[post_page_title]We thought Howard looked familiar…[/post_page_title]
While he cast a long shadow over him since the first movie, Tony’s father Howard Stark first appears on-screen in Iron Man 2. Played by Mad Men’s John Slattery, Tony watches footage of his dad presenting his City of the Future project for Stark Expo. If the whole thing seemed vaguely familiar, it really should have.
Slattery’s performance, as well as the presentation itself, are modeled after Walt Disney’s 1966 pitch for EPCOT, or “Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.” You might scoff at this seemingly shameless pandering, but Disney only actually bought Marvel AFTER shooting for Iron Man 2 wrapped.
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