We actually saw this a while ago, but I had nothing negative to say about it. ;-)
Ahem, at any rate, I've now read that Pepper Potts was originally not supposed to appear in the movie. (See last paragraph here; it references this article.) This is shocking, actually. It's hard to imagine the movie without Paltrow, because Pepper has to be there to make the scene where Tony is recruited to the Avengers work. She smooths Phil Coulson's entrance and exit, and makes the transfer of briefing information plausibly hilarious ("that's all right, because I love being handed things") instead of awkward and confrontational. And, of course, Paltrow and Downey, Jr. are amazing together onscreen and these few minutes they have together are brilliantly written. It's my favorite scene in the movie; we went back and watched it again before sending the disc back to netflix.
Major kudos to Downey, Jr. for insisting on including her, and to Whedon for recognizing that it was the right thing to do, and being flexible enough to reverse his previously held position.
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