.2 million to the "Iron Man 2" bow.

The impressive, if not record, debut of "Iron Man 2" kicked off the summer boxoffice season in encouraging fashion. Even execs at rival studios were pulling for its successful launch, which they will hope suggests a healthy appetite for rest of the summer's popcorn pics.

Looking head to Friday when three new wide releases hit multiplexes, only Universal's Russell Crowe starrer "Robin Hood" takes aim at the same sort of moviegoer as "Iron Man 2." Other wide openers include Summit Entertainment's female-targeting "Letters to Juliet" and Fox Searchlight's urban-oriented romantic comedy "Just Wright," starring Pam Grier, Common and Queen Latifah.

'Iron Man 2' review: All of the metal, none of the fun of the original

The best thing about "Iron Man" was Robert Downey Jr.'s cheek and expressiveness. The worst was the hardware: What began as a bracingly irreverent diversion from comic book movies that take themselves way too seriously morphed into "Transformers," ending in a clanking, heavy-metal smackdown.



"Iron Man 2" seems to have taken some wrong cues from its predecessor, drowning any potential sophistication in a busy, unfocused clatter of cross-talk punctuated by occasional fender-bender royales. Often playing like it has been jury-rigged from bits and pieces of a longer, smarter movie, "Iron Man 2" seems chiefly intended as a placeholder for its next dozen or so sequels. But with everyone's eyes on extending the franchise, they've overlooked the possibilities right in front of them. A terrific villain is a terrible thing to waste -- namely Mickey Rourke, who like most of the supporting players in "Iron Man 2" is given much too little to do with his gifts.

Rourke plays Ivan Vanko, who as the movie opens is working in Moscow on a metallic exoskeleton that will rival Iron Man's both in technological complexity and destructive throw-weight. Meanwhile, Tony Stark (Downey) has secured world peace for the moment, rendering the U.S. military and attendant civilian apparatchiks irrelevant. He's cocky, full of himself and obnoxiously at the top of his game -- but with Stark, there are always shadows. When Vanko confronts Tony for their first showdown at the Grand Prix in Monaco, it's clear that "Iron Man 2" will be propelled by Oedipal psychological issues and struggles with mortality.

Aw, who's anybody kidding? "Iron Man 2" is propelled by stuff getting blown up, strafed, consumed by fireballs and blasted into oblivion, all of which occurs with the dull sense of due diligence. Director Jon Favreau, who stars as Tony's factotum Happy Hogan, makes sure to insert whammies at every prescribed juncture, leaving viewers to sort out the interstitial blah-blah for themselves. Just when Rourke is hitting his stride -- he boasts an impressive epidermal canvas of tattoos and a Russian accent -- "Iron Man 2" introduces another character, played by Scarlett Johansson, who herself must make way for a recap featuring Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, who must scoot over for some expository mustache-twirling by a defense contractor played by Sam Rockwell.

And we haven't yet discussed close friend Rhodey stealing an Iron Man suit (Don Cheadle has assumed the role last occupied by Terrence Howard and brings his usual class and understatement to the task). Iron Man and his retinue of enablers still qualify as the most easy-to-like players in the comic-book movie rotation, but only when they're allowed to emerge from behind the gizmos and geek-speak. "Everything is achievable through technology," a character says more than once in "Iron Man 2." Not so.

Rourke had doubts over Iron Man

 
Mickey Rourke had to be talked into signing up for Iron Man 2.
The Wrestler stars plays villainous loner Whiplash in the movie, but director Jon Favreau revealed the role wasn't an easy sell - for Mickey or for Marvel Studios.



Jon said he and Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr worked hard to persuade both, explaining: "There was a lot of resistance to (Rourke). The studio was not inclined to hire him. It took a bit of a struggle and Robert was very helpful in that. And Robert was the guy who there was resistance in hiring last time around."
Mickey's agent insisted doing Iron Man 2 would be a good move, but the actor still needed convincing.
"I didn't want to play a one-dimensional villain," said the 53-year-old.

"I said I'd like him to have a sense of humour. I'd like him to have a particular look. I'd like to do it with the accent. I could see Favreau shaking his head, and I knew I was taking the chance that he could just say goodbye, thank you for coming in. But he embraced the ideas."
:: Iron Man 2 is in cinemas now.

Scarlett Johansson Unleashes Her Black Widow Booty

Here�s yet another new Iron Man 2 promo shot of Scarlett Johansson as her Black Widow character from the latest edition of Famous magazine, and as you can see, she�s looking smashingly bootylicious in her skin-tight costume. Heck, if this shot is any indication, we�re going to be drooling over Scarlett�s shwingtastic curves during every Black Widow scene� but we already knew that the second she was cast in the flick, right? Enjoy!


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Making of 'Iron Man 2'-Conversation with the director and stars

In a summer season full of sequels, one movie stands out. "Iron Man 2," opening May 7, is the follow-up to 2008�s surprise mega-hit "Iron Man," which took a lesser known Marvel comics character and brought in nearly $600 million worldwide.

It also turned Robert Downey Jr. into a full-fledged movie star and put actor-turned-director Jon Favreau on Hollywood�s filmmaking A-list. Both men reprise their roles for the sequel and Gwyneth Paltrow is also back as Tony Stark�s loyal assistant, Pepper Potts. They�re joined by Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell and Don Cheadle (who takes over for the first film�s Terrence Howard).

The entire crew (except Rockwell, tied up with a play) was on hand at a recent Los Angeles press conference to discuss the film�s production. The following are highlights of that conversation.





Robert Downey Jr., Jon Favreau and more talk Tony Stark's return
"I've never done a sequel before. For me it wasn't the same pressure you usually feel, especially making smaller movies. Here we knew people were gonna show up, we just wanted to make sure everyone who showed up had a good time and this was going to be as fun or more fun than the last one."


"These are all folks I'd be happy to work with in any circumstance in any medium. I felt like a co-manager of a baseball team that got an even better line-up in the spring. I felt a little beholden to be partially responsible for their experience. A lot of that fell on Justin [Theroux, the screenwriter]..."

"It's a heavily improvisational set, everyone gets to chime in. My job as the writer was to stay on the dance shoes of Robert, Jon, Gwyneth and everybody and try to rewrite things on the fly. We had an extensive development process where we had a script and that ball keeps rolling into production. Once we're on set it gets very frenetic very fast."

"I felt very fortunate to get an opportunity to work in a film like this. Terrence is a friend, I've known him for a long time...we're cool. [Working on the movie] was a lot of fun, we get to play with the best toys and the best technology. It's like what you do as a kid but all fleshed out."

"I met with Mickey and brought him some artwork. Whiplash in the comic book is a guy wearing tights with a big purple feather coming out of the top of his head. That wasn't what we wanted. We were concocting a version of a Russian, thinking of Viggo [Mortensen] in 'Eastern Promises' with the tattoos.

"Between Marv [in 'Sin City'] and 'The Wrestler,' between the fanboys and independent film community, [Rourke] was back with a vengeance. There was a lot of people [in the movie], [Whiplash] wouldn't have a tremendous amount of screen time. We needed someone able to make an impression where you feel like [Iron Man] is in trouble. Mickey brought a lot of intensity."

"I had a lot of fun. I worked with some great people. [Favreau] is real easy to work with and makes it fun. I just came off working on a film with no budget [where] I didn't have a chair to sit in. I remember the first day [on Iron Man] I asked for a cappuccino. They said 'what kind would you like?'"

RDJ: "I couldn't get her off me, it was embarrassing."

GP: "It was great because both my husband and his wife were right there."

RDJ: "She said to me that I didn't know what I was doing, it didn't feel good. I'm like, you know what, first of all we're all friends. So what would be creepy would be if I was coming off all sexy. By the way, done that move and it creeps 'em out. Why am I going to creep [her] out? Despite what she said on set she still thinks about it."



"I've never really seen a film of this genre where the female characters' sex appeal came second. To be just a pawn in the story of a whole bunch of men fighting it out�to be a vision in a tight catsuit�is boring to me.

"Jon made it clear from the beginning he felt as far as [my character] Natalie was concerned she was mysterious and nuanced, something to peel back the layers to. He wanted that. That's why I think this film is so much more dynamic�since Gwyneth and I are able to be the brains behind the operation. It adds to the charm and charisma of the finished product."


I think it's a very smart decision to have [female characters] who are capable and intelligent because it appeals to women. It's not only a film for 15 year old boys. It's a film that can relate to a lot of people on a lot of levels. When you take your kid, if you're a mom, it's really fun for you to watch as well. It's nice to see women who are aspirational, smart and sexy all at the same time."

'Iron Man 2' will Feature DJ A.M. Cameo

Of all of the celebrity cameos in "Iron Man 2," the appearance by Adam Goldstein (aka DJ. A.M.) has a particular resonance for director Jon Favreau, due to Goldstein's sudden demise last summer.

"I was just a fan of his, just an admirer of his work, and it was supposed to be a one-day bit," Favreau told The Los Angeles Times. "But Robert [Downey Jr.] took a real shine to him, as we all did. His energy was amazing, he was such a inspiring guy and there was a lot of depth to him and this positive energy.

"He ended up staying on with us for about a week and it was just great," continued Favreau. "We set up this turntable and between takes he would give me pointers."

Goldstein's cameo reportedly occurs in a scene in which Tony Stark is celebrating his birthday during a wild party while "boozed-up" and wearing his latest Iron Man armor. The scene also features Goldstein as a DJ one more time, for perhaps his biggest audience to date.



"We tried to make it respectful," said Favreau. "And for people who know him, they'll get a kick out of it and for people who don't, it will sort of slide by without much notice."

Goldstein rose to prominence as one of the top DJs in the music industry and collaborated with several artists, including Will Smith, Jay-Z and Madonna. He also survived a harrowing plane crash in 2008 before succumbing to an accidental drug overdose last August.

According to Favreau, word of Goldstein's death deeply saddened the cast and crew of the film.

"When he passed, it was very difficult for a lot of us," related Favreau.

Goldstein's cameo will include music Queen, Rob Bass and Daft Punk mixed together in the style of DJ A.M. by Kevin Scott, one of Goldstein's closest friends. Favreau reportedly had difficulty securing the music rights for that scene, but indicated that it was well worth it to complete his tribute to Goldstein.

"Our heart goes out to his family and friends," related Favreau. "And we hope what we've done is pleasing to them and to the many, many people who held Adam in high regard."

Favreau also revealed that the film is dedicated to Goldstein and that his distinctive lightning-bolt symbol will be displayed in the end credits.