Bringing comic book characters and their stories to life seems to have been resurrected as a screenplay alternative. It’s not hard to imagine why Hollywood seems to be turning to comic books as plot and character sources, given the huge successes registered by the comic-to-screen transitions of Superman, Batman, Spiderman and the like.
Iron Man was one of the latest screen adaptations of a comic book. The main character, Iron Man, is a rich man who gets kidnapped in order to build a destructive weapon. He suffers a heart injury and instead makes a power suit, which saves his life and enables him to continue living as a superhero. In the first adaptation, he was brilliantly portrayed by Robert Downey Jr., part of a breath-taking cast which also included Terence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow and Paul Bettany.
Terrence Howard played the part of Rhodey, Iron Man’s link between his own company, Stark Industries, and the military acquisitions department. Although his performance was widely acclaimed, Marvel Studios decided to replace him in Iron Man 2 with Don Cheadle (“Ocean’s” series, “Hotel Rwanda”, “Crash”, “Swordfish”, and “Traffic”). Howard says the change was sprung on him without any kind of explanation.
The other party, namely Kevin Feige, Marvel Studios President of Production, refused to comment on the event, which prompts us to believe that Howard was indeed faced with the decision without any clarification. He did, however, say that rumors are common in showbiz, but that doesn’t account for the fact that Howard doesn’t have a contract with Marvel anymore.
Courtesy of eFluxmedia.com
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