Terrence Howard Now Blames RDJ for His Dismissal from IRON MAN 2!
Via: Vulture
Terrence Howard is a great actor, and he has seen much success in his career. However, he just can’t seem to get over the fact that he was not able to continue his role as James “Rhodey” Rhodes in the Marvel movie Universe. Granted, I don’t know what the details are that surrounded his ousting, but if anything he says is true, then he was royally screwed. During an interview in 2008 he said this:
“Apparently, the contracts that we write and sign aren’t worth the paper that they are printed on. And promises aren’t kept. Good faith and negotiations aren’t always held up.”
He went on to vent about it every chance he got. Well, apparently there is some steam left in that kettle. On a recent episode of Watch What Happens Live, Howard turned his blame flames onto Robert Downey Jr., saying:
"It turns out that the person that I helped become Iron Man, when it was time to re-up for the second one, took the money that was supposed to go to me and pushed me out.
"We did a three-picture deal. That means you did the deal ahead of time — a certain amount for the first one, a certain amount for the second, a certain amount for the third. They came to me with the second and said 'look, we will pay you one-eighth of what we contractually had for you, because we think the second one will be successful with or without you.' And I called my friend, that I helped get the first job, and he didn't call me back for three months."
Sounds like the wound it still fresh for Mr. Howard. Like I said before, I don’t know what the whole story is, but from what Howard has to say, everyone screwed him over.