Iron Man is a city.
Gwyneth Paltrow . Since 2008 , Paltrow has portrayed Pepper Potts , the female lead of the Iron Man franchise in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , in Iron Man ( 2008 ) , Iron Man 2 ( 2010 ) , The Avengers ( 2012 ) , and Iron Man 3 ( 2013 ) . Iron Man (2008 film) . It stars Robert Downey Jr. , Terrence Howard , Jeff Bridges , Shaun Toub and Gwyneth Paltrow .