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
-Terrence Howard is on JR podcast/radio show for some reason? This is the only clip i’ve listened to.
-He talks about being betrayed by Marvel and Robert Downey Jr.
-He was the first actor cast for Iron Man and negotiated a 3-film deal wherein his salary would increase 4mill per film.
-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.
-He also talks about a gf blackmailing him as he taped everything (phone sex, sex,etc..) back then for his safety against any potential false allegations. She put it on her computer and lied about deleting it and threatened to release it when he broke up with her.
