Terrence Howard goes on that radio show and talks black mail+ Marvel/RDJ betrayl

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Terrence Howard on How Being Blackmailed Led to Him Losing His Marvel Contract

"I was doing Iron Man, out of nowhere that gets taken away. We did a three picture deal with Marvel. $4.5 million for the first one, $7.5-8 million for the second one, $12 million for the third. We… pic.twitter.com/tdfvWwRL2n
- Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) May 19, 2024
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[pikapika217]

-Marvel wouldnt meet with RDJ due to his high insurance risk. Terrence offered to take a $1mill paycut to cover his insurance risk if they auditioned RDJ and ended up hiring him.

-After Iron Man 1 - they contacted Terrence's agent and informed him that they would only pay him $1mill for IM2. When Terrance's agent rejected it, false stories of his behavior on set started to come out.

-He attempted to contact RDJ who was filming Sherlock to try to have RDJ back him up and save his job. RDJ ghosted him completely.

Two things can be true at once, and that is that both of them are pieces of shit. I would feel worse for him if he wasn't shitty but so much for RDJ and having black friends because WTF. I can imagine a lot of his claims could be bullshit but considering his career pre-iron man - and considering how often black actors talk about how undervalued/underpaid they are - I definitely believe he was a major risk and do wonder if we'd even be stuck in MCU hell without him/his movie.

[trowa]

I remember when RDJ announced he was creating a non-profit called Random Acts to encourage random acts of kindness and thinking why didn't any of his people do any research before making the announcement or they would have seen right away Misha Collins was already doing that. and that was my first inkling he wasn't as swell a guy as he presented himself to be

[jemgirl90]

At the time of the film’s release in 2008, Entertainment Weekly reported that Howard was the highest-paid actor in the film, earning $4.5 million.

RDJ was quite callous about Halle Berry's arm that he broke.

Robert has also previously talked about the injury, playing down that it was entirely his fault.

He said: "It was an accident, I'm sorry if she's still upset. I did everything I had to do to keep my side of the street clean. I wish her the best."

https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/halle-berry-still-hasnt-forgiven-robert-downey-jr-for-accidentally-breaking-her-arm-607093

[slinkydinks]

jfc. What a dickbag. The redemption arc has always been a scam.

[happybunny_v]

shut up baby wipes

[silverstarry]

Even if he finds a cure for cancer, he will forever be Baby Wipes to me. GTFO!

[genbu_no_miko24]

I wouldn't be surprised cause that's been the story from jump. I wonder what happened between him and Robert?

[ladychips]

why did i think favreau was the one who got rdj in despite insurance/covered the insurance/whatever

[anterrabre]

Where's his sassy wig at?