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Marvel Studios announced that it has signed on Academy Award Winner Gwyneth Paltrow to join the cast of the highly-anticipated summer 2008 event film IRON MAN. Paltrow will take on the role of Virginia “Pepper” Potts, personal secretary and confidant to Tony Stark aka Iron Man. The film is slated to hit theaters May 2, 2008.
Paltrow joins a star-studded cast for Marvel Entertainment’s first self-financed and produced feature film, which also includes Oscar nominees Robert Downey Jr. in the title role and Terrence Howard as Jim “Rhodey” Rhodes, Stark’s best friend. Jon Favreau is set to direct. This latest move reinforces the continued allure of Marvel’s films among Hollywood’s most celebrated talent.
Paltrow will portray billionaire industrialist and genius inventor Tony Stark’s indispensable personal assistant, Virginia “Pepper” Potts. Pepper is an invaluable resource to Stark Industries, and one of the few people in Tony’s life who can go toe-to-toe with him, occasionally acting as his conscience and working to keep his priorities straight as he secretly defends the world as the armored hero known as Iron Man. Below the surface, Tony and Pepper share a deep attraction for one another although neither is willing to admit it.