{"id":203382,"date":"2025-06-21T20:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T20:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/203382\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T20:26:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T20:26:11","slug":"will-we-ever-see-sam-rockwell-return-as-justin-hammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/203382\/","title":{"rendered":"Will we ever see Sam Rockwell return as Justin Hammer?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iron Man didn\u2019t only introduce the world to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it changed the superhero movie game forever. So inevitably it was the first in the MCU to get a sequel, upping the stakes by having two key villains: Mickey Rourke\u2019s Whiplash and Sam Rockwell\u2019s Justin Hammer. With the universe constantly expanding, we do have to wonder: will any of the earlier antagonists return?<\/a> For Sam Rockwell, he doesn\u2019t quite see a place for Justin Hammer.<\/p>\n

Sam Rockwell recently appeared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast<\/a>, where he mentioned that he almost got the chance to expand on Justin Hammer but things fell through. But to him, that may have been for the better. \u201cThere was talk of a[n Armor Wars] series but\u2026I think the movie thing would be exciting\u2026Might be some juice. I don\u2019t know what you get out of that guy. He\u2019s essentially Lex Luthor. It\u2019s Gene Hackman\u2019s Lex Luthor. It\u2019s the same character, really\u2026.Yeah, it\u2019s a comedic device, that character, mostly. Although, he was in prison so it could get weird.\u201d<\/p>\n

As far as how Sam Rockwell landed Iron Man 2, he did his work to nudge writer Justin Theoreux \u2013 who wrote the movie \u2013 to include him somehow in the sequel. Thus, Rockwell eventually landed weapons manufacturer Justin Hammer (although his relationship with Jon Favreau didn\u2019t hurt, either). Of note, he was actually briefly considered to play Tony Stark before it eventually went to Robert Downey Jr.<\/p>\n

Armor Wars<\/a> was first considered to be a series on Disney+ back in 2020, but has since been reworked into a feature. However it may show up, production has slowed down significantly, with many believing it just won\u2019t happen at all. As with so many Marvel projects, we\u2019ll just have to wait and see what will happen on that front.<\/p>\n

If things do move forward on Armor Wars, I\u2019d love to see Sam Rockwell reprise Justin Hammer once again, as he already delivered with the 2014 short All Hail the King and a season two episode of What If\u2026?<\/p>\n

Do you want to see Sam Rockwell return as Justin Hammer in the MCU?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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