Tony Stark is taking a page from Bruce Wayne’s playbook.

The first Iron Man 3 trailer shows how influential Christopher Nolan‘s summer hit, The Dark Knight Rises is on the superhero genre.

Robert Downey Jr.’s snark is noticeably absent, the tone is darker and the villian, the Mandarin (Sir Ben Kingsley) is much more menacing.

Stark finds himself in all sorts of scrapes and has a load of new armor which is glimpsed in the trailer, but it’s Kingsley’s uttering that is surely the most TDKR/Bane-like.

“Some people call me a terrorist. I consider myself a teacherrrr,” Mandarin threatens.

“Lesson number 1: Heroes. There is no such thing.”

Iron Man 3 opens May 3, 2013.

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