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Trade News | April 7, 2009 | Comments (50)

Jon Favreau began shooting Iron Man 2 yesterday, and for those who aren’t Twitterphobes, you can even follow along the progress on Favreau’s Twitter feed . Twitterphobes — I understand. I was once there. But think of it this way: It’s a magical way of eavesdropping on other people’s conversations. Granted, those conversations are often banal, but sometimes there are fights, fought within 140 character limits. And you can witness them invisibly. Plus, Dan likes to drop random lines from Mamet productions and mock dumb people. It’s the small things that can help you get through the day. Plus, you get to learn, firsthand, that Favreau slept well last night, after weeks of restless nights. I mean, where else can you learn about the daily minutia of your favorite actors and directors? Twitter: Another of technology’s procrastinating wonders.

Anyway, Spoiler TV already has photos from the first day on the set. And the most remarkable one is below, of Colonel James Rhodes. Funny thing, though: He’s darker skinned, thinner, and acts better than he did in the first Iron Man. Check it out:


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Well, that’s going to take some getting used to, and presents once again a very important question: How do you fuck up in life so bad that you lose the greatest part you will ever get, Terrence Howard? You know what, dude? If there were money issues, you do it for freakin’ free. You get to be Colonel James fucking’ Rhodes in not only Iron Man, but in The Avengers and whatever else Marvel spins off. You do that for a few movies, and you are set. For life. That’s like getting a clerkship on the Supreme Court. Sure, the money is lousy and the hours are long, but you can do anything you want afterwards. Instead, Terrence Howard gets to star in Macbett, a retelling of Shakespeare’s Macbeth set on the sea, opposite Danny Glover. Or Red Tails, about the Tuskegee Airmen, opposite Cuba Gooding, Jr.Or the horrific looking Fighting, opposite Channing Tatum (which comes out in two weeks). And you know what? Those roles probably don’t pay a lot, either.

Terrence Howard: You lose at life. Have fun filming Snow Dogs 3 in a few years.


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and acts better than he did in the first Iron Man.

By which you mean he's less uppity?

Posted by: socalledonlycousins at April 7, 2009 11:04 AM

I think they have the right Rhodey Rhodes, finally. I never bought Terrance Howard as that character. I don't think that character was supposed to be such a smooth talking pimp. Can't wait to see Macbeth on the ocean tho - OH! is it a musical? Because that would be the shit. :)

Posted by: Chickaboom at April 7, 2009 11:05 AM

Uh, I didn't see Terrence as a smooth talking pimp at all. I thought he suited the role well and was a good counter-balance to RDJr. He clearly sucks at life to lose that role.

I am still a twitterphobe. Horribly tempting, though, to follow Favreau's thoughts as he shoots this film. I might have to give up my twitter virginity just for this.

Posted by: rayliota at April 7, 2009 11:09 AM

MARVEL: So here's the new script, Rhodesy. Don't get mustard stains on it.

TERRENCE HOWARD: Where's the check? I'm a star! I was in Get Rich or Die Tryin! Fiddy, reprasent!!

MARVEL: ...

TERRENCE HOWARD: Hey, this script says "You're Fired" starring Terrence Howard.

MARVEL: I think you'll do well in it.

TERRENCE HOWARD: ...

MARVEL: ...

TERRENCE HOWARD: ...

MARVEL: ...you can leave now.

Posted by: annoyingmouse at April 7, 2009 11:10 AM

Well, I'm a WWII geek, and I like Macbeth but...."Fighting"...with Channing Tatum...that one I'm gonna go ahead and not pencil in.

What's with the Cuban heels, Tony?

Posted by: Jay at April 7, 2009 11:11 AM

Why the hell didn't they just get the Don to play the role in the first one to begin with? Or replace Terrance while filming? Surely they knew the role would be bigger than just a bit part in Iron Man 1.

Now, whenever Ironman 2 comes out, there will never be any continuity between them, and that's just wrong.

