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Ok, so he isn't directing Star Wars but Iron Man director Jon Favreau has said that he would have if somebody had at least asked him! Back in 2012, Jon was rumoured to be one of the front-runners to direct 'Star Wars: Episode VII' alongside Matthew Vaughan and J.J Abrams and, although he didn't get it, we can't help but think that Jon could actually have been perfect for the role! He's not exactly a stranger to the franchise, having voiced a recurring role in the animated 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' and he also directed the first two Iron Man movies, but despite what we think, rumours that said he was up for the job were actually far from true. "I didn't go after it," Jon told MTV, "but it's one of those things that, as people would say they weren't going to do it, and as there were questions coming my way as to my availability... I was really scared of the idea that nobody was gonna [do it], and so if they had come to me, I don't know how you say no to that thing."  Unfortunately, whether he liked it or not, Favreau was never officially offered the directing job, and it instead went to Star Trek director J.J. Abrams, who is currently prepping the movie for release in December 2015. But despite losing out, the 47-year-old has insisted that Abrams is perfect for the role and that he couldn't be happier with the choice. "He's great because he works with the old generation, and he works with the new generation," Favreau said.  "You see what he did with 'Star Trek', he kept the fans satisfied, because he kept true to the spirit of it, and yet he made it something. That's a hard thing that I don't think anyone can accomplish except for him. He's uniquely qualified for it." Favreau himself has recently opted for a smaller project, 'Chef', which is a non-FX driven story of a chef taking a cross-country journey to reconnect with his roots - something that Jon is a lot more comfortable with. "It would have been a very scary gig for me," he admitted. "Not just because of the scope and the scale, but because it was a very formative piece of work. I think they got the right guy." Via: Entertainmentwise
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