Terrance Howard Not in Iron Man II: Marvel Didn’t Honor Contract

Terrence Howard is recently ripping into Marvel Comics because they were not able to come to an agreement for the follow up to the smash hit movie Iron Man.

Howard’s character, Col. Jim Rhodes, will be played by Don Cheadle in the highly anticipated sequel.

Marvel reported last year that Howard would not return due to a salary dispute, and that seems to be the case big time if one listens to Howard:

“Marvel made a choice, and it was a very, very bad choice. They didn’t keep their word. They didn’t honor my contract,” Howard tells Parade magazine. “They produced a great bounty with the first one but they put it all in the storehouse and you were not allowed in.

“They did the same thing with Gwyneth Paltrow, from what I’ve been told. They did with almost everyone except Robert Downey. One of the things that actors need to learn to do is always stick together, one for all and all for one.”

Too bad the two parties did not come to terms.  We really liked Howard in the last film and in general as an actor.  These type of disputes make the actor look petty.  However, Howard has good things to say about his Hollywood brother Cheadle:

“I’m definitely looking forward to seeing the movie,” says Howard. “I want to see Don Cheadle become me. No, I want him to do better than me. That’s what I really want to see. Don Cheadle was the reason I got ‘Crash,’ so I have a lot of love for him.”

When it’s all said and done, the bottom line is that Col. Jim Rhodes is no longer a light skinned brotha.  He’s now dark like that dude in Hotel Rwanda.

Iron Man II is due out in 2010.