Robert Downey Jr. On Working With Heads-Up Display As IRON MAN

Iron Man 3 star Robert Downey Jr. talks about working with HUD (Heads-Up Display) shots as the Armored Avenger, and also teases a potential scene with Gwyneth Paltrow's Pepper Potts.

By PaulRom - Mar 04, 2013 09:03 AM EST

Filed Under: Iron Man

Ahead of the site's exclusive premiere of the second theatrical trailer tomorrow, Yahoo! Movies sat down with Iron Man 3 star Robert Downey Jr. to discuss the challenges of portraying the Armored Avenger. One of the biggest challenges is working with Heads-Up Display (HUD), which is used for scenes when you can't see Downey's face behind his mask. The actor says that using it for Marvel Studios' latest effort wasn't easier than before, and compares it to recording voice-overs for commercials. Despite loving it, Downey says, "but you wouldn't know from my disposition every time I have to go in and work, because it's like irritation therapy."

He then goes into more detail about the actual process of using HUD, saying that he goes in to record after all the action scenes are finished. Thus he'll have to act as intense when he's alone recording as he would if he was actually in the scenes. "When you do the HUD work, usually it's kind of the last thing in the schedule. And you're going back and essentially leaving the movie again in close-up, tired." He then teases a possible sequence from Iron Man 3 featuring Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow). "I don't like, [as himself] 'All right. What's happening now?' [as the director] 'Oh, the most important woman in your life is falling off crane into a fiery pit. Okay? So, let's just rehearse once and then we'll do it about 10 or 12 times until the camera is right and you've given enough.' They're just screaming direction at you... I like the scenes. I like the action."

Downey then talks about wearing a physical Iron Man suit on set, saying that his Iron Man 3 costume is "lighter; it's more flexible.." However, he goes on to say that, "There is no comfortable version of it, so it's kind of like, 'Hey, don't you think these bamboo chutes are actually a little less rough on the cuticle until they get down to the nerve?'" Stay tuned to CBM tomorrow for Yahoo!'s premiere of the new trailer for Iron Man 3.

Iron Man 3 stars Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stephanie Szostak, James Badge Dale, Jon Favreau and Sir Ben Kingsley. The film is set to hit theaters May 3rd.

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17 Comments

Hellsing - 3/4/2013, 9:39 AM

Damn gonna miss this guy when he finally moves on from the role although I hope it isn't too soon, If disney have enough sense they'll go all out and bring the dude back Avengers 2. And after that I don't know. Who knows maybe whedon actually kills him this time.

NebulaFields - 3/4/2013, 9:57 AM

Good for RDJ man, nothing but love for that badass.

bazinga85 - 3/4/2013, 10:02 AM

Gotta love downey.

BrotherQStark - 3/4/2013, 10:09 AM

HUD Display is awesome

SpoonWielder - 3/4/2013, 10:10 AM

Hey it may be the hardest and least liked part for him, but he sells it, the scenes always look seamless to me.

2013filmfan - 3/4/2013, 10:35 AM

Assuming this true, here’s some other aspects of the DC/Marvel war you might want to consider….

http://linkedinhollywood.com/2013/03/04/resisting-self-gratification-a-2013-comic-book-movie-preview/#comments

NoJobBOB - 3/4/2013, 10:50 AM

RDJ pwns. HE's the [frick]ing man.

JoeMomma29 - 3/4/2013, 10:59 AM

IronSpider101 - 3/4/2013, 12:22 PM

jessepostal - 3/4/2013, 12:33 PM

SupermanReturns2 - 3/4/2013, 12:50 PM

That was... Awful.

Durf - 3/4/2013, 2:59 PM

Weird interview, but you gotta love RDJ man

sephiroth211 - 3/4/2013, 3:48 PM

That's why I love RDJ so much. He went from this...

To this...

When you can come back from chasing the white horse you deserve some love. That monkey is hard as shit to get off your back.

kemuael - 3/4/2013, 5:02 PM

HUD looks awesome to us but to him, its probably very uncomfortable

Jaspion - 3/4/2013, 5:34 PM

He'll be around for some time. Until Avengers 3 at least.

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