First look at Ben Kingsley as The Mandarin in Iron Man 3!
Comic fans will know the Mandarin as "a Chinese exile who ventures into a remote, forbidden valley and discovers a crashed alien spaceship. Inside the ship are ten rings, each with a different power, which allow him to seek revenge on a world he considers unjust." However the studio has made it very clear in the past several months that this Iron Man film will be grounded on Earth and deal with real world problems. So you can be sure the the alien part of Mandarin's backstory will be rewritten for the film.
Entertainment Weekly makes a great point to the fans to point out that,
"Iron Man 3 will be more about a clash of technology, Feige says and those who have been paying close attention to the previous two films know that The Ten Rings is a term for the terrorist group that kidnapped Tony Stark in the first movie, and gave the villain Whiplash some assistance in the sequel.
In that way, The Mandarin (who for a time was going to be the main villain in the first film) has been a part of the Iron Man series from the beginning, albeit as the off-screen manipulator."
Without further ado, take a look at actor Ben Kingsley as The Mandarin.
Kingsley's Mandarin may not look exactly like the comic but he definitely has that menacing, evil look down pat. What do you think?
Source: Entertainment Weekly
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