reportedly only received $500,000 for his performance as genius billionaire Stark (via The Hollywood Reporter). was a bit of a gamble for the studio. It was actually Terrence Howard, fresh off an Oscar nomination for "Hustle and Flow" and a role in Best Picture winner "Crash," who was the biggest catch for the then-struggling Marvel Studios.īecause of his star power, Howard was the highest-paid "Iron Man" actor for his performance as James "Rhodey" Rhodes, with a reported payday of somewhere between $3.5 and $4.5 million. wasn't even the biggest get for director Jon Favreau and Marvel Studios for "Iron Man." At the time, the former '80s star had become better known for his legal troubles and addiction than his acting talents, and casting Downey Jr. However, despite his essential role in the MCU, Downey Jr. When he joined 2008's "Iron Man" in the titular role, no one could have ever predicted the actor would go on to lead a truly unprecedented era of comic book movies, starring as Tony Stark in a staggering 10 films - or 11, if you count "The Incredible Hulk." However… either Marvel chose not to print those racist letters, or fans were actually enamored in this plan from Dennis O’Neil, as we see below.It's impossible to imagine the Marvel Cinematic Universe without Robert Downey Jr. It wouldn’t be unlike the right-wing panic over Miles Morales when he premiered. Replacing a white guy with a black guy, I expected a whole lot of whining, whinging, and general complaints from the fandom. I must also admit to a complete shock over the letters pages from a few months down the line. Legal owner Marvel Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertain.
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It’s not unlike what DC would do a decade down the line, and this comic shows that it could have worked… maybe. Check the playlist for complete storyThis clip is from the movie 'Iron Man: Rise of Technovore'. You can see how legacy could have become a big piece of Marvel Comics, allowing the books to grow, change, and still remain timeless at the same time. Honestly, if even half of the execution of that idea was on this level, it would have worked. Ninja by day, Master of Kung Fu by night. Investment Banker by day, Captain America by night. As mentioned a few articles back, Jim Shooter was wanting to replace nearly everyone under the mask at Marvel with someone new. Not only did it live up to the very concept of someone else taking the Iron Man armor, but it shows how different a hero can be just by having someone else under the helmet. Iron Man wouldn’t be a member of the Avengers again for a few years, when someone wearing Iron Man’s armor would join Hawkeye’s West Coast incarnation of the team. Answer (1 of 5): What purpose would it serve They switched actors, because Terrence Howard was apparently being pretty unreasonable in his salary demands. It’s amusing that Cap argues they really need him as a member, with Wasp just going “well, screw it. Rhodey-as-Iron-Man fumbles with the words, and quits the Avengers. Feeling even more screwed than ever, Rhodey takes off as he realizes that Magma’s reached the very building Tony Stark is resting in. It’s beyond what anyone else was teaching at MIT, and possibly beyond what anyone else has done on the planet. Rhodey retreats once more to talk with Morley Erwin about the armor, but Morley can’t make heads or tails out of a lot of the suit. I have nothing against Terrence Howard, hes a really good actor but he just didnt fit the character in my opinion.
Was there any particular reason why Terrence Howard didnt continue on in the role marvel-cinematic-universe casting iron-man iron-man-2. It’s a nice touch to make Rhodey instantly feel different, along with the attempts at banter. Terrence Howard played Rhodey in Iron Man but Don Cheadle played the character in Iron Man 2. So yeah, dropping a baseball reference isn’t something Tony normally does. He had a healthy career as a pitcher, and even made it into the MLB Hall of Fame in 2014. Tipster Daniel Richtman has claimed that, just as Sam is the new Captain America, the new Iron Man will be Colonel James Rhodey Rhodes AKA War Machine, the best friend of the late Tony Stark.
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His pitching was dominant, with a heavy use of the screwball, and he even helped take the Dodgers to the World Series in 1981… which was also his rookie year.
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Fernando Valenzuela was, at the time, a professional baseball player for the LA Dodgers. Adjusting to being a dad, adjusting to life without her, adjusting to being alone. Its been just over two years since the death of Viola, and Tony Stark is still adjusting. Likely from the fact that I was born in 1985, and wasn’t huge into baseball until 1996 with the semi-local Seattle Mariners. Marvel Avengers Civil War Iron Man Captain America Tony Stark Steve Rogers Pepper Potts Natasha Romanoff Rhodey War Machine. I actually didn’t catch this reference as a kid.