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And you are right, Killian doesn't have time to play the Mandarin, but he did have the plan in Iron Man 3 to capture War Machine's suit in Pakaistan, the same plan the Mandarin had in the prelude; only in Hong Kong. It is most likely Trevor Slattery played the Mandarin, and the orders were stagged. Some thugs who carried the logo of the Ten Rings probably thought Trevor Slattery was a lead terrorist figure. Slattery, being the actor who he is, probably thought his orders were a performance, so he went along with it. The real plan was mastermind by Killian, he used Slattery as a puppet so his true identity was not revealed.