Oh boy...here we go. Terrence Howard thinks he made Iron Man.

[huedell]

^^^ I think it's like anything. It's notoriety. When the third picture of a series hits a billion dollars worldwide, that's a nice bullet point on your resume. If the series had fizzled and critics had pronounced the franchise dead by now, I'm sure he would have been out there saying he knew it was "weak material" and why he "walked away".

Yep. As far as publicity goes, it's win/win for the guy that was fine enough being a smaller fish in a big "RJD vehicle" pond UNTIL the dynamics started morphing via RJD or Faverau or whoever.

In fact, I bet Howard would've actually been equally surprised (or equally NOT surprised) had producers accepted his terms for the Iron Man sequel...and if they DID, Howard would've probably publically complained about this, that or the other... cause, apparently these big budget franchises and Howard don't mix well. That's my guess, anyway.

[MysteryWho]

I realize this is a little bit of an aside but...
"Cheadle was an ideal panther to me." - Hedrap
I always thought Djimon Hounsou was the ideal Black Panther.
Maybe that's a topic for another thread though.