Posted by: Some Guy at April 7, 2009 11:15 AM

(sigh) Terrence, why won't you let me love you? You're a talented actor, I thought YOU should have been Tony Stark, but the roles, good God, the roles you choose are just so, so awful.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at April 7, 2009 11:17 AM

I'm just sad that it's too late for Billy Dee to do it.

But I understand. I really missed Saskia Reeves in "Children of Dune". Oh golly did I.

Posted by: Jay at April 7, 2009 11:19 AM

The Scottish play on a boat? What possible harm could the curse wage on a boat?

Posted by: branded at April 7, 2009 11:19 AM

As long as they don't shoot any albatrosses, they should be ok. Hahaha, what am I saying? They're all gonna die! In glorious Shakespearean fashion. Danny Glover is the bomb.

Posted by: rayliota at April 7, 2009 11:22 AM

I always see Terrance Howard as a smooth talking something. Maybe I just don't like that actor (likely!), but I think Don is a better choice for the role.

Posted by: Chickaboom at April 7, 2009 11:22 AM

Maybe they're try to explain it away.

Tony Stark: "Hey Pepper, have you seen Rhodey since he was in that horrible hangar fire and had to have a whole-body skin graft, and then lost weight and bone structure during his slow and painful recovery?"

Pepper Potts: "No Tony, I sure haven't."

Tony Stark: "He looks like Don Cheadle now."

Pepper Potts: "Wow, isn't medical science amazing?"

The End.

Posted by: Snath at April 7, 2009 11:23 AM

Terrence Howard can do no wrong in my eyes after "Hustle and Flow", in which he made me root for a piece-of-shit pimp who threw on of his charges out onto the street with her damn BABY. I also think he's gorgeous, but that's beside the point.

Posted by: samantha t at April 7, 2009 11:23 AM

If only Walken could be in that one too. He made a pretty good Macduff.

Posted by: Jay at April 7, 2009 11:24 AM

"They'll" god dammit.

Posted by: Snath at April 7, 2009 11:24 AM

Chickaboom, granted, he's smooth talking in most roles. Hence his charm. However, I thought he was uptight enough in Iron Man to make it believable. Don Cheadle is amazing, but like someone said above, I'm going to miss the continuity.

Posted by: rayliota at April 7, 2009 11:25 AM

Jay, I could see Walken as one of the witches. That would blow my mind!

Posted by: rayliota at April 7, 2009 11:27 AM

Sigh...I love you Don Cheadle.

Posted by: king at April 7, 2009 11:29 AM

I love both Cheadle and Howard, Howard's character in "Hustle and Flow" reminds me of myself when I was in the game years ago.

Posted by: Pookie at April 7, 2009 11:43 AM

Aww, that's sad. I liked Howard in Iron Man.

But I'd gladly have Cheadle's beautiful blue-black babies, so I'm conflicted.

Posted by: Clee Shay at April 7, 2009 11:44 AM

Someguy: "Now, whenever Ironman 2 comes out, there will never be any continuity between them, and that's just wrong. "

Let's see, there's been how many James Bond's and nobody seems to have a problem with them? There's been 10 Doctors on Doctor Who, and nobody has a problem (11 if you could Richard E. Grant in the anime version). How many different Batman's in the same franchise?

Macbeth at sea? I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how the forest is supposed to march to the boat.

Posted by: BWeaves at April 7, 2009 11:45 AM

And don't forget "The Curse of Fatal Death", BWeaves.

how the forest is supposed to march to the boat.

Algae?

No, wait, a buncha guys wearing coral over their wetsuits. There ya go.

Posted by: Jay at April 7, 2009 11:51 AM

I'm looking at the photos up top and the photo of RDJ in the PAJIBA header, and I'm thinking, "I really want RDJ to play Rhodey in blackface."

That's right, RDJ in a dual role. He can play Tony Stark AND Colonel James Rhodes.

Posted by: BWeaves at April 7, 2009 11:53 AM

Damn BWeaves, that is a really fantastic idea!

