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Maybe, maybe not. They're good at casting their roles so losing Downey Jr. isn't an impossible task its a setback. They can also decide to put Tony Stark in "retirement" for a few years then bring him back with a new actor. It's not like they can't come up with a new franchise to replace Iron Man's briefly. This isn't WB or Fox.
edit: They can put Rhodey in as Stark's replacement in Avengers 2 if need be.
Beyond both time & space this wound hurt me.
What?? Hell no they can't replace RDJ with Rhodey. Replacing a juggernaut of charisma and energy with the "everyman" character?? No.
Don Cheadle deserves a big role in future Marvel movies, I say
Yeah, they can't do that. All the other characters might have a chance to shine if they did that!
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the interplay between he and Tony was aces, and while I wouldn't want to give that up I'm sure Cheadle could bring plenty of that to the billion other heroes he would be interacting with in an Avengers movie
he got like
a hundred million dollars
He made an incredible sum of money off of Avengers because he got a portion of the profits. I think the end total was 50 million for him?
He's just throwing his weight around because he is in a position to renegotiate his contract and Marvel is lowballing the other actors who are still under contract.
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He made an incredible sum of money off of Avengers because he got a portion of the profits. I think the end total was 50 million for him?
He's just throwing his weight around because he is in a position to renegotiate his contract and Marvel is lowballing the other actors who are still under contract.
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No, that was Whedon. RDJ is looking at somewhere around 70-80 all said and done.
However, Avengers 2 without RDJ would feel weird. Pay the man a stupid amount of money for that, and put the Iron Man series on pause for a bit. For Christ's sake it is already a sequel ahead of Thor and Captain America and there are still a number of viable other heroes that could pull off a solo film.
I mean, yes they are getting paid huge sums of money regardless but they aren't really being greedy at all. Marvel is offering Hemsworth less than he got for being in Snow White and the Huntsman to return in Avengers 2, the sequel to the third highest grossing film of all time.
They're being really stingy and cheap.
Saying "well they should be happy with what they are getting" is kind of missing the point, Marvel isn't offering anywhere near what pretty much any other studio would be in this situation.
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Only 70 million.
He gets a % of the international gross.
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I mean the dude is just fucking awesome and well traveled and is so close to what I'd want from Stephen Strange.
Also I'm pretty sure he'd actually learn sorcery for the role, so...
Yeah I honestly don't give a shit
if you think you absolutely deserve, say, ten million instead of five million for a movie you made, then fine, negotiate for it, but I don't think it is massively morally defensible to do so. Perhaps not morally wrong, but I do kind of want to say to these people "you are rich as fuck stop complaining."
But his career was in the trash when Iron Man came out and revitalized it. They got him cheap because people didnt want to go near him after his drug/drink issues, so Iron Man is a big reason why he blew up again.
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You can't give all the big name actors a cut of the gross.
Part of it is going the be consistent, high paying work. That's why there are multiple movie contracts.
There is a reason people thought Avengers was a pipe dream, reason one being the salary of so many A-listers.
No surprise that Natalie Portman was referenced in a through away line and not in the movie.
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I have very, very little problems with actors/directors trying to achieve greater sums of money in their industry.
They are just being incredibly lowballed. Hemsworth got, comparatively to the grosses of Thor and The Avengers, a tiny raise for Thor 2 and is probably being offered something similar for Avengers 2. And it was still less than what he made doing Snow White.
Marvel doesn't have to pay the whole cast 70 million bucks each, but they shouldn't be surprised that they are asking for raises after Avengers made 1.51 billion dollars. There's being thrifty and there's being dumb.
It seems like they are stuck in the mentality they were circa Iron Man and Incredible Hulk and such when the MCU wasn't a blockbuster factory and they weren't on top of the world.
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They are just being incredibly lowballed. Hemsworth got, comparatively to the grosses of Thor and The Avengers, a tiny raise for Thor 2 and is probably being offered something similar for Avengers 2. And it was still less than what he made doing Snow White.
Marvel doesn't have to pay the whole cast 70 million bucks each, but they shouldn't be surprised that they are asking for raises after Avengers made 1.51 billion dollars. There's being thrifty and there's being dumb.
It seems like they are stuck in the mentality they were circa Iron Man and Incredible Hulk and such when the MCU wasn't a blockbuster factory and they weren't on top of the world.
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IIRC this is a pittance compared to what CEO's for major corporations get. That's why I'm not too upset for actors getting paid very well for their work. Director's can be expensive, too.
Portman was on maternity leave for Avengers. And her character wasn't really needed for the movie.
the only one in the cast approaching a-lister status is downey jr.
and that's generous
so I guess that is me
It's going to be satisfying being able to read all the spoilers
He'd fill in for Iron Man being a super-hero in a armored suit but not replace Tony Stark. Rhodey would have a very different relationship with the team. I think he'd become friends with Cap quickly. It'd nice to see him reacting to Black Widow, too.
One could argue Samuel L. Jackson is an A-list actor.
a 99% rate
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