The star who received the highest salary on the production of the first “Iron Man” is neither Robert Downey Jr., nor Jeff Bridges, nor Gwyneth Paltrow, nor Paul Bettany…
Why was Terrence Howard, present in the cast of the first Iron Man in the role of Jim Rhodes (future War Machine) replaced by Don Cheadle in the various sequels of the feature film? According to Entertainment Weeklyit is the too important salary of the actor who is in question.
Indeed, in 2008, Howard would have been paid $3.5 million (or even $4.5 million depending on the person concerned), more than Robert Downey Jr., who held the title role of the film.
At the time, Iron Man represented a risk: the character was not considered sufficiently mainstream, and Terrence Howard was just crowned with his nomination for the Oscar for Best Actor for Hustle & Flow.
As for Robert Downey Jr., after a long crossing of the desert in the early 2000s, he was just beginning to see his career restart. The reversal of steam has also proven to be spectacular, since the interpreter of Tony Stark was subsequently the highest paid actor in Hollywood for three consecutive years…
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Still, in 2013, in the show Watch What Happens Live, Terrence Howard explained to host Andy Cohen that when launching Iron Man 2, the production had wanted to significantly reduce his salary, to rebalance the accounts. with Robert Downey Jr.
Of the 8 million requested by Howard, Marvel granted him only one. In front of the insistences of the actor, the production thus chose to do without his services, soliciting Don Cheadle for the role. In the end, Howard felt on his own terms, “betrayed” by Robert Downey Jr, whom he had helped for the role of Iron Man:
“The person I helped was Iron Man…At the time of the second movie, he took the money that was supposed to be my money and kicked me out”he swung at the microphone of the site well done. What is called an acrimonious separation…
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