Meanwhile, RDJ continued to deny he had anything to do with Howard losing the role of War Machine. The former claimed that Marvel Studios couldn't properly compensate him because of his co-star's inflated salary after the success of Iron Man, which was set up to fail. Subsequently, Howard revealed that his MCU exit boiled down to a salary dispute.įor a while, there was a conflict between Howard and Downey. It didn't help that Marvel Studios remained mum on the matter, leaving space for speculation. Still, back in 2010, Cheadle taking over as Rhodey in Iron Man 2 was a big conversation topic. Since the MCU maintains a single main continuity, actor switches are rare in the universe, although the existence of the multiverse in the Multiverse Saga now allows Marvel to introduce variants of characters played by different actors. Related: Iron Man’s Complete MCU Timeline ExplainedĬheadle replacing Howard as War Machine was the very first case of recasting in the franchise. "So we played laser tag for two hours, and I was talking to my wife and we just kind of thought about it and talked to my agent and tried to get as much information as we could, and we just took a flyer and said, 'Okay, we’ll do it.'” This is what it is, so you kind of have to say yes or no, if you’re in or out.’ Like what’s the trajectory of the character going to be… Well, they’re like, ’We can’t… We don’t know any of that, but this is what it is, so you’ve got an hour.' I said, ‘I’m at my kid’s laser tag birthday party.’ They’re like, ‘Oh, take two hours.’ I was like, ‘In an hour, I have to decide? What are the other movies?’ They’re like, ‘It’s going to be these Avengers. I was at my kid’s laser tag birthday party, and they called me and said, ’This is what’s happening, we’re giving you the offer, if you don’t say yes, we’re going to the next person, this is going to happen very fast.' So they said, ‘Why don’t you go ahead and take an hour and decide if you want to do it?’ I said- It was a six-movie deal. That was not happening and it was an open part. He was not… They had decided that they weren’t. "I Aunt Viv’d him? I did not move Terrence out of a role. And while he doesn't reveal what exactly led to him being recruited to take over the role, he admits he didn't have long to decide. When prompted with a comparison to the recasting of Aunt Viv in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, he denies that he forced out Howard from the role, saying that Marvel had already decided to move on when he was contacted. 'No, if anything, I don't know what all the streaming shows are, but it feels like they might come off of Endgame in some ways, but at no point did anybody say, 'That's what we should do, so therefore, sprinkle that in.Ahead of his return to the MCU via the much-hyped Secret Invasion on Disney+, Cheadle speaks to GQ (via The Direct) about War Machine's Iron Man 2 casting. "It's not like said, 'You know what, we had a meeting and we're going to have these three streaming services, so let's make sure.'" Markus said. The writers insist that none of their decisions with Avengers: Infinity War or Avengers: Endgame were part of a plan for the future but instead to simply serve their own story. Whether or not this is an indication of Marvel Studios finally bringing Cheadle's War Machine to the forefront is unclear. Another saw Richard Rider's Nova taking the place of Hulk as the herald with a warning for the heroes of Earth. "Vice President Rhodey." It's one of many ideas which were considered for the two massive, conclusive Avengers movies. "We took it out because it didn't have any story weight, but I believe that during one draft, in the five year jump, Rhodie became vice president," Markus told on Thursday.
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