The success of “Iron Man” is commonly talked about as one of Hollywood’s most notable success stories. While breaking down the biggest movies of his career for Vanity Fair, Jeff Bridges talked about how much he enjoyed working with Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr. by his side. The trio initially wasn’t a fan of the original script they had to work with, so being the creatives they were, they decided to create another one in their own image. But when it came time to roll the cameras, a big hurdle was thrown their way:

“Marvel kind of threw out our script that we had been working on and said, ‘No, that’s no good, it’s gotta be this, that.’ So there was a lot of confusion about what our script was, what we were gonna say, you know? And we’d spend hours in one of our trailers, going over lines and saying, ‘Oh, you play my part, I’ll play your part,’ exploring how we were gonna do it. Jon would say, ‘Oh, I know a writer, let me see, he might have some ideas.’ … Meanwhile, the crew is in the soundstage tapping their feet saying, ‘When are we gonna get this thing going?'”

Movies are hard enough to pull off as is, let alone a make-it-or-break-it production that has to pull itself together after weeks of preparation. It’s like preparing for a road trip, only to find out on the day of, your car has just tapped out, and you need to find a new means of hitting the road while your passengers sit in the backseat waiting for you to get this thing moving again. Luckily, Bridges had a way of coping with the hectic curveball thrown his way.