The Avengers' Not-So-Super Early Roles

Iron Man as as an '80s bully? The Hulk battling a haunted mirror? See the heroes before they became megastars

Updated: Tuesday May 08, 2012 | 06:00 AM EDT By: Cara Lynn Shultz

ROBERT DOWNEY JR.

Before he stepped into Tony Stark's well-polished, expensive shoes as Iron Man, the actor had a small part as a rude boyfriend named Ian in the 1985 comedy Weird Science. Even ruder that Ian's personality? Those shorts.