“Right now, we’re not doing Iron Man 2,” Rourke told us grimly.

That’s the word from Vulture at Fashion Week (via /Film). We’d previous reported that Rourke playing Crimson Dynamo was ‘inaccurate’ via Downey Jr., but that was presumed a Crimson Dynamo inaccuracy – the leading rumor being that Whiplash would be the replacement. We’ve also heard that Rourke was offered only $250k for the role.

It’s not off the cards yet, but it’s heading down that path – especially with his new role in Sylvester Stallone’s ‘The Expendables’.

Iron Man 2 really is having casting and production nightmares what with Samuel Jackson not happy with his pay and abandoning the Nick Fury role, Emily Blunt being scheduled out of playing Black Widow, Terrence Howard being replaced by Don Cheadle and Jon Favreau not happy with his pay deal either.

Is it cause enough to speculate that Iron Man 2 is having funding problems during the ‘economic downturn’, or are they just tightening their belts a little too much?