{"id":6652,"date":"2010-02-28T16:23:07","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T05:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=6652"},"modified":"2010-02-28T16:40:21","modified_gmt":"2010-02-28T05:40:21","slug":"fin-fang-foom-to-cameo-in-iron-man-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/02\/28\/fin-fang-foom-to-cameo-in-iron-man-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fin Fang Foom To Cameo in Iron Man 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to ScreenRant<\/a>, Marvel’s most aristocratic giant monster, the Great Dragon Fin Fang Foom, will be making an appearance in Iron Man 2<\/strong> (US-2010; dir. Jon Favreau).<\/p>\n

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Don’t get too excited though, as he will only be there as an “Easter Egg”, hidden in the background of one scene — a sort of tribute to the fans. Iron Man 2’s lead conceptual artist, Adi Granov, is reported as saying:<\/p>\n

This was my design for Fin Fang Foom for the Iron Man Viva Las Vegas<\/em> book I was doing with Jon Favreau. But this image in particular was done for the IM movie and used as a billboard in one of the scenes where Iron Man flies past it. It’s very quick, but Jon wanted to have a kind of a cool easter egg in there. (SuperRobotMayhem<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Though he began life in a solo story in Strange Tales<\/em>, Foom also appeared in the Iron Man, Thor and Fantastic Four storylines. As all these are currently existing or in-development film franchises, perhaps the Great Dragon will pop-up on-screen as a character yet, especially as Marvel is reportedly leading up to a mammoth mash-up project featuring the Avengers.<\/p>\n

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Fin Fang Foom featured in a two-part Undead Backbrain special in April 2008 (“He Whose Limbs Shatter Mountains”<\/a>) and in fact the Backbrain managed to interview him in a now-demolished restaurant in Sydney’s Chinatown. You should check it out<\/a>, if you haven’t come across it before.<\/p>\n

Anyway, curious about this recent news, I tried getting hold of Foom using an archaic landline number his agent sent me after the interview appeared back in 2008, and to my surprise\u00a0 I got through. Below is a transcript of our conversation.<\/p>\n

Undead Backbrain<\/strong>: Is that you, your Royal Foomness?<\/p>\n

Foom<\/strong>: Who else would it be, you pathetic creature? Eragon?<\/p>\n

Backbrain<\/strong>: You know Eragon?<\/p>\n

Foom<\/strong>: I ate<\/em> Eragon over a year ago. All those artificial ingredients gave me indigestion for a week. What d’you want, fool? You disturbed my perfectly enjoyable re-enactment of the destruction of New York…. in New York.<\/p>\n

Backbrain<\/strong>: There’s a rumour going around that you might be going to appear in a future Marvel Superhero movie — Iron Man 3<\/em> perhaps. Or the Thor<\/em> movie? Is it true?<\/p>\n

Foom<\/strong>: It might be. If I told you I’d have to come ’round and tear your guts out to feed to my starving minions.<\/p>\n

Backbrain<\/strong>: The design work for your background cameo in Iron Man 2<\/em> has you looking very metallic. What’s the story there?<\/p>\n

Foom<\/strong>: Background cameo? What are you talking about?<\/p>\n

Backbrain<\/strong>: Apparently Iron Man does a fly-by of a billboard that has your likeness on it.<\/p>\n

Foom<\/strong>: Rot and damnable libel. Who told you this?<\/p>\n

Backbrain<\/strong>: It came from a guy named Adi Granov. He worked on the Iron Man 2<\/em> film.<\/p>\n

Foom<\/strong>: Hmmm. If it’s true, it’s a copyright infringement. I have to go.<\/p>\n

Backbrain<\/strong>: Go? But —<\/p>\n

Foom<\/strong>: I intend to speak to my lawyer.<\/p>\n

Backbrain<\/strong>: And then what?<\/p>\n

Foom<\/strong>: I’m going to tread on the fool. Then I’m going to pay a visit to a certain conceptual artist. Purely a social call, I assure you.<\/p>\n

Backbrain<\/strong>: Oh. Listen, don’t tell him you were speaking to me. Okay.<\/p>\n

Foom<\/strong>: Where did you say you were ringing from? I’d like to chat with you face-to-face about your role in propagating this slander.<\/p>\n

Backbrain<\/strong>: Um, a few kilometres south of the North Pole. Gotta go now.<\/p>\n

Foom<\/strong>: [Indecipherable cursing]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I hope he doesn’t read this blog….<\/p>\n