Ben Kingsley Joins "Iron Man 3"

After a very good villain with Jeff Bridges in "Iron Man," the sequel had a rather lackluster enemy in Mickey Rourke's Whiplash, who was rather one-dimensional and not nuanced at all. It's what made Red Skull so dull, and the central villain of "Thor" so interesting. And may promise to make "Avengers" interesting as well. It's about time Iron Man faces his Joker, his Green Goblin: Mandarin. Will Shane Black and the rest of the team go with that? Who knows. What seems to be true is that Ben Kingsley will be playing the villain. I can see Kingsley playing a fantastic, truly evil villain. I hope he plays the Mandarin, albeit it with maybe a more grounded power. Apparently his villain has something to do with nanobots. Which could explain somewhat the sorcery of the Mandarin. I don't claim to know much about the Mandarin, but I want to see Iron Man face a truly strong, fantastic villain. Casting Kingsley is a step in that direction, I think.