War Machine’s Don Cheadle reveals he was only given two hours to decide if he wanted to join the MCU
Actor Don Cheadle, who has played James Rhodes/War Machine in the MCU since 2010’s Iron Man 2, was at his kid’s birthday party when he was asked to join Marvel and sign a six-movie deal. revealed that he had attended
As reported by variety, Cheadle has spoken GQ Magazine We talked about how he took over the role of War Machine from Terrence Howard and secured his place in the MCU.
“I was at a kid’s laser tag birthday party,” Cheadle said. Next guy.This is going to happen very fast.Why don’t you take an hour and decide if you want to do it or not.It was a 6 movie deal for him!I have to decide in 1 hour mosquito?”
Although he knew about Iron Man 2, he wasn’t given specific details about which films he would be part of.
“It’s going to be these Avengers and this is it, so I have to say yes or no.
When Cheadle asked about his character arc throughout these films, Marvel said, “I don’t know anything about it, but this is it, so we have an hour.”
Cheadle was at a child’s birthday party and was able to negotiate a deadline of two hours.
“So we were playing laser tag for two hours, talking to my wife, thinking about it, talking to agents, trying to get as much information as possible,” Cheadle said.
It was clearly a good decision for Cheadle, as he’s been a supporting actor in the MCU for 12 years and is preparing to lead the upcoming Armor Wars movie.
“With every successive film, he’s stepping out more and more of Tony’s shadow and becoming his own person,” said Cheadle. That’s what this movie is about. ”
Armor Wars was originally planned as a Disney+ series. will be a feature film that is said to go into production in 2023.
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