Between Iron Man and Iron Man 2, Marvel swapped a star from the first film. Terrence Howard, who is playing the role of alongside Robert Downey Jr Rhodey aka War Machine was replaced by Don Cheadle for the sequel. Behind the development is an ugly story in which Allegations of pure greed against Robert Downey Jr.
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At the beginning of the MCU was Terrence Howard was the highest paid actor back then in Iron Man. While he earned $3.5 million for Part 1, Downey Jr. got $500,000. This was mainly due to the fact that the star’s reputation was still tarnished at the time due to drug problems and the success of the first Iron Man film was to mean the actor’s complete rehabilitation as a mega-star.
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This rapid success is said to have also meant that the Iron Man star wanted a lot more money. According to Comic Book Resources, during an appearance on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live in 2013, Terrence Howard elaborated on how Robert Downey Jr. got more money and dumped him for it:
This will get me in big trouble. It’s like the person I helped become Iron Man took the money that was supposed to go to me before the second part and pushed me out Has. We made a deal for 3 films. You made the deal in advance. A certain amount for the first. A certain amount for the second.The third… Before the second part, they came up to me and said, ‘We’ll pay you an eighth of what we agreed in the contract’cause we think the second one will be successful with or without you.’ And I called my friend who I helped get the first job and he didn’t call me back for three months.
At that time Howard should even waived $1 million of his fee have for the studio to cast Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. Since the incident surrounding Howard’s departure from the MCU, everything should have been clarified between the two stars.
Marvel did not comment on the allegations themselves. Rather, Terrence Howard was also in the headlines in the meantime, as it was reported by Entertainment Weekly, among other things, that the actor repeatedly attracted negative attention on the set of Iron Man due to problematic behavior be. But even this story was never officially commented on by Marvel. Perhaps the truth of the War Machine recast lies somewhere between these two stories.
What does Robert Downey Jr. do after he leaves Marvel?
Robert Downey Jr. is well on his way to emancipate himself from Iron Man. The superstar will star in Inception and Interstellar director Christopher Nolan’s next film, Oppenheimer.
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