Any role that big is going to be a challenge for any actor, but for an actor of a young age, it's going to be even tougher.
Jeff BridgesGenerally speaking I would say I enjoy the smaller films more because there's a less sense of pressure and often the material is more unusual. But in "Iron Man" it was kind of like both worlds colliding because there was a lot of improvisation, not that we improv-ed in the scenes but to discover the actual scenes themselves.
Jeff BridgesWhat are the aspects of yourself that line up with the character? You magnify those, and the ones that don't match up you kind of kick to the curb.
Jeff BridgesYou liked the freshness of it, c'mon try it" and I said "oh God, I read it three of four times" and finally I said "all right, I want you guys to organize a reading and I want you to be there to see how terrible this is not going to work at all", so we had a table like this, and read the script, and it was just great.
Jeff Bridges