Terrence Howard Out of 'Iron Man 2' and a Replacement is Found
Now this is a bit of a shocker...
It appears Terrence Howard isn't as interested in playing War Machine as he led on in oh so many reviews prior to Iron Man's release last year. At least not interested unless all the zeroes lined up as THR has announced Howard is out and Don Cheadles is in.
Cheadle will replace Howard as Jim Rhodes in Iron Man 2 (5/7/2010), Tony Stark/Iron Man's best friend and future armor-clad hero War Machine. As THR denotes, one scene in Iron Man features Howard looking at a silver suit of armor and saying "Next time," a line that caused great delight for fans due to the implication that War Machine would make an appearance in the sequel.
Sources close to the deal with Howard tell THR negotiations with Howard fell through over financial differences. Seems like a strange move for Howard considering Rhodes is likely to play a much larger role in the sequel especially since Favreau was recently quoted saying, "We need War Machine. Agreed. Shoulder cannons and all."
For those not in the know (myself included), War Machine is an alternate version of Iron Man assumed by Jim Rhodes after Tony Stark's lapse into alcoholism.
One can only speculate as to why Howard and his agents pushed for more money, but perhaps it's because he is persuing a career in music. Check out his video for "Sanctuary" and see what you think… I will keep my comments to myself as I assume they are probably obvious.
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Not a smart move, but I like Don better anyway. At least they stuck with talent.
Yeah glad they picked a good replacement. But this news sucks, the sequel could have been career boosting for Howard. It's a shame how money has created this issue…I hate when continuation is affected!
Any chance of this being a mere rumor?
Nope, when the source is The Hollywood Reporter you can pretty much count on it.
This is bullshit! I like Don Cheadle but I hate fucking with continuity.
This is terrible, Terrance howard has always been one of my fav's and I was really looking forward to him in iron-man 2, for some reason I just thought his role in the first one was done very well. Atleast there getting someone good to fill his place tho.
I also think this was probly a bad career move, while most people do know who terrance howard id I also think if he stuck with iron-man it would keep him in the spotlight long enough to become more of a leading/mainstream actor, but I guess we shall see.
Hopefully this is an inacurate report, I really dont like, actor switches in these hollywood franchises!
P.S. Katie Holmes should have played Rachel in the Dark Knight!