The Prestige actress Rebecca Hall has been added to the cast of the just-about-ready-to-shoot Iron Man 3. Variety is reporting that the actress is negotiations with Marvel Studios for the role of “a scientist who plays a role in the creation of a nanotechnology known as Extremis, that winds up being sold to terrorists.”
The news comes just a few days after actress Jessica Chastain took to her Facebook page to announce that the announcement of her involvement with the picture in that role was premature and that scheduling conflicts would prevent her from taking part in the film.
Shane Black will be directing the threqueel which is scheduled for a May 3, 2013 release. Of course Iron Man franchise stars Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Cheadle are all set to return.