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Before you go screaming “SPOILER!”, just know that this information isn’t going to ruin your IRON MAN 2 moviegoing experience. That said, in IRON MAN 2, John Slattery (best known for MAD MEN) portrays Tony Stark’s neglectful genius father Howard Stark in some old footage Tony watches. It’s a small role, but an important one in the grand scheme of the technology behind IRON MAN. Well in a recent interview with MTV (and my buddy Rick Marshall!) for IRON MAN 2, director Jon Favreau revealed that Howard Stark may also be appearing in Joe Johnston’s THE FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA, which certainly makes sense, and in a nice little way helps tie all of these stories together a bit. You can see the clip below, but here’s the quote when Favreau was asked about whether or not Howard would show up in the CAP film:
“Yeah, because he was around then,” confirmed Favreau.
“[‘Captain America’] is World War II,” he explained. “It wouldn’t be that same actor, probably, because he would be much younger.”
Elaborating on the elder Stark’s role, Favreau said the industrialist willplay a role not unlike another famous businessman from the real world.
“[Howard Stark] was starting out during that time, and [he] was involved with the war effort, much like Howard Hughes,” said the filmmaker.
Now we’ve already seen Cap’s shield in the background during the first IRON MAN movie, and let’s just say IRON MAN 2 eludes to it as well. So the question is, what role will Howard Stark play in the life of Steve Rogers? Many are already speculating (justifiably) that Howard may be the man who creates the shield. Perhaps he created the costume? I guess we’ll find out soon enough, but man oh man are these Marvel movies ramping up the cool factor.
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
