Let's talk about Terrence Howard and Iron Man

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

1 milli would have gotten him a place in a billion dollar franchise.... thats when you would refuse to do the third movie unless you got a raise ..



add 5.5 milli to that fam

Why am I adding 5.5?

And he had a place in that billion franchise and the studio told him, point blank, you're insignificant to the success of the film...what makes you think they'd bend to any demand he made after watching him fold after the first film? They probably would have offered him 250k for the final film, like take it or leave it.

 

[Da Jungles]

Of course YOU would've taken that role....thanks for the news flash

Didn't think I would have to spell this out.

I mean if I had done the movies he did and earned the bread he did (basically being in his position) I would have taken it.

Regardless, the point still stands: $1M wasn't going to set it up so your family and their kids wouldn't have to work a 9-5....this ain't 1913

It's not about the one million AT ALL. It's about giving myself MORE opportunities to grow my brand as an actor.

And not just that. Being on these sets (especially big budget films)you have opportunities to build relationships with people. Maybe I get in good with casting directors and that can help my fam get future roles.

You're right though, this isn't 1913. So leave that mind state you have there.

I'm thinking towards the future.

 

[analog]

How much Don getting paid?

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

Didn't think I would have to spell this out.

I mean if I had done the movies he did and earned the bread he did (basically being in his position) I would have taken it.





It's not about the one million AT ALL. It's about giving myself MORE opportunities to grow my brand as an actor.

And not just that. Being on these sets (especially big budget films)you have opportunities to build relationships with people. Maybe I get in good with casting directors and that can help my fam get future roles.

You're right though, this isn't 1913. So leave that mind state you have there.

I'm thinking towards the future.

So then why you act like everything I said in my response was irrelevant? Those 'opportunities' gained from the first blockbuster film amounted to Princess and the Frog. Not being in the second and third films didn't change his 'opportunities' much at all.

 

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[MooseMouthMthafuga]

This unfair practice by Marvel is Don't they know that keeping with the continuity with the cast is vital to the ticket buyers. Ed Norton not being Hulk is

That's one of my complaints with the Avengers.I'm not really feeling Ruffalo as Bruce Banner.


Ed Norton had that "stressed out" look down to a T


Ruffalo should've been cast as a shield agent or some shyt....He would've made a good partner for Agent Coulson

 

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[Ukbrotha]

That's one of my complaints with the Avengers.I'm not really feeling Ruffalo as Bruce Banner.


Ed Norton had that "stressed out" look down to a T


Ruffalo should've been cast as a shield agent or some shyt....He would've made a good partner for Agent Coulson

Partner for Coulson? Ruffalo?

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

1 milli or zero.. which is the higher number?

You gonna answer my question with a question, tho?
Why add 5.5?


With regards to your question, obviously $1M is greaterd than 0...so is $1k, doesn't mean he should agree to do the film for that amount if the studio wont budge. You and I both would recommend walking away from that deal. I'd also recommended walking away from a deal that involves a 75% pay cut on a project with a bigger budget that is expected to make even more money....apparently you think that's acceptable.

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

iron man 1 did 500 milli, the second one did 600 milli and the third did 1.2 billi... not being in the last two wouldnt have changed his oppurtunities

Try as you may, you can't ignore the fact that being on that 500M movie did practically nothing for his career. Being in the other two wouldn't have either.

 

[Just like bruddas]

should have taken the milli


regardless Don is a much better actor

 

[PIFF101]

That's one of my complaints with the Avengers.I'm not really feeling Ruffalo as Bruce Banner.


Ed Norton had that "stressed out" look down to a T


Ruffalo should've been cast as a shield agent or some shyt....He would've made a good partner for Agent Coulson

You can thank Marvel for that

At least we don't have Eric Bana as Hulk anymore

 

[Da Jungles]

So then why you act like everything I said in my response was irrelevant? Those 'opportunities' gained from the first blockbuster film amounted to Princess and the Frog. Not being in the second and third films didn't change his 'opportunities' much at all.

You can't seem to understand that we don't know how things would have played out if he stayed. You act like just because he did one film, that's a sure fire way to know how things would have happened after film 2 and 3.

My thing is, I'd rather stay around opportunity(just for the possibility) then to walk away from it. But hey, what do I know? It's not like we can see how this played out with him walking away straight to $60,000 roles....oh wait

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

You can't seem to understand that we don't know how things would have played out if he stayed. You act like just because he did one film, that's a sure fire way to know how things would have happened after film 2 and 3.

My thing is, I'd rather stay around opportunity(just for the possibility) then to walk away from it. But hey, what do I know? It's not like we can see how this played out with him walking away straight to $60,000 roles....oh wait

No, I act like that empirical evidence is a lot stronger than y'all pontificating on what you think would have happened.

Remember Y'ALL are the ones asserting that he missed out on all this 'opportunity', I'm just refuting that.

 

[Egomaniacal1]

Scust @ nikkas talking about he should taken the $1M.

Y'all some spineless chumps.

Agreed.

They(Marvel) tried to play him to the left to make RDJ the sole starring role. He's wasn't overpaid on the first if that's what they decided he was worth enough to pay him that amount for the first one....and before it even began shooting no less!!

There's no way in the hell you take that kind of pay cut without at least negotiating some way to compensate for the reduced salary...ie a much bigger role in the next two movies or making the money backend off the next movies profit. Matter of fact Howard was the biggest star in the first Iron Man so of course he should have gotten paid. Both RDJ and Gwyneth Paltrow hadn't been in anything substantial in YEARS.

End of the day i'd love to know if there were any real negotiations, and thus a breakdown in those negotiations, about his pay between Marvel and Howard.... or was it a take it or leave it type thing where basically they are telling him to eat a dikk and if he don't like it he can walk....ie a no win situation.