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Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 7506
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 03, 2008 - 11:21 am: | 
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Just in case you think I forgot what was important--
What does Kam Williams have to say about this?
November 03, 2008. MediaTakeOut.com told you last week that Terrence Howard would NOT be in the new Iron Man movie. We also told you that the reason for Terrence getting cut - was that he was asking for too much gwop.
Well now Entertainment Weekly is shedding some more light onto the drama. Here's what they had to say about it:
Howard was the first actor signed to the original Iron Man and, on top of that, was the highest-paid. That's right: more than Gwyneth Paltrow. More than Jeff Bridges. More than Robert Downey Jr. And once the project fully came together, it was too late to renegotiate his deal.
It didn't help that, according to one source, Favreau and his producers were ultimately unhappy with Howard's performance, and spent a lot of time cutting and reshooting his scenes. (Favreau could not be reached for comment, while Howard's publicist says: ''Terrence had a tremendous experience working on Iron Man.'')
As such, when Favreau and screenwriter Justin Theroux went to map out the sequel they found themselves minimizing Howard's story line. Once Marvel learned that Favreau was thinking of curtailing the role, the studio went to the actor's agents with a new and drastically reduced offer — a number that's similar to what supporting cast members were paid for the first movie. The agents, according to sources, were so taken aback by this new figure — estimated at somewhere between a 50 and 80 percent pay cut — that they questioned it. Why did they blanch? Multiple sources say that Marvel execs never told Howard's reps that they had issues with the star's on-set conduct.
DANG ... hey, at least Terrence got paid for the first flick. Get that paper!!! |
Always_lurking
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Username: Always_lurking
Post Number: 66
Registered: 02-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 01:30 pm: |
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A big ego is hard to deal with.
1. They paid him too much in the first place. Well, that was their mess up. Thanks or the extra cash. If he was the highest paid, that was a dumb move because, IMO, it sure wasn't worth it.
2. Let's face it, it's not like he's been in any great block buster as a leading role. IMO, he wasn't that great in Iron Man to begin with.
3. Piggy back on #2, he should have negotiated for a little more and suck it up by taking the role. If they did not want to pay him what he was worth as a supporting actor then I don't blame him but I wouldn't expect for him to be the highest paid again not with the job Rober did.
He still could have been connected to a huge blockbuster and have that on his resume because asides from that it's lookin so so. |
Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 7509
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, November 07, 2008 - 10:52 am: |
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I wonder if he can get that kind of money anywhere else.
I mean, Terrance is not Will Smith. Or even Jamie Foxx.
He may not even be Scatman Crothers in the longrun. |
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