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 Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper PottsAs Howard sees his character, “Rhodey is a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force who acts as a liaison between the acquisitions department and Stark Industries. He gets a lot of grief for not going into the private sector, but Rhodey is the one guy who is always there to protect Tony's interests, often times against his own better judgment.”
Tony's other trusted ally is his crafty executive assistant Virginia “Pepper” Potts, an indispensable part of the eccentric Stark's life. Never one to shy away from an argument, Pepper is always there to put out the fires that Tony often leaves burning in his wake. The filmmakers knew they'd scored a major coup when Academy Award winner Gwyneth Paltrow decided to take on the role.
“Casting Gwyneth as Pepper Potts was really an inspired choice and we all felt extremely blessed that she accepted the part,” says executive producer Louis D'Esposito. “She is such a fantastic actress and from the first time we watched her in the room with Robert, it was electric.”
For Paltrow, the decision to join the cast of “Iron Man” was an easy one. “I grew up with Marvel comics around the house because my brother loved Spider-Man from a very young age, but I had never been in a film of this size or scope. When I heard Robert Downey Jr. was playing Iron Man and that Terrence Howard was also in it and Jon Favreau was directing, I said `I'm in.'”
“In the comic, Pepper Potts is Tony's secretary who fawns over him a bit,” explains Favreau. “We wanted to update the role based on Gwyneth, who is sharp, poised, and classy. Pepper Potts keeps Tony in line and on track, and organizes his life. There is a yin and yang between them that culminates in a bit of a romantic tension. We wanted to explore that dynamic a bit, because it really wasn't necessarily fully defined in the original comic.”
“There definitely is an underlying sexual chemistry between Tony and Pepper, but it's more about what they don't say than what they don't do with each other,” observes Paltrow. “Pepper is the closest person in Tony's life and is really his lighting rod. She protects him, takes the hit for him when he screws up and keeps him on time and as responsible as she can. Tony is a genius and is able to create all these amazing things, but, like many artists, he's not very good with the pragmatic side of his life, and that's where Pepper steps in and whips him into shape.”
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