Posted by: Snath at April 7, 2009 12:00 PM

Guys, I think the RSS thingy is not working properly. The last story I got here was Catching Up with Breaking Bad.

Posted by: godzilla_foil at April 7, 2009 12:02 PM

It just hit me that Don Cheadle and RDJ are going to be in Iron Man together. I mean, I've known it logically for a while, but the emotion just set in and I'm riding it out to sea.

Posted by: Lucas at April 7, 2009 12:08 PM

If only Walken could be in that one too.

And Goldblum!

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at April 7, 2009 12:11 PM

"I really want RDJ to play Rhodey in blackface."

True, I've just had a glass of beer on an empty stomach, but I just laughed my head off.

And seriously, y'all, "Scotland PA"'s pretty fun.

Posted by: Jay at April 7, 2009 12:19 PM

gozilla_foil, are you sure it's not on your end? I just use Google Reader since it requires me to do no work and I'm too lazy to look for something better, and mine updates correctly. Every article this morning is on there just fine and dandy.

Posted by: Snath at April 7, 2009 12:23 PM

I can't type or proofread this morning. Damn infants and their constant need for nurturing. I got three hours of sleep!

Apologies, goDzilla_foil.

Posted by: Snath at April 7, 2009 12:25 PM

A couple of years ago Terrence was in an all-black version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on Broadway. And he went on record saying he was too big a star to do the normal 8 shows a week that a broadway cast does.

And the rest of the cast was all "Bitch, Please!" You're an actor. This is what actors do. Hell, James Earl Jones almost died the year before and he knocked it out of the park every night.

Posted by: Withnail at April 7, 2009 12:28 PM

Touche, bweaves.

But you're wrong on a few points:

Bond changes and no one seems to care because A) the characters who made them got old, or enough time went by between films that a transition is possible. In general though, people do care. Everyone has a favorite Bond actors, there's a reason why no one likes lazenby.

-with the exception of Lazenby, each bond played his character more than once.

And if you want to get technical, Bernard Lee played M from the beginning through his death in '79, Lois Maxwell played Moneypenny from the beginning through the mid-80's, and Desmond Llewelyn played Q from the 2nd movie until his death, and the only real reason he wasn't in the first was that the character was pretty much a non-entity.

And Felix Leiter? Well, he was a different actor throughout the series, and no one really thinks of him as a memorable character.

So sorry, but people do notice, and the bond movies do have plenty of continuity in them. Especially for a series spanning almost 50 years.

And the Good Doctor? Well Who is an alien and can regenerate his body upon death, which provides a perfect excuse for believing different actors.

Even before Batman Begins rebooted the franchise, Alfred was played by the same actor, Michael Gough (who was one of 2 actors to play the same character in all 4 non-reboot films.)

I think you'll find that most filmmakers strive for continuity, less of course the actor/actress in question is A)too old, B)has a prior commitment, C)the franchise has moved in a different direction, or in most cases, D), they're dead.

Posted by: some Guy at April 7, 2009 12:30 PM

Baby wipes. You will find your answer with baby wipes.

Posted by: Stew at April 7, 2009 12:49 PM

Seriously speaking, the way Howard played that character I expected he and Stark to go full passionate, penis in butt, anal, at any moment.

/not kidding

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at April 7, 2009 12:52 PM

penis in butt, anal

I"m glad that you cleared up for us exactly what anal means. Because I was confused before. So THAT'S where you put the penis.

Posted by: Withnail at April 7, 2009 12:59 PM

I'm fairly certain in this movie Rhodey is putting on the suit to cover for Stark's alcoholism and breakdown.

Cheadle I can see kicking some major ass as Iron Man or War Machine. Howard, not so much.

Posted by: Snath at April 7, 2009 1:01 PM

I"m glad that you cleared up for us exactly what anal means.

