Don Cheadle to replace Terence Howard in Iron Man 2
News this week (from the Hollywood Reporter) claimed that Don Cheadle will replace Terence Howard as Tony Stark’s best friend “Jim Rhodes”.
For those not completely up with the Iron Man universe, at one point Rhodes takes over the role as Iron Man. So the in-joke when Rhodes stated “next time” as he looked lovingly at the Iron Man suit was a nod to that.
Howard and Downey Jr. have chemistry. You can believe that they are good mates. Now I am not going to claim that Don Cheadle is an incapable actor (he is not; far from it), but I can’t see him working as a replacement for Terence Howard.
What bothers me most is that we have not been given a reason why Howard will not be returning. I imagine that it is related to money, but it is a shame that Marvel have decided to drop him so quickly. Iron Man worked due to the sum of it’s pieces. If you take away one of those pieces then there is a great risk of having the whole stinking mess collapse. Watch this space.
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