It was with him that it all started. In 2008, Marvel opened the doors of his cinematographic universe by devoting a first film to Iron Man. In front of Jon Favreau’s camera, Robert Downey Jr embodies the billionaire and genius of Tony Stark technology. He is friends with a former fighter of the American army, James Rhodes. The character, who will later become War Machine, is then embodied by Terrence Howard. But fans know it, it is his first and last appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is Don Cheadle who will take over for the second film, and who will have the pleasure of putting on his metal armor. What they know less are the reasons that led to this casting change.
We are some time after the release of the first film very well received by spectators. Robert Downey Jr was able to be loved by the public and a suite is quickly envisaged. But this new popularity obviously leads to a revaluation of the salary of the main actor.
Questioned on this subject by Internet users, Terrence Howard will confide:“It will create me in trouble, but we don’t care. It turns out that the person I helped to become Iron Man, when it was a question of making a second film, took the money assigned to me and pushed me towards the exit.” Terrence Howard will add in 2013 not to experience any resentment against its former partner on the screen. “Oh, I love him. God bless him.”
Minutes that change a life
Once Terrence Howard has been dismissed from the role of James Rhodes, Marvel had to go in search of a new actor. The interest of the studios is then on Don Cheadle who had proven himself in the saga Ocean’s Eleven. While celebrating his son’s birthday in a laser game, he receives a call that will largely upset his career. He is offered the score, but has very little time to decide.
“They said to me, ‘That’s what’s going on. We make the offer to you. If you don’t say yes, we go to the next person. Take an hour and decide if you want to do it.” “
Marvel offers him a contract spanning three films, obviously comprising Iron Man 2but also the second Avengers. Don Cheadle accepts and thus becomes an important element of the franchise. War machine will then appear in Infinity War et Endgame Before being entrusted with his own series on Disney+.
Armor Wars is ultimately not a series
The series was one of the projects announced shortly after the release ofAvengers : Endgame in the cinema. Written by Yassir Lester, she had to stage James Rhodes shortly after the death of her friend Tony Stark. Finally, Marvel announced in 2022 that the fate of the character would be the subject of a film. The studio believes has enough material to make a footage for the big screen.
The intrigue will evolve around the consequences of Tony’s disappearance, while James Rhodes struggles to protect all his work and his technologies. The goal: to avoid these powerful weapons fall into bad hands. For the time being, we do not yet know who will face Don Cheadle.
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In the meantime, it is possible to rediscover these first steps in the MCU Tonight on TMC. It is 21h10 that the eleventh chain gives an appointment to all superhero lovers, while waiting for the release ofArmor Wars Scheduled for the year 2028 at the cinema. The film is among those whose future is uncertain after the apparent overhaul of the MCU and the departure of Jonathan Majors. By betting on Robert Downey Jr to camp Doctor Fatalis, Kevin Feige has just offered a spotlight on the one who was the best friend of Tony Stark. The first meeting of War Machine with an antagonist having its appearance.
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