Terrence Howard Left Iron Man 2 Because They Would Only Pay Him $1 Million Casting is a tricky process, even more so when you’re talking multiple-picture deals for an aspiring franchise. When superhero movies began booming again, Terrence Howard seemed poised to stick with the Iron Man movies, having deftly played Tony Stark’s oft-conflicted, ever-stern friend Rhodey in the first film. But when casting news came out on Iron Man 2, we were shocked to learn Howard had been ousted in favor or Don Cheadle. (Who we love, so it was a confusing time!) And we weren’t alone. At the time, Howard described the move as “the surprise of a lifetime,” revealing he’d heard about the change-up through the press, not a call from Marvel Entertainment. Ouch. You’d think after that he’d have an axe to grind, but while promoting his new movie Dead Man Down on the radio show Sway in the Morning (via Total Film), he was pretty forthcoming and surprisingly not bitter. Howard claims Cheadle was always the studio’s first choice, so when it came time to cast Iron Man 2, they basically offered Howard a deal he could refuse. Paid $4.5 million for the first film, his contract suggested he’d get $8 for a sequel. However, he explains, “The second time, [the studio] said, ‘We think the movie will be successful with or without you. So, instead of the $8m that we said we were gonna’ pay you, we’re going to let you come back for a million dollars.’”Having signed a three-picture deal, Howard thought he was guaranteed a part in the next two Iron Man movies, but he admits: “I didn’t know it wasn’t a mutually binding contract; it was only beneficial for them and they could bring me back or not. They can honor it or not. And you know they made a great deal, Don (Cheadle) and Robert (Downey Jr.) they get along well. But the best thing that happened as a result of it, I went back to school and finished and got my doctorate in chemical engineering. And now I have a company where we grow diamonds. That’s going to replace the silicon in computers; that’s going to replace all gemstones. So, if that hadn’t happened, I would never have gone back [to school].” The thing that is so interesting about this is that he went and got a doctorate. This is a multi-talented man!
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Casting is a tricky process, even more so when you’re talking multiple-picture deals for an aspiring franchise. When superhero movies began booming again, Terrence Howard seemed poised to stick with the Iron Man movies, having deftly played Tony Stark’s oft-conflicted, ever-stern friend Rhodey in the first film. But when casting news came out on Iron Man 2, we were shocked to learn Howard had been ousted in favor or Don Cheadle. (Who we love, so it was a confusing time!) And we weren’t alone.

At the time, Howard described the move as “the surprise of a lifetime,” revealing he’d heard about the change-up through the press, not a call from Marvel Entertainment. Ouch. You’d think after that he’d have an axe to grind, but while promoting his new movie Dead Man Down on the radio show Sway in the Morning (via Total Film), he was pretty forthcoming and surprisingly not bitter. Howard claims Cheadle was always the studio’s first choice, so when it came time to cast Iron Man 2, they basically offered Howard a deal he could refuse.

Paid $4.5 million for the first film, his contract suggested he’d get $8 for a sequel. However, he explains, “The second time, [the studio] said, ‘We think the movie will be successful with or without you. So, instead of the $8m that we said we were gonna’ pay you, we’re going to let you come back for a million dollars.’”

Having signed a three-picture deal, Howard thought he was guaranteed a part in the next two Iron Man movies, but he admits:

“I didn’t know it wasn’t a mutually binding contract; it was only beneficial for them and they could bring me back or not. They can honor it or not. And you know they made a great deal, Don (Cheadle) and Robert (Downey Jr.) they get along well. But the best thing that happened as a result of it, I went back to school and finished and got my doctorate in chemical engineering. And now I have a company where we grow diamonds. That’s going to replace the silicon in computers; that’s going to replace all gemstones. So, if that hadn’t happened, I would never have gone back [to school].”

The thing that is so interesting about this is that he went and got a doctorate. This is a multi-talented man!

It'€™s the Pattern that'€™s the Problem | Rich in Color

The problem isn’t that these characters are white—the problem is that they all are. Last year, NPR posted a list of the 100 best ever teen novels (as voted by NPR’s 87% white audience), and only two of those books featured protagonists who were people of color. (A third book split the POV between three white girls and one Latina.) Readers submitted over 1,200 titles, which were narrowed down by a panel of experts to just 235 books. But even with an extra 135 books thrown in, an NPR assistant only found four additional titles starring people of color.

…White boy finds out he’s the chosen one, white girl overthrows corrupt society, white boy finds a doomed love, white girl goes on epic road trip to discover herself, white boy becomes a man, white girl becomes a woman, everyone else plays either a supporting role or functions as sentient scenery—that pattern is the problem.

