First Look at Iron Man 3 Villain The Mandarin!

At last, a glimpse of the new Iron Man Big Bad! Kevin Feige revealed that the ethnicity and back story of this Mandarin has been purposefully muddled, as “it’s less about his specific ethnicity than the symbolism of various cultures and iconography that he perverts for his own end,” but one has to wonder if any real world politics have been an influence on that decision. Astute viewers will have caught the influence of the Ten Fingers in the first two films, but Tony Stark will finally meet the man pulling the strings. You can read the full article at EW.