![]() ![]() the master of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. To put the final nail in the coffin of this Doctor Strange/ Captain America: Civil War theory, we have a quote from Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige - a.k.a. Strange's assistant were pitching him the chance to work on James Rhodes, he would refer to him by name, not by age and military rank. and what's more high-profile than restoring an Avengers' ability to walk? If Dr. By the point this scene happens in Doctor Strange, it's been firmly established that the titular surgeon is an egotistical jerk who only works on high-profile cases. We also can't ignore that the entire premise of this would-be Captain America: Civil War reference is broken. Hell, if it weren't for the fact that that the movie opens in 2016, you could make an equally valid argument that the 35-year-old marine colonel is actually the guy who gets twisted at the waist in the Justin Hammer video that Tony Stark shows during the congressional hearing in Iron Man 2. It was all the way back in 2010 that we learned countries the world over were trying to develop their own versions of Iron Man armor, and this surgery that Strange turns down could be on any one of the many soldiers who have been part of copycat experimentation over the years. ![]() Strange is turning down surgery on War Machine, but it's evidence of a narrow view of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to this point. This is surely the most important element that makes people think that Dr. The third area up for examination is the "experimental armor" that seemingly caused the spinal injury. ![]() Strange's assistant just screwed up the details, but that wouldn't serve the Easter Egg at all, so it would be pretty pointless. Instead, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe he is very notably a member of the Air Force. While it is entirely true that James Rhodes has achieved the rank of Colonel, it's important to note that he didn't do it as a marine. ![]() Don Cheadle was hired has Howard’s replacement in 24 hours, and has played War Machine ever since.Next up is the matter of his service in the United States Armed Forces. Howard told Rolling Stone that when he was told about his new contract, his agent said ‘f**k you’ and put the phone down. Here’s what happens, too: things happen and you wind up commenting on them before you’ve actually talked to the people and it’s in poor taste.” That’s all I’ll say, because I haven’t talked to him yet … It’s one of those situations where I still don’t quite know what happened or why. 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.”Īlso read: Robert Downey Jr stood up for Avengers cast after Marvel tried to strong-arm them and they threatened to quitĭowney in a 2008 interview to MTV had said, “I had nothing to do with that decision. In a 2013 appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Howard had said, “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. He continued, “And guess who got the millions I was supposed to get? He got the whole franchise, so I’ve actually given him $100 million, which ends up being a $100 million loss for me from me trying to look after somebody, but, you know, to this day I would do the same thing. Never heard from him.”Īlso Watch | Avengers: Endgame premiere | Robert Downey, Cooper get playful on red carpet ’ Leaving messages with his assistants, called him at least 17 times that day and 21 the next and finally left a message saying, ‘Look, man, I need the help that I gave you’. In a 2015 Rolling Stone profile, Howard said, “I called Robby and was like, ‘Look, man. But as he has said on numerous occasions since, when the time came for Downey to repay the favour and bat for Howard when they were renegotiating their contracts for the sequel, Howard was ignored.Īlso read: When Marvel flat out refused to hire Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man because it ‘could be biggest dumpster fire ever’ Robert Downey Jr and Terrence Howard in a still from Iron Man.Īs the story goes, Howard took a $1 million pay-cut for the first Iron Man, just so that Downey could be hired. Howard was reportedly the top-paid actor on Iron Man, because Marvel considered hiring Downey a risk. Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man co-star Terrence Howard was replaced in the role of War Machine for the sequel, after refusing to agree to a pay-cut for the second film. ![]()
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