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| - - the Mark I armor, Stark's first suit, is a simple suit constructed of iron. - the Mark II armor is a silver suit, the prototype Stark develops (this can also be counted as the War Machine armor, as Rhodes looks speculatively at it). - the Mark III armor is the final red/gold armor. - J.A.R.V.I.S. first presents the Mark III armor in full gold, the look pays tribute to the all-gold "Golden Avenger" armor Iron Man wore early in his career. - J.A.R.V.I.S. later presents the armor in silver and red, making it look almost identical to Iron Man's "Silver Centurion" armor that he wore in the 1980s.
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| - - the Mark I armor, Stark's first suit, is a simple suit constructed of iron. - the Mark II armor is a silver suit, the prototype Stark develops (this can also be counted as the War Machine armor, as Rhodes looks speculatively at it). - the Mark III armor is the final red/gold armor. - J.A.R.V.I.S. first presents the Mark III armor in full gold, the look pays tribute to the all-gold "Golden Avenger" armor Iron Man wore early in his career. - J.A.R.V.I.S. later presents the armor in silver and red, making it look almost identical to Iron Man's "Silver Centurion" armor that he wore in the 1980s.
* This is the second time Gwyneth Paltrow has played a character with the initials PP. The first was Polly Perkins in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004).
* The scene where Pepper helps Tony replace his Arc Reactor was filmed using a prosthetic chest, joined to Robert Downey, Jr.'s own chest and projecting out at an angle, while Downey was 'in' the back of the seat he was sitting on. A bright light was positioned shining on the area to hide any potential 'edges' of the fake chest-piece. A similar method was used in Star Trek: First Contact (1996) when we first see the Borg Queen, who was coincidentally played by Alice Krige who would later play Eir in Thor: The Dark World.
* According to Phil Saunders, Tony Stark would develop a Mark IV armor, which would have been used in the final battle. This Mark IV armor would become the War Machine armor, and had swap-out armaments that would be worn over the Mark III armor however, halfway through pre-production the concept was removed from the script.
* To prepare for her role as Pepper Potts, Gwyneth Paltrow asked Marvel to send her any comics to her aid understanding of the character.
* Gwyneth Paltrow based her performance on 1940s heroines (who she claimed were sexy, witty and innocent all at once).
* Director Jon Favreau voiced Iron Man in the Robot Chicken (2005) episode Two Weeks Without Food.
* Adi Granov designed a billboard poster of Iron Man's nemesis, the alien dragon Fin Fang Foom, for the film. This poster can be seen when Stark, while testing the Mark II armor, flies straight down a road (on Stark's left side).
* During the final battle, there was originally going to be a sequence where Tony, in the Iron Man suit, drives an Audi R8 that would crash into Iron Monger's legs then flip over, after which Iron Man would split the car in half and jump out. However, the Audi R8 was so well-built that it refused to flip despite repeated crashes and the roof wouldn't split the way the director wanted it to because the car's frame was so tough. As a result, the whole final fight sequence was re-written. The filmmakers were so impressed by the toughness of the car that it was decided that the convertible version was to be featured in the sequel.
* Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.
* Tony Stark says "I am Iron Man" in the final scene. This is a homage to the series Iron Man (1994), whose theme song had the lyrics "I am Iron Man!"
* The film begins the same Marvel logo animation used on non-Marvel Studios films. However, it has been modified to say Marvel Studios instead of just Marvel. It would be included at the beginning of every Marvel Studios film until Captain America: The First Avenger.
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