Terrence Howard Looks Back At Being Fired From The Iron Man Franchise!

Fair enough really, Marvel should have stuck to the contract, if that's what it said.

I didn't know he was fired, I thought he just left.

hence we get Ruffalo instead of Norton who made IH watchable

Don Cheadle was a better choice in my opinion. Im still skeptical about Ruffalo as the Hulk.

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Fair enough mate. Personally i thought Terrence howard had way better chemistry with RDJ than cheadle did so was bit dissapointed they dropped him

he was a good rhodey, but hell he would look weird on the war machine suit.
Still I think he could do a pretty good job as Falcon. nice find man!

I thought Terrence Howard was to soft for the role. Don Cheedle was ok but I still think Michael Jai White should have been cast as Rhodey.

I can sympathize with Howard on this. Pretty much the same thing is happening to the company I work for. We were low bidder on a project. The contractor agreed to our price. A contract was signed and then out of the blue they decided they weren't going to pay us what everyone agreed to. A $750,000 contract is now worth about $500,000. Unfortunately, this is one of the few jobs we have right now so we pretty much have no choice but to bend over and take it.

I don't blame Howard. He is not the first actor Marvel has treated this way, and he won't be the last. In a way, I don't even blame Marvel. They are going to have to recast roles in the future to keep these franchises going, so they probably figure they can just start right away and save some money in the process.

oh well,bad luck mate.

its not end of the world,move on see if you can get cast in a dc movie.

I think that Don Cheadle is much better as Rhodey, but in all fairness, it sounds like Marvel treated Howard pretty badly. Even so, what he's not making clear is whether they offered him $8 million or if he demanded it...$1 million is still a lot though. Either way, like I said, I don't really care that he's gone! :P

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Marvel are tight bastards. This has happened several times now.

That's a bunch of crap, Marvel is cheap period!! Which is why instead of listening to the fans who adore Edward Norton as Bruce Banner, they go for the much cheaper actor who will do it for half the price of Norton.

In the words of Jack Nicholson, "You can't handle the truth." Sad but VERY true.

And ironically, because of penny-pinching practises like this, IRON MAN 2 went on to make faaaar less money than it's potential. Terence Howard and Downey had a screen chemistry which was simply not there with Don Cheadle, an amazing actor who gave his worst performance ever in IRON MAN 2.

And ironically, because of penny-pinching practises like this, IRON MAN 2 went on to make faaaar less money than it's potential. Terence Howard and Downey had a screen chemistry which was simply not there with Don Cheadle, an amazing actor who gave his worst performance ever in IRON MAN 2.

Does Grif like anything?

Don't compare Norton with Howard please.

Edward Norton's relationship with Marvel Studios soured over creative differences. He was not happy with all the material they left out after the final edit of The Incredible Hulk. Material he felt was essential to the story. Things pretty much got to the point of no return. But from what I understand, it all ended amicably.

Terrence Howard, however, was all about business. Sure, Favreau stated that he reshot many of Howard's scenes and had to cut out others including Rhodey, but Marvel Studios were still willing to stick with Howard, even if they didn't want him back. If there is truth to the "you have 30 minutes to give us your answer" claim, then yes, that's pretty sheisty of Marvel Studios. But they didn't move forward until Terrence refused the paycut. It's not like they cast Cheadle and never told Howard to report on set. They were still upfront about it.

And if I know anything about contracts, Howard must've made a lot of cash when Marvel Studios bought out the remainder of his contract. And he didn't need to lift a finger.

I don't blame Howard for refusing either. Some of you talk like it's so easy to go from 8-Million to 1-Million. Any of those amounts is a lot of money to us. But the truth is, if Marvel Studios initially signed Howard for 8-Million, then it's his right to want that 8-Million. He's not to blame if Marvel Studios signed him for that much. Don't go around saying he should've taken the cut because 1-Million is a lot of money too. That's no small paycut. That's 7-Million dollars less than what they signed you for. If they asked him to take 5-Million instead of 8, I'd say fine, Howard should've accepted. But to go from 8 to 1? No way man, I'd've done the same thing as Howard.

Imagine working a 25$/hour job. If the company asks you to work 22$/hour instead, then it's a manageable paycut. But if they ask you to take 16$/hour instead, then you will flat out refuse. Marvel Studios basically asked Howard to go from 25/hour to 16/hour. That's a huge paycut. Even if 1-Million is a whole lotta money in our eyes.

To me, Marvel Studios is right and Terrence Howard is right. Only part I find sheisty is if MS gave Howard 30 minutes to give his answer. If that is true, of course.

Greed... It would take me 4 years here risking my life to make a million dollars. Howard needed the career injection more than the money. I'm sure the "contract" was contingent on the three movies being made and successful in the first place. He would have been a better Rhody, but again...comic book and really just an accessory to Iron Man...kinda like Banner is an accessory to the hulk, I didn't watch the hulk movies to see Bana or Norton act their asses off, I watched to see the Hulk [frick] shit up...