Actor Ben Kingsley, who played The Mandarin in Iron Man 3 , recently talked about a “Secret Marvel Project” he was working on that involved many of the Iron Man 3 crew. Last week, we got wind of another rumour that suggested his project will be a Marvel One Shot. Now, Kingsley's revealed a little more on his mysterious project, but first...

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If you're still reading, you'll know that Kingsley played an actor, Trevor Slattery, in Iron Man 3 rather than The Mandarin himself. Last week's rumour suggested the secret project is a One Shot in which “The REAL Mandarin is furious with Aldrich Killian and Ben Kingsley’s character Trevor Slattery for the mockery they made of the real Mandarin’s identity and legacy. The real Mandarin wants to set the record straight.”In a new interview with the actor in Vanity Fair , it seems that that that there may be some truth to this rumour. Although Kingsley doesn't confirm the "real Mandarin" part, he does seem to be encouraging the One Shot idea."I think it may be seen as . . . sometimes [Marvel] tacks on a short film to one of their other releases, maybe on a DVD or something," said Kingsley to the magazine. "I haven’t heard anything at all about this. So it’s in progress. It will have to remain under wraps. Marvel was so brilliant in the way they kept the transition from the Mandarin to Trevor Slattery in Iron Man 3. They were absolutely brilliant at it. I so respect the way they dearly want to surprise their audiences. But we will just have to leave it in the realm of rumor."We'll update you with more on this interesting little project once we hear it.

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