SAN DIEGO — The Poet Laureate of our age, LL Cool J, once described himself as “the man of the hour, the tower of power.” With all due respect, that torch was passed on this weekend to the biggest new cinematic character to emerge from ...
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SAN DIEGO — The Poet Laureate of our age, LL Cool J, once described himself as “the man of the hour, the tower of power.” With all due respect, that torch was passed on this weekend to the biggest new cinematic character to emerge from Comic-Con: War Machine. And his mama didn’t even need to tell him to knock tens of thousands of geeks out — but he did it anyway.
In case you live in a cave and the ripple effect hasn’t hit you yet, Jon Favreau and his “Iron Man” posse made Comic-Con history Saturday night, unveiling dazzling new sequel footage that had fanboys swooning in the aisles like 12-year-old girls at a JoBros concert. At the end of the clip, sleazy arms dealer Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) offers Col. James Rhodes (Don Cheadle) a variety of massive weapons, only to have the buyer announce that he wants “all of them.” Cue the shot of an evil-looking Iron Man doppelgänger in full attack mode, weaponry erupting from every orifice.
Moments after the ear-shattering applause in Hall H faded, we caught up with man of the hour Cheadle to discuss his tower of power.
“War Machine makes a very impactful appearance in the movie,” promised the Oscar-nominated star of such films as “Hotel Rwanda” and “Crash,” discussing a story line that adheres to his character’s evil machinations in the “Iron Man” comics. “It’s significant.”