IRON MAN 3 Storyboard Art Reveals Happy Hogan Was Supposed to Die
An interesting series of storyboard art that was done for Iron Man 3 has surfaced, and it shows us an alternate version of Jon Favreau's Happy Hogan going up against the villain Savin (James Badge Dale). In this version, Happy was supposed to die. The storyboard art was done by Dan Sweetman, and in the end I'm glad that they didn't kill off the character because I love Happy! I wish Marvel would introduce him into the rest of the universe. The character should be in these Avengers films for sure! Here's a full description of the alternate scene from CBM:
After Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce) meets Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) at Stark Industries, Happy Hogan, who is the Head of Security, decides to follow Killian's "Shifty" bodyguard/henchman Savin. This leads Happy to the Chinese theater in Los Angeles, where he witnesses Savin delivering a batch of Extremis medicine in a briefcase to Jack Taggart (Ashley Hamilton). When Savin walks away Happy intentionally bumps Taggart, knocking the briefcase to the ground and it opens. Happy pockets one of the metal objects from the briefcase as he helps Taggart collect the contents that spilled out. When Happy begins to walk away with his prize he is quickly confronted by Savin. Happy punches Savin right in the kisser but Savin is unfazed by the blow. Savin's face glows red, which catches Happy by surprise. Savin then grabs Happy's arm and tosses. At this point Taggart begins to glow bright red and screams to Savin for help. Happy and Savin realize something bad is about to happen and duck for cover just as Taggart explodes. In the film, the explosion causes Happy to end up in a coma, but in these Iron Man 3 storyboards below, you can see that the original plan was to have Happy die.
Here's the storyboard art for you to go through: