What happened to him was quite unfortunate for sure and could you imagine how things would have been had he managed to stick around? I mean, if you think about it, RDJ wasn't exactly responsible for Terrence being booted out of Iron Man 2. We don't know much about RDJ and Howard's current relationship but it looks like the two actors who were once the best of friends were able to settle their differences and bury the hatchet as time went on. 13, 2008 10:59 pm EST It has always bothered me when a new actor is brought in to replace another actor who has already. He said: "While I have your car, I'll reach way back to day one, and express gratitude to Howard (our original Rhodey), who was integral to my being cast."Īlso Read: Doctor Strange 2: Scarlet Witch's Role will Reportedly be 'Toned Down' Ahead of Reshoots Don Cheadle Replaces Terrence Howard In Iron Man 2 By Peter Sciretta / Oct. The Tony Stark actor made sure he didn't leave out Howard who was an integral part of his MCU casting. In the new book The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (via The Direct), Downey looked back on the creation of the billion-dollar franchise and paid a heartfelt tribute to the people he's had the pleasure of working with through the years. It avoids the perils of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen keeping the action overload the right side of noise.īut with so many plates left spinning and SHIELD dude Samuel L Jackson rocking up again in clunky fashion with some awkward product placement for The Avengers that adds nothing to the story the film cements its position with the promise of thrills to come and fails to deliver the bang for your buck payload.Over a decade since co-starring in the original Iron Man film, it looks like the bad blood between the two has actually been resolved and if you were to ask RDJ, he still believes that he owes his Marvel fame to his old pal who apparently was instrumental in his MCU casting. He was replaced in the sequel by Don Cheadle after a rumored dispute with producers over salary issues. The frantic finale smackdown featuring Favreau fisticuffs and the canned crusader taking on Whiplash and Hammer’s drones is an orgy of FX porn sure to have fanboys drooling. Dont look for Terrence Howard to reprise his role in Iron Man 2. The fight and flight balance of the original is lost as Tony retires to the augmented reality of his pad for a spot of superhero navel gazing to rival Will Smith’s Hancock while getting a shouty Pulp Fiction-style lecture from Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury.Ĭue morose introspection and a middle third that’s all-talk-no-trousers while heavy on exposition for the aforementioned films not even made yet! And in an embarrassing scene to rival Peter Parker’s meltdown in Spider-Man 3, Stark throws a party, gets drunk, smashes up his gaff like a petulant rock star and takes a leak in his suit. But where’s the meat in the action sandwich? With shades of Superman’s Kryptonite, Stark’s Palladium power source is keeping him alive but slowly killing him. But can she be trusted? Who cares?īook-ended by eye-shredding high concept it may be. And meet Black Widow – a high-kicking Scarlett Johansson doing a Hit Girl – moonlighting as Tony’s new PA now Paltrow’s Pepper Potts is Stark’s CEO. Rockwell is entertaining as ever and delivers quips about a new super weapon called the ex-wife with relished gusto.īut look closely and you can see the fake tan on the actor’s hands… Like the film, scratch the shiny surface and the conceit is revealed. Money is the reported cause of a sidekick swap in the upcoming Robert Downey Jr. And then there’s Sam Rockwell as rival weapons manufacturer, Hammer. Don Cheadle to Replace Terrence Howard in. Mumbling something about ‘when God bleeds, the chaos begins’, Rourke does his best to be to this Marvel Comics behemoth what Brando was to Apocalypse Now.Īnd with the government desperate for Tony’s tech he’s got to deal with Don Cheadle (replacing Terrence Howard as Rhodey) under pressure from the military to do the dirty on his pal. In the film’s one stand out action scene (there are only two) Vanko (aka Whiplash)gets busy with his electric whips carving up an F1 racetrack. With terrorism vanquished, part two avoids the pitfalls of racist overtones that tarnished the original, but what’s left for the canned crusader to kick against?Īn uninspired opening montage introduces Stark’s new nemesis Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) – the son of a Russian physicist with an axe to grind. Sadly for director Jon Favreau rumours that final cut was in the hands of a studio intent on using the sequel as a platform to promote future films like The Avengers, Captain America and Thor appear to be true.
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