{"id":179512,"date":"2023-01-07T04:38:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T04:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/don-cheadle-signed-marvel-contract-for-6-films-had-an-hour-to-decide\/"},"modified":"2023-01-07T04:38:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T04:38:45","slug":"don-cheadle-signed-marvel-contract-for-6-films-had-an-hour-to-decide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/don-cheadle-signed-marvel-contract-for-6-films-had-an-hour-to-decide\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Cheadle Signed Marvel Contract for 6 Films, Had an Hour to Decide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tDon Cheadle might not be one of the six original Avengers, but he’s been a mainstay in the Marvel Cinematic Universe for 12 years and counting. Cheadle debuted as James \u201cRhodey\u201d Rhodes\/War Machine in 2010’s \u201cIron Man 2,\u201d taking over for Terrence Howard. In a new retrospective interview with GQ magazine, Cheadle said Marvel gave him only two hours to decide if he wanted to join \u201cIron Man 2\u201d and sign a six-movie contract with the studio. <\/p>\n

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\t\u201cI was at my kid’s laser tag birthday party,\u201d Cheadle said. \u201cThey called me and said, ‘This is what’s happening and we’re giving you the offer. If you don’t say yes then we’re going to the next person. This is going to happen very fast. Why don’t you take an hour and decide if you want to do it.’ It was a six-movie deal! In an hour I have to decide?\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tCheadle asked Marvel what the additional five movies would be, to which Marvel said, \u201cIt’s going to be these Avengers and this is what it is, so you have to say yes or no.\u201d Cheadle asked what the trajectory of his character would be, to which Marvel responded, \u201cWe do n’t know any of that but this is what it is so you’ve got an hour.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tOnly when Cheadle explained that he was at his child’s birthday party did Marvel extend the timeline to two hours. The actor added, \u201cSo we played laser tag for two hours and I was talking to my wife and we thought about it and talked to my agent and tried to get as much information as we could.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tCheadle accepted the role, which threw him into the world of CGI and green-screen filmmaking. The actor said that Marvel isn’t so far off from more dramatic fare at its core, explaining, \u201cYou’re trying to do the same thing always, which is to try and create circumstances for your character to step into inside your own head so that you believe what it is you’re doing, and then the audience can believe.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tAfter 12 years as an MCU supporting actor, Cheadle is gearing up to lead the upcoming \u201cArmor Wars\u201d movie. Cheadle said of the project, \u201cIn every successive film, he’s coming more and more out of Tony’s shadow and becoming his own person. But we still haven’t explored who he is and really dug into that yet. That’s what the movie is for.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tWatch Cheadle’s GQ video interview below.<\/p>\n

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