The approximately 10-minute short focuses on Trevor Slattery (played by Ben Kingsley), who pretended to be the infamous terrorist the Mandarin in Iron Man Three, and his life in Seagate. We get a glimpse of his life there, in fact, in a mid-credit scene of the Marvel One-Shot, All Hail the King. Things don't turn out well for Justin by the end of Iron Man 2 - he's betrayed by Vanko and subsequently arrested for his part in not only springing the terrorist out of prison, but also for his implicit (albeit unknowing) involvement with Hammer Industries' killer robots going on a shooting spree at the Stark Expo.Īnd so for the past several MCU films, Hammer has been incarcerated at Seagate Prison. Rockwell's performance, from his pained facial expressions to the way he wheedles at Tony, reveals the character's dark core - Hammer would do anything to be just like Tony. Rockwell's portrayal of Hammer definitely fulfills that role, but the actor does more than just make Hammer a source of comic relief - the second-rate Stark is menacing as well. In the official commentary for Iron Man 2, Favreau describes Justin Hammer as the Daffy Duck to Stark's Bugs Bunny. It's the little ways Rockwell shows Hammer trying to do this that make Hammer such a delightful villain: his orange-stained fingers from a botched fake tanning job his unforgettable dance moves when presenting his killer robots at the Stark Expo and, last but not least, the way he jovially sucks on a lollipop while showcasing a slew of firearms to Rhodey (Don Cheadle), eagerly trying to find the assault weapon that Stark's best friend would consider "disco enough." While Rockwell brings some of that arrogant a-hole Stark energy to Hammer, he elevates the character from being a one-dimensional vainglorious arms dealer into a quirky-yet-charismatic corporate rival of Tony's that desperately wishes he was as cool as Stark. While he obviously lost the part to Robert Downey Jr., Rockwell still got his chance to play in the MCU by taking on the role of Hammer, a character Favreau created with Rockwell in mind. According to Iron Man and Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau, Rockwell was on the shortlist of actors initially considered to play Tony Stark. The best part of Justin Hammer is that he's played by Sam Rockwell.
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