How Marvel’s Iron Man 3 Tried But Failed To Please Chinese Audiences From Fan Bingbing’s Pointless Cameo To Shameless Product Placement

Suitable for a film about an arrogant all-American hero engulfed in the fires of war, Iron Man 3’s foreign policy leaves much to be desired. Released in 2013 and directed by Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), the third outing as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe saw Avengers MVP pit inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) against a terrorist named The Mandarin. Gave. This is an ironic choice of villain, as Marvel Studios had originally intended the film to be a Sino-US co-production, before….