Iron Man 3 to have a Mandarin?

Well, I don’t expect on seeing any trailer footage for the upcoming Iron Man 2, so it seems like all B.S. to talk about a third film (yet we do, see The Dark Knight sequel rumors). But there could be something concrete to this. Faran Tahir, who played the Ten Rings terrorist leader in the first film, told Moviefone this:

At some point, they want to introduce Mandarin into the storyline and my character, like Mandarin, was the leader of the Ten Rings. We’re leaving it open because, partly, it makes good business sense for us to leave a little bit of uncertainty for people to speculate on.”

“He [Favreau] has known for a long time where he wants to take it and I don’t want to speak for him, but my feeling is that the second movie didn’t want to just follow a singular storyline. They wanted to expand the characters to show that it’s not a linear saga like Lord of the Rings. There’s a linkage somewhere in there, but the big idea is to do at least one more Iron Man movie and then go into The Avengers.

Mandarin is one of the better Iron Man villians, but handling him could be tricky. I guess, time will tell, although it does seem like they’re building towards him.

Source: Latino Review