Gwyneth Paltrow = Bad Choice
By Ronnie Adams on February 2, 2007
Gwyneth Paltrow spoke to EW at Sundance while out pimping her latest movie, The Good Night.
As I read the article, it became quite clear that Gwyneth has no idea who Iron Man or Pepper Potts are. Sure, it's a comic book, but still. Read some of the highlights below and see if for yourself.
Seems like you're taking on more projects than you have in the past.
Well, I hadn't worked in a long time, I was really committed to being home. Then I finally just agreed to do this movie Iron Man. I reached a place in my life where I thought, ''It's okay that I have a passion for something besides my family.'' I love making films. If I do one thing that makes me fulfilled, then I'm a more interesting woman for my children. And then I got this call, and I thought, I love Jon Favreau [who's directing Iron Man]. And the cast was so good. This feels right to me.
Is it a big movie? It sounds like it could have an ''indie'' sensibility.
It sounds like it does, but it [has] a huge budget. [Laughs]
Who's your character?
I play Pepper Potts, who's Iron Man's assistant. They have a very charged dynamic.
When do you start Iron Man?
March.
So why Iron Man?
You know why? Because of the people involved. It had nothing to do with the size of the budget. It was like, if I got a call that there's a six-million-dollar movie, and these are the people, I'd do it. I've always wanted to work with Robert Downey Jr. He's a genius, and I had never been asked to do a film with him before. I'm really excited that it's Iron Man because I've never done anything like it. I'm really thrilled.
Wanting to try something like this because you've never done it before? I have to call B.S. on this one because of the forgettable giant robot movie she made with Jude Law, Sky Captain.
To define Pepper and Tony's relationship as have "charged dynamic" tells me she totally doesn't get it. And to top if off, she refers to Iron Man as "this movie." These are answers that a person who only read teh character break-down would give.
I'm pissed now. There goes my whole day.
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EW.com