Posted by: Withnail at April 7, 2009 12:59 PM

-------------------------------------------------

He also could have ACTED anal, and you know, started ragging on Tony for not keeping a tidy lab.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at April 7, 2009 1:08 PM

But didn't he do something like that in the last film? Fussing about Stark's behaviour and shit? Does that count as anal enough or was that just common sense that he wanted pounded into Tony's head?

Posted by: Four Eyes at April 7, 2009 1:42 PM

He’s darker skinned, thinner, and acts better than he did in the first Iron Man.

Not to mention that he's much better-looking!

I didn't care for Howard in the role, so I was quite pleased to hear that Cheadle was replacing him. In this case, the lack of continuity doesn't bother me at all.

Posted by: ariadne at April 7, 2009 3:42 PM

Since Rhodey wasn't in that many scenes in Ironman, they probably could reshoot them with Cheadle and splice them in, a la Star Wars do overs.

Posted by: BWeaves at April 7, 2009 4:53 PM

So did we ever get the real reason Howard was fired? Whether you like him or not, it was pretty dickish for Marvel/Favreau to recast the character without notifying the previous actor like that.

Posted by: Craig at April 7, 2009 5:22 PM

Somewhere I read a story about Mr. Howard being arrested for assaulting/terrorizing his former wife a few years ago (Smoking Gun?). It displeased me.

Also thought it was weird that he wants all of his women to cleanse their areas with baby wipes before they approach his wonderfulness. Again. Not amused.

We could get into his idiotic comments re: The Rihanna/Chris Brown debacle, but we're better than that aren't we?

Also, I don't like his face.

So bring on Don Cheadle. Love him. And he's kind of hot.

Posted by: greer at April 7, 2009 6:02 PM

1) So what's the problem with a guy wanting a woman to wipe her ass?

2) Who hasn't made a comment about the Brown/Rihanna incident?

3) As far as Howard allegedly assaulting his wife, maybe she thought she had a right to run her mouth seeing as he’s the one out there busting his ass trying to keep her ass draped in Gabbana.

Posted by: Pookie at April 7, 2009 7:13 PM

Pookie,

As far as the bay wipes are concerned, any woman who uses them regularly will be so yeasty she could start a bakery. Wiping your ass, win. Monistat muff, FAIL.

Posted by: Ciji at April 7, 2009 7:37 PM

Okay, I'll say it:

You know it's hard out there for a pimp.

Posted by: ceebee at April 7, 2009 8:28 PM

Exactly ceebee, Howard out there in Hollywood trying to grind and his old lady sittin’ back speaking on some shit that probably wasn’t any of her business in the first place. Bitch didn’t bring nothing to the table but her pussy, bitch please. You wanna help bitch? Go get Terrance a role. I know how much you’re broken up about Terrence losing the greatest part he’ll ever get Rowles, but don’t worry, if RDJ managed to stop sucking on that glass dick long enough to make a comeback so can Terrance.

Posted by: Pookie at April 7, 2009 10:00 PM

There's a forthcoming book on the dozens of so-called "non-traditional" adaptations of "Macbeth":

http://us.macmillan.com/weywardmacbeth

Posted by: Weyward Macbeth at April 7, 2009 10:31 PM

OK, I didn't mind Howard in IM, possibly because I'm a movie-bandwagon-jumper rather than a True Fan™, so I have no preconceptions about the character.

HOWEVER, Cheadle gives me little cartoon heart eyes IN MY ACTUAL EYES, so he and RDJ in a movie together, both looking fine (and acting well), will probably make my head explode.

What a way to go.

Posted by: embertine at April 8, 2009 7:37 AM

Continuity or not Cheadle looks practically edible in that uniform. yum.

Posted by: alley cat at April 8, 2009 11:06 AM

Just heard my bros told me some H O T m odels are putting
up their p rofile on a tall d ating site ~~~~~~~~~~~~~T a l l

M e e t .
C o m~~~~~~~~~,are
they just on f ire or what??

Posted by: yx at April 8, 2009 11:09 PM





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