Captain cool Guy Pearce (“Lawless”, “Memento”) plays the well-groomed scoundrel of the upcoming second “Iron Man” sequel.

Guy’s been either wanted, rumour or beseeching comic book movies for years – I recall he auditioned for Eric Draven in “The Crow” all those years ago, and there was talk of having him in one of the ‘Batman’ movies at one stage – so it’s good to see he’s finally donating flesh to a strip character.

Here’s what’ll be hanging in the Pearce household – or rather, Guy’s den – by years end :