Iron Man is one of the most influential comic book movies of all time ? and Jeff Bridges says he played a bigger role than the villain. The actor teamed up with director Jon Favreau and actor Robert Downey Jr. to rework the script with just weeks to go before shooting. "Iron Man ? we read the script, and it wasn't really right, you know? "And the day before we were going to shoot, we get a call from the Marvel guy, saying, 'Oh, no, no, no.