Audrey Gonzalez of Rich in Color talks about looking for characters that look like her.

femmeforeverybody: Nichelle Nichols (Uhura on the original series):”Whoopi Goldberg, she’s just marvellous. I had no way of knowing that she was a Star Trek fan. When I finally met her it was her first year on the Next Generation. She loved the show so much and she told her agent she wants a role on Star Trek. Well agents go ‘Big screen, little screen, no, you can’t do that’. Well you can’t tell Whoopi ‘You can’t do that’. And so they finally asked, and they had the same reaction at Star Trek office, specifically Gene. And she said, ‘I want to meet him and I want him to tell me to my face. If he tells me he doesn’t want me and why, I’ll be fine.’ Knowing Gene he had to take that challenge, and so he met with her. She said, ‘I just wanted you to tell me why you don’t want me in Star Trek.’ Gene said, ‘Well, I’ll just ask you one question and I’ll make my decision on that. You’re a big screen star, why do you want to be on a little screen, why do you want to be in Star Trek?’ And she looked at him and she said, ‘Well, it’s all Nichelle Nichols’ fault.’ That threw him, he said, ‘What do you mean?’ She said, ‘Well when I was nine years old Star Trek came on,’ and she said, ‘I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, “Come here, mum, everybody, come quick, come quick, there’s a black lady on television and she ain’t no maid!”’ And she said, ‘I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be, and I want to be on Star Trek.’ And he said, ‘I’ll write you a role.’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/nichols/page4.shtml
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femmeforeverybody: Nichelle Nichols (Uhura on the original series):”Whoopi Goldberg, she’s just marvellous. I had no way of knowing that she was a Star Trek fan. When I finally met her it was her first year on the Next Generation. She loved the show so much and she told her agent she wants a role on Star Trek. Well agents go ‘Big screen, little screen, no, you can’t do that’. Well you can’t tell Whoopi ‘You can’t do that’. And so they finally asked, and they had the same reaction at Star Trek office, specifically Gene. And she said, ‘I want to meet him and I want him to tell me to my face. If he tells me he doesn’t want me and why, I’ll be fine.’ Knowing Gene he had to take that challenge, and so he met with her. She said, ‘I just wanted you to tell me why you don’t want me in Star Trek.’ Gene said, ‘Well, I’ll just ask you one question and I’ll make my decision on that. You’re a big screen star, why do you want to be on a little screen, why do you want to be in Star Trek?’ And she looked at him and she said, ‘Well, it’s all Nichelle Nichols’ fault.’ That threw him, he said, ‘What do you mean?’ She said, ‘Well when I was nine years old Star Trek came on,’ and she said, ‘I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, “Come here, mum, everybody, come quick, come quick, there’s a black lady on television and she ain’t no maid!”’ And she said, ‘I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be, and I want to be on Star Trek.’ And he said, ‘I’ll write you a role.’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/nichols/page4.shtml
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femmeforeverybody: Nichelle Nichols (Uhura on the original series):”Whoopi Goldberg, she’s just marvellous. I had no way of knowing that she was a Star Trek fan. When I finally met her it was her first year on the Next Generation. She loved the show so much and she told her agent she wants a role on Star Trek. Well agents go ‘Big screen, little screen, no, you can’t do that’. Well you can’t tell Whoopi ‘You can’t do that’. And so they finally asked, and they had the same reaction at Star Trek office, specifically Gene. And she said, ‘I want to meet him and I want him to tell me to my face. If he tells me he doesn’t want me and why, I’ll be fine.’ Knowing Gene he had to take that challenge, and so he met with her. She said, ‘I just wanted you to tell me why you don’t want me in Star Trek.’ Gene said, ‘Well, I’ll just ask you one question and I’ll make my decision on that. You’re a big screen star, why do you want to be on a little screen, why do you want to be in Star Trek?’ And she looked at him and she said, ‘Well, it’s all Nichelle Nichols’ fault.’ That threw him, he said, ‘What do you mean?’ She said, ‘Well when I was nine years old Star Trek came on,’ and she said, ‘I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, “Come here, mum, everybody, come quick, come quick, there’s a black lady on television and she ain’t no maid!”’ And she said, ‘I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be, and I want to be on Star Trek.’ And he said, ‘I’ll write you a role.’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/nichols/page4.shtml
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femmeforeverybody:

Nichelle Nichols (Uhura on the original series):”Whoopi Goldberg, she’s just marvellous. I had no way of knowing that she was a Star Trek fan. When I finally met her it was her first year on the Next Generation.

She loved the show so much and she told her agent she wants a role on Star Trek. Well agents go ‘Big screen, little screen, no, you can’t do that’. Well you can’t tell Whoopi ‘You can’t do that’.

And so they finally asked, and they had the same reaction at Star Trek office, specifically Gene. And she said, ‘I want to meet him and I want him to tell me to my face. If he tells me he doesn’t want me and why, I’ll be fine.’

Knowing Gene he had to take that challenge, and so he met with her. She said, ‘I just wanted you to tell me why you don’t want me in Star Trek.’

Gene said, ‘Well, I’ll just ask you one question and I’ll make my decision on that. You’re a big screen star, why do you want to be on a little screen, why do you want to be in Star Trek?’

And she looked at him and she said, ‘Well, it’s all Nichelle Nichols’ fault.’

That threw him, he said, ‘What do you mean?’

She said, ‘Well when I was nine years old Star Trek came on,’ and she said, ‘I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, “Come here, mum, everybody, come quick, come quick, there’s a black lady on television and she ain’t no maid!”’ And she said, ‘I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be, and I want to be on Star Trek.’

And he said, ‘I’ll write you a role.’

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/nichols/page4.shtml

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Poor Emma, when she turned eighteen, then the paparazzi just became criminals, in my view. In what other context could five men chase a woman down an alley, and it be ok?

Daniel Radcliffe 

this so needed to be said (via littlemissmutant)

I like DanRad a lot, but I’m adding this from Sienna Miller too, because dammit, it has been said, by a woman who has experienced it, and it needs to keep being said:

‘I was a 21-year-old girl and there were times when eight large men were chasing me down dark alleys — and because they had cameras it was thought to be alright.’ 

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