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First photo of Mickey Rourke as Whiplash for Iron Man 2 released

by Amy Judd | June 9, 2009 at 07:54 pm

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The first photo of Mickey Rourke as Whiplash in the new Iron Man 2 has been released. He has a power pack on his chest like Iron Man has on his own chest.

"The technologies are definitely related," says director Jon Favreau. "That's part of the core theme of the film."

He has made his own version of Iron Man's suit, and has a pair of whips and a glowing chest piece.

is first image of the character shows Whiplash making an appearance at the Monaco Historic Grand Prix. Favreau as usual is tight-lipped about plot points and declines to discuss whether the big-screen Whiplash is, as in the Marvel Comics, a weapons designer who works for Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell), a competitor of Tony Stark/Iron Man.

"We like to play into and against the expectations that people might have, so we mixed it up a bit," Favreau says.