Sam Rockwell Update #2: Clarification

So I was reading this interview with Sam Rockwell over at DarkHorizons and at the very end of it there’s a quote that clarifies a lot.  I also haven’t seen this anywhere else yet, so hopefully this isn’t old news.

Question: Who would you be in Iron Man?

Rockwell: Iron Man, I will be a character named Hammer, who was a rival to Tony Stark. Favreau’s an amazing director, yeah.

Question: How would you define the character?

Rockwell: You know, the thing about it is, I’ve accepted the part without – there’s no script, so I’m taking it on good faith, because the scriptwriter’s a friend of mine, Justin Theroux. So I’m taking it on good faith. And it’s been explained to me, the concept of the part. I’m just kind of jumping in. But it’s an opportunity to work with Favreau and Theroux and Don Cheadle and Robert Downer Junior. You can’t complain about that, you know what I mean? And Mickey Rourke. So, I mean, it can’t be a waste of time. Something will come out of it.

Well that definitely clears things up a bit.  So Rockwell did accept the part, as it was offered, but could very well not have signed a contract yet.  That doesn’t mean the $250k offer wasn’t true either, but we know he’s into it, and he does mention Mickey Rourke at the end.  Either way, this works for me, lets just sign on the dotted line already.

Source: DarkHorizons