Iron Man 3 Page #8

TONY:
Heard enough.

You're not him.

The Mandarin, the real guy.

Where?

Where's the Mandarin?

Where is he?

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

He's here. He's here, but he's not here.

- He's here, but he's not here.

- What do you mean?

It's complicated.

Hey, it's complicated.

- It is.

-It's complicated.

Uncomplicate it.

Ladies, out.

Get out of the bed.

Get into the bathroom.

Sit.

WOMAN 1:
Ew!

WOMAN 2:
Oh, Jesus.

(DOOR CLOSES)

-(GUNSHOT)

-(EXCLAIMS IN FEAR)

My name is Trevor.

Trevor Slattery.

TONY:
What are you?

What are you, a decoy?

You're a double, right?

What, you mean like an understudy?

No, absolutely not.

Don't hurt the face!

I'm an actor.

You got a minute to live.

Fill it with words.

It's just a role.

"The Mandarin," see, it's not real.

Then how did you get here, Trevor?

Well, I, um, had a little

problem with, um, substances.

And I ended up doing things,

no two ways about it,

in the street,

that a man shouldn't do.

- Next?

- Then,

they approached me

about the role,

and they knew about the drugs.

What did they say?

They'd get you off them?

They said they'd give me more.

They gave me things.

They gave me this palace.

They gave me plastic surgery.

They gave me things.

(SNORING)

Did you just nod off?

Hey.

No, and a lovely speedboat.

And the thing was, he needed someone

to take credit

for some accidental explosions.

(MIMICS EXPLOSION)

"He"?

- Killian?

- Killian.

- He created you?

- He created me.

Custom-made terror threat.

Yes. Yes.

His think tank thinked it up.

The pathology of a serial killer.

The manipulation

of Western iconography.

(WITHOUT ACCENT)

Ready for another lesson?

Blah, blah, blah.

No.

(WITH ACCENT) Of course,

it was my performance

that brought the Mandarin to life.

Your performance?

Where people died?

No, they didn't.

Look around you.

The costumes, green screen.

Honestly,

I wasn't on location for half this stuff.

And when I was,

it was movie magic, love.

I'm sorry, but I got a best friend

who's in a coma

and he might not wake up.

So you're gonna have

to answer for that.

You're still going down, pal.

You under...

(GRUNTS)

Okay, Trevor, what did you tell him?

- I didn't tell him anything.

- Nothing?

No.

You should have pressed

the panic button.

Well, I panicked, but then I handled it.

(TYPING)

TONY:
Ah...

(SIGHS) okay-

It's just like old times, huh?

Oh, yeah. With zip ties.

It's a ball.

It wasn't my idea.

Okay. So you took Killian's card.

I took his money.

And here you are 13 years later,

in a dungeon.

- No.

- Yeah.

No, you're in a dungeon.

I'm free to go.

Yeah?

(SIGHS)

A lot has happened, Tony.

But I'm close.

EXTREMIS is practically stabilised.

I'm telling you it isn't.

I'm on the street.

People are going bang.

They're painting the walls.

Maya, you're kidding yourself.

Then help me fix it.

Did I do that?

Yes.

I remember the night, not the morning.

Is this what

you've been chasing around?

- You don't remember?

- I can't help you.

You used to have a moral psychology.

You used to have ideals.

You wanted to help people.

Now look at you.

I get to wake up every morning

with someone who

still has their soul.

Get me out of here.

Come on.

KILLIAN:
You know what my old man

used to say to me?

One of his favourite of many sayings...

"The early bird gets the worm, but

the second mouse gets the cheese."

You're not still pissed off

about the Switzerland thing, are you?

How can I be pissed at you, Tony?

I'm here to thank you.

You gave me the greatest gift

that anybody's ever given me.

Desperation.

If you think back to Switzerland,

you said you'd meet me

on the rooftop, right?

Well, for the first 20 minutes,

I actually thought you'd show up.

And the next hour...

I considered taking that

one-step shortcut to the lobby.

If you know what I mean.

Honestly, I'm still trying to figure out

what happened to the first mouse.

But as I looked out over that city,

nobody knew I was there,

nobody could see me,

no one was even looking.

I had a thought that would

guide me for years to come.

Anonymity, Tony.

Thanks to you,

it's been my mantra ever since.

Right?

You simply rule

from behind the scenes.

Because the second

you give evil a face,

a bin Laden, a Gaddafi, a Mandarin,

you hand the people a target.

You're something else.

You have met him, I assume?

Yes. Sir Laurence Oblivier.

I know he's a little

over the top sometimes.

It's not entirely my fault.

He has a tenden...

He's a stage actor.

They say his Lear was

the toast of Croydon, wherever that is.

Anyway, the point is,

ever since that big dude

with the hammer fell out of the sky,

subtlety has kind of had its day.

What's next for you in your world?

Well, I wanted to repay you

the selfsame gift

that you so graciously imparted to me.

(ORBS HUMMING)

Desperation.

Now, this is live.

I'm not sure if you can tell,

but at this moment

the body is trying to decide

whether to accept EXTREMIS

or just give up.

And if it gives up,

I have to say,

the detonation is quite spectacular.

But until that point,

it's really just a lot of pain.

-(CLICKS)

-(HUMMING CEASES)

We haven't even talked salary yet.

What kind of perk package

are you thinking of?

MAYA:
Let him go.

Hold on, hold on.

Maya...

I said, let him go.

What are you doing?

1200 CCs.

A dose half of this size, I'm dead.

It's times like this my temper

is tested somewhat.

Maya, give me the injector.

If I die, Killian,

what happens to your soldiers?

What happens to your product?

We're not doing this, okay?

What happens to you?

What happens if you go too hot?

(BREATHING DEEPLY)

KILLIAN:
The good news is,

a high-level position

has just been vacated.

(GROANS)

(SIGHS)

You are a maniac.

No, I'm a visionary.

But I do own a maniac.

And he takes the stage tonight.

Once we get the Patriot installed,

it will take me

nine or 10 minutes for the takedown.

Well, that's great,

but the last time I looked

there was somebody

inside of it.

(WHIRRING)

Afternoon, gentlemen.

(WHIRRING CEASES)

Hello, Colonel.

Step aside.

(LOW HUMMING)

(SIZZLING)

(INHALES DEEPLY)

Oh!

We'll get you out of there.

Don't worry.

You'll damage the armour.

Yes, I will.

But you can fix it, right?

I'm gonna take the Chinook

to base camp.

And I want Potts with me.

She's still in Phase Two.

You're not going deaf, are you?

(GROANING)

(WATCH BEEPING)

Careful, there.

It's a limited edition.

Hey, uh, Ponytail Express.

What's the mileage count

between Tennessee and Miami?

832 miles.

Very nice.

- I'm good like that.

-(BEEPING CONTINUES)

Can you, uh, stop that?

Break it, you bought it.

I think I bought it.

Okay, that wasn't mine to give away.

That belongs to my friend's sister.

And that's why

I'm gonna kill you first.

- What are you gonna do to me?

- You'll see.

You're zip-tied to a bed.

This.

That.

Are you coming out?

(RHODEY PANTING)

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