First Look: Ben Kingsley’s Mandarin Returns In Marvel One-Shot ‘All Hail The King’
By Angie Han/Jan. 9, 2014 8:51 am EST
Iron Man 3 scribe Drew Pearce wrote and directed the new film, which features the return of Kingsley along with new characters played by Scoot McNairy (Argo) and Crystal the monkey (of Hangover fame). The first images and details have just been revealed, and you can dig in after the jump. Be warned that major spoilers for Iron Man 3 follow.
Yes, enjoying. Pearce explains that as a self-involved actor, this kind of fame is exactly what Trevor has wanted all along.
The One-Shot kicks off as a documentary filmmaker (McNairy) gets Trevor to agree to an interview about Tony Stark’s latest adventures. His goal is to explore Trevor’s past as well as to find out whether the Ten Rings are actually out there looking for Trevor. Unfortunately for this hapless thespian, it sounds like they are. (Indeed, if an earlier rumor is correct, there may even be a real Mandarin out to get him.) Pearce explains:
When we find Trevor at the beginning of this short, other than Tony, he’s the only one out of Iron Man 3 to get what he wanted. And even though he was arrested and beat up and had guns pointed at him, now he’s the celebrity that he always wanted to be and he loves it. He absolutely loves it. He is living a somewhat curtailed version of the celebrity life, but he’s also leading arguably a better life than he did when he was living with, like, four other actors at the age of 52 in some bedsit in the south of London. That’s the other fun thing about the starting point is that when we meet Trevor in the short, Trevor won. The Mandarin didn’t, but Trevor in his own way was victorious.
Imagine a real terrorist organization whose beliefs were long held and religious for thousands of years, and imagine a drunk, British actor coming along and essentially telling the world that he’s the face of your organization. I think they would be right to be quite angry.
“All Hail the King” runs 14 minutes long and will be included as a bonus feature on the Thor: The Dark World Blu-ray come February 25. See the first stills below:
