Actor Sam Rockwell Hopes Justin Hammer Has a Place in Marvel's Future Plans

Many Marvel fans love actor Sam Rockwell's portrayal of Justin Hammer in Iron Man 2. In fact, many thought he was the best part of the movie outside of Robert Downey Jr.'s performance.

After Hammer is arrested, at the end of the Marvel Studios sequel, it was assumed he would be back to exact some kind of revenge on Stark Industries CEO Pepper Potts for reporting him to the authorities. This didn't happen in Iron Man 3 and it doesn't seems like it will happen in Phase 2 either.

But Rockwell still has hope Hammer will return and in a recent interview with Vulture.com (via CBM), he expressed this hope.

"Ah! I was hoping to come back in one of the Avengers films and come after Gwyneth Paltrow, because that's what they set up, that I was going to get revenge on Gwyneth for getting me arrested or something. I could do a Cape Fear thing with Gwyneth. But they've got a lot of mojo in there already, so I don't know if they need another pirate like me in the mix there! [Laughs.] Maybe S.H.I.E.L.D. is the way to go."

Seeing Rockwell in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. would be awesome! The actor has done some television work in his past so working on the new S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show isn't out of the equation. It may also be the only way to see Hammer back in Marvel's universe since a fourth Iron Man appears to not be in the cards in Phase 3.

With such a great performance in Iron Man 2, you'd think Marvel would try to bring Rockwell back. But after some quick online research, it doesn't appear Rockwell signed with the studio past his appearance in Iron Man 2. Fans can still hope and cross their fingers though.




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