Actor Robert Downey Jr. had a few words to say about his upcoming role as Tony Stark/Iron Man to The Telegraph. Buzz has been growing on the film ever since the release of the promo pictures with Iron Man's grey -- rather than red and yellow -- suit.

"He's a superhero who is just a man. Not that I wouldn't play a guy who got bit by a spider or who has some freaky connection with bats, but I think this is a little more accessible.

"I guess that when Stan Lee created the character back in the mid-1960s -- to see if he could base a superhero on a hard-partying, womanizing billionaire who manufactures weapons, and still make him likeable enough to sell comic books -- he clearly won his bet. Tony Stark is someone who has the ability to be right at the forefront of science and we are finding out more and more nowadays that science and mythology are becoming somewhat interchangeable. Some of the things that seemed really far-fetched aren't any more."

Jon Favreau will directs the flick. Terrence Howard joins Downey as Jim "Rhodey" Rhodes / War Machine and Gwyneth Paltrow has been cast as Stark's love interest, Virginia "Pepper" Potts.  Shaun Toub has been cast as Yinsin / the Mandarin.