Don Cheadle Had 2 Hours to Agree to Be in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Marvel Studiosreally moved chop-chop to find an thespian to step into the role of Colonel James Rhodes afterTerrence Howardwas recast . Before his launching in Iron - Man 2,Don Cheadleexplained in avideo consultation with GQ , his journeying to becoming Rhodey involved a portentous call at a most unexpected billet .

“ I was at my kid ’s optical maser tag birthday party , ” Cheadle apportion . “ They send for me and enounce , ‘ This is what ’s encounter and we ’re giving you the go . If you do n’t say yes then we ’re decease to the next somebody . This is going to happen very fast . Why do n’t you take an hour and resolve if you want to do it . ’ It was a six - motion picture quite a little ! In an hour I have to decide ? ” Talk about a knock-down natal day wishing — make us wonder if his Thomas Kid manifest this for him .

Cheadle got Marvel to give him an supererogatory hour after excuse he was in the eye of a birthday political party , which they graciously agreed to . He mull it over while tire out laser armor and church bench - pewing , an activity - hero scenario that makes the whole thing seem mean to be . “ I was talking to my wife and we thought about it , and talked to my broker and tried to get as much information as we could , ” he say , noting there was n’t much information whatsoever at that point : “ It ’s die to be these Avengers and this is what it is , so you have to say yes or no . ” Cheadle also expect about the character ’s trajectory , to which they respond , “ We do n’t know any of that , but this is what it is , so you ’ve beget an 60 minutes . ”

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Now , of course , we know a lot more about Rhodey ’s journeying , with more to arrive in Armor Wars — originally planned as a Disney+ Marvel series , but now slated to bea feature film motion picture .

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