PNasi isithombe sokuqala sezikhali ezigqokwa u-Robert Downey Jr. ukudlala u-Tony Stark ku-Iron Man, ifilimu ethathelwe kwikhomikhi edumile. Kuyangethusa ukucabanga ukuthi uJon Favreau (Elf noma uZathura) angayenza kanjani kodwa noma kunjalo, kuzofanele simlinde ukukhonjiswa ngoMeyi 2, 2008 ezinkundleni zemidlalo yaseshashalazini e-United States ukuze kukhunjwe isisulu okukhulunywa ngaso. Kumele kushiwo ukuthi le sudi kuthiwa iwumklamo wokuqala uStark ayezowenza ngaphambi kokwakha lowo sonke esinawo engqondweni.
Futhi angicabangi ukuthi kusiza kakhulu ukuba no-Gwyneth Paltrow odlala i-Virginia "Pepper" Pots, umsizi womuntu siqu ka-Tony Stark. Noma kunjalo, izinto azibukeki zinhle kakhulu, okungangeza enye inothi ohlwini lwamahlaya okuthi lapho kugxuma esikrinini kulahlekelwe wonke umoya wawo wangempela, umphefumulo wawo, futhi kube ihora nesigamu sokuma, ukuqhuma kanye nemisho ebambekayo inkazimulo enkulu yabaphathi be-Marvel nezinkampani ezikhiqizayo ezisebenzisana nabo (okulungele inkazimulo yama-akhawunti abo asebhange). Abalingisi balo mdlalo baqedwe nguTerrence Howard (Crash, Ray, Animal nenye inqwaba yamaphepha lapho enza khona umsebenzi wakhe ongemuncane) odlala uJim Rhodes, okungijabulisa kakhulu, kanti empeleni kuzwakala ukuthi usezingxoxweni iqhaza ekuguqulelweni kukaJohn Singleton kaLuke Cage. Kufanele futhi kukhulunywe ukuthi u-Shaun Toub (waphinda u-Crash) uyisikhohlakali esisemsebenzini kanye noJeff Bridges, ozoshiya kancane umsebenzi omuhle njengenjwayelo. Lapha ngezansi izithombe zokuqala zesithombe ngokuqabulana phakathi kuka-Robert Downey Jr. no-Gwyneth Paltrow.
