Marvel’s Avi Arad has confirmed that Sam Jackson and Hillary Swank will indeed be in the Iron Man film.

MTV.com got to talk to Arad and it seems he doesn’t go online much. He was surprised when asked about Hillary Swank,
“How do you know [about that]?…It’s a cameo.”
Then when asked about Jackson,
“The Sam thing was supposed to be the biggest secret of them all. It’s amazing how it got out.”

The rumor mill first began circulating Swank’s name after director Jon Favreau capitalized the “s” in “Swank” in a MySpace blog post.

“How do you know [about that]?,” a stunned Arad replied when asked about Swank. After a few beats, he admitted: “It’s a cameo.”

Following along the lines of secret “Iron Man” actors, the man behind the “Spider-Man” and “X-Men” films dodged a question about Samuel L. Jackson’s foreshadowing scenes as Nick Fury, saying “I can’t talk about that.”

Clearly a bit frustrated, Arad then amended himself. “The Sam thing was supposed to be the biggest secret of them all,” he shrugged. “It’s amazing how it got out.”

Nevertheless, the existence of Jackson’s hard-boiled superspy reveals a newfound willingness by Marvel to begin mimicking the way its comics mix different characters into each other’s storylines on a regular basis.

MTV.com

Avi Arad needs to drop into The Braxcave now and then to keep up with the net buzz.
Last month The Braxcave revealed that insiders had revealed to AICN that Sam Jackson had gone to the Iron Man set to film his cameo as Nick Fury.
Nick Furry in Iron Man? Played by Sam Jackson?!?

Only a few days later The Braxcave revealed that insiders posting on IMDB have seen Swank on set with Downey Jr. Also director, Jon Favreau, gave us a underhanded confirmation on his MySpace page.
Hillary Swank in Iron Man… as Who?

As of late we’ve seen a lot of strange things come from Arad.
First we hear from him that the new Hulk will be grey, then it was retracted.
Then we hear that Galactus wont be a cloud in Fantastic Four 2, but he really was a cloud.

Now I don’t know what to think when I read interviews with Arad.

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