Terrance Howard was a better James Rhodes than Don Cheadle. I’m not changing that opinion, and that’s not a swipe at Cheadle. He’s a good actor, just not the best Rhodey we’ve had. Admittedly the best Rhodey was the late James Avery but that’s if you include animation, which I usually do. For years the story we heard was that Howard wanted too much money to return for Iron Man 2 and that Ike Perlmutter figured any black man would do, a clear attempt to paint him as racist so Bob Iger looked better having bought Marvel and got rid of him and his people. You know, the ones that made Marvel Studios so profitable that Iger wanted it for his Disney.
Now comes a podcast appearance by Howard, chronicled by Geeks & Gamers contributor Alex Gherzo, that says the real problem might have been Howard’s ego when he has a verbal spar with one of another film’s producers…a movie also produced by Robert Downey, Jr.’s wife. No, he didn’t yell at her, but one of her other producers. Still, could the recast have been payback? Read the article (they also posted the podcast) and decide for yourself.
BW Media Spotlight 