Stories from the set

At the very end of the film, when Stark blows up all his suits, no fragments fly off them (that is, the suits simply evaporate).

At the end of the film, the main villain melts Stark's robot suit in half with a blow of his hand. According to rough estimates, the temperature of this hand must repeatedly exceed the temperature of the sun's core, that is, 15,000,000 degrees Celsius. Such heat would have killed all living things within a radius of a couple dozen kilometers.

In the Mandarin's hideout, after being interrogated by Colonel James Rhodes, Tony and James step aside to talk about how to get to the port. During the interrogation, Tony Stark's wound was under his left eye. But during the conversation with the colonel, it was under his right eye.

The vice president's phone changes during the conversation with Tony Stark when the shot changes — first the vice president's phone has a camera with a flash in the middle of the body, in the next shot the phone has a camera without a flash on the left side of the body.

Iron Man was created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck, and Jack Kirby in 1963 in the comic Tales of Suspense, #39.

Gemma Arterton, Diane Kruger, and Isla Fisher were considered for the role that ultimately went to Jessica Chastain. However, due to scheduling conflicts, Chastain later had to drop out of the film. She was replaced by Rebecca Hall.

Jude Law was considered for the role of Aldrich Killian.

Disney bought the distribution rights from Paramount for $115 million. The film "The Avengers" (2012) was also part of this deal. However, as with "The Avengers," one of the conditions of the deal was that Disney would only be mentioned in the end credits as the distributor Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

Originally, Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures planned to shoot this film in Michigan due to tax incentives. After North Carolina guaranteed a tax rebate of 20 million dollars, the producers decided to shoot there instead of Michigan.

This is the first film in the series not directed by Jon Favreau, who also declined to work on the films «Magic Kingdom» and «Jersey Boys». He admitted that he had even more fun playing the role of Hogan in the third part of «Iron Man» without directing the film. As he put it, he was like a «proud grandfather who can play with the child but does not have to change diapers».