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thought in every way possible that Howard was perfect and born to play that part. I like
Cheadle, but it would change the tone of the character and the relationship.
And the Katie Holmes bashing has got to stop.
I don't understsnd why Marvel is all of a sudden acting like a MGM or Warner Bros. They need to stay true to their core if they want to continue to try and out compete the other studios. I gave them kudos for getting it right. They are acting like a man going through a mid-life crisses. Dump the one who got you there in favor of ARM CANDY.
Note a recent episode of Entourage: Director Carl Ertz begins courting Vince, only to drive down Emile Hirsch's price for the same movie.
If this is the case, I will give Marvel a fair warning: Do not &*@# with Cheadle. He is a badass, and will kill five Marvel Execs before you even know he's coming.
They've already made their first major mistake as a studio: hiring Zak Penn to write The Incredible Hulk and Louis Leterrier to direct it. Because when I think of the guys I want making a Hulk movie, I think of the guy who wrote Inspector Gadget and Elektra and the guy who directed Transporter 2. What a complete nothing of a movie The Incredible Hulk was. A mildly entertaining b-movie forgotten the moment you leave the theatre. Getting the right people for Iron Man was a fluke. Marvel is doomed if they keep up their behavior of hiring the wrong people and not even trying to get the right people to return for sequels.
As for Marvel, I say good for them - don't let actors push you around. Marvel is doing very well as its own business with its own name, own people, etc. They shouldn't let themselves get pushed around on price and if they prove they won't stand for this kind of stuff, that's a good stance. They're a new studio that needs to put its foot down early.
Marvel is really going to f*ck up if they do this. It's going to start bad rumors about the movie before it even hits theaters.
And about the Katie and Maggie thing. They both sucked, period. Both were a mistake, I'm so glad they finally killed that character off.
Is it a smart move? No. It's brilliant.
Wrong casting spoils movies. George Clooney as Bruce Wayne? Anyone else thought that was a bad idea?
But as long as Robert Jr. doesn't leave, I guess Iron Man 2 should be awesome
=D
"Sorry we couldn't work things out Terrence, but don't you worry about us, we've got Don Cheadle all set to go."
Now that we've seen Howard in that role it'll be hard to see someone of lesser physical stature play War-Machine.
Although he doesn't look just like Rhodes, I think Howard did a great job in the role. He had the right bearing for a military guy dealing with a pampered contractor. He made it so that I see him in my minds eye now.
I have every faith that Cheadle put on the military dress uniform and play a soldier and put on a suit of armor and play a superhero. He's a little small, but I think he could make a great T'challa. I just think that Howard has staked out the territory for Rhodey and should keep on livin' there.
Who knows if this one is true or not. Hell maybe Marvel was considering it and they floated a rumor to see how the internet reacted to it. I think these days people have a bigger impact of decisions in Hollywood than they have in the past. The net has allowed instant polling of a huge number of people in their target audience which is very valuable when you are bankrolling something this expensive.
Katie Holmes is a nitwit, that much is obvious from the choices she's made in her private life and she's never been a good actress, so the need to change the character for the DK makes sense, they just should have chosen someone who could act as well as physically make sense.
Cheadle is NOT Rhody i refuse to accept this change, so much so that it may make me go into the movie expecting the worst whereas before now I was extremely excited about IM2
i know for a fact that it wasn't about money. Howard was happy to be part of the film and Marvel "apparently" just replaced him without even letting HIM KNOW! Marvel is messed up....and this move is messed up!
2) Howard was an important part of the first movie's success. I truly believe the only reason the movie got the acclaim it did was the chemistry on set. The story was generic, and it all degenerated into a typical big robot fight. But the ride was so fun because it felt like everyone on set was really enjoying embracing these characters. Robert Downey Jr. was clearly the keystone that held the entire cast together, but Howard & Paltrow really did their thing. I just don't see how Hotel Rwanda's gonna fit in there.
3) WHY ARE SO MANY ASSUMING MARVEL IS TELLING THE TRUTH? Terrence Howard's comments (see wikipedia page of movie) suggest that they actually broke their end of the contract. Worse still they broke it without much communication. He sounded genuinely upset about being left out of the next production.
Save rhodey!
I also believe changing the charecter will change the mood of the film Terrence howard played James rhode very good in the first film he was a funny actor and kept the storyline happy otherwise i would have left the cinema after the first scene!
Iron man 2 spoiler:
If Terrence wants more because of his characters plot line then it is most likely he will have to save tony and probably will be killed off in the next film!