Warning: Iron Man 3 SPOILERS follow below…
It’s been a little over a year since Iron Man 3 hit theaters, and fans have had time to reflect on the big Mandarin twist in the film — even more so after the Marvel One-Shot All Hail the King, which delved even deeper into the origins of the Mandarin. Of course, in Iron Man 3’s original ending, Ben Kingsley’s Trevor Slattery was hauled off to jail for posing as the notorious big bad, who we learned was actually masterminded by Aldrich Killian.
Recently, IGN got to sit down one-on-one with Guy Pearce, who played Killian in the film. Here’s what he had to say regarding director Shane Black’s unique interpretation of the Mandarin:
