These days there is a lot of talk about Jonathan Majors on the occasion of the incident of sexist violence that he had with his partner. The actor has been left without a representative and several projects have dispensed with him. Add to that the fact that it looks like more women are going to press charges against him, so at this point I don’t think anyone would be surprised by a possible announcement that he’s been fired from Marvel. However, He wouldn’t be the first actor to leave the MCU through the back door.
Prior to Majors, Marvel already unceremoniously fired two actors, albeit for other reasons. The first to forcibly leave this superhero studio was Terence Howard. At the time, he was the highest paid member of the cast of ‘Iron Man’ -it is estimated that he received about 4 million dollars, while Robert Downey Jr. he only charged 2.5 million for that film-since his name was trading on the rise at that time. Things got complicated, and a lot, when it came time to do ‘Iron Man 2’.
He took my money and kicked me out
Marvel and Howard had agreed to a salary increase in the event that ‘Iron Man 2’ was given the green light, although no one agrees if he would have received 5 or 8 million dollars for his participation. However, when the time came to make it, the studio barely offered Howard $1 million, with the clear hope that he would reject it. Apparently, it had not been too easy to work with him on the set of the first installment, but Howard launched another theory already in 2013:
It turns out that the person I helped become Iron Man, when it came time to rehire me for the second part, took the money that was supposed to be for me and kicked me out.
The dispute between Howard and Downey Jr. was settled amicably several years later, but by then Don Cheadle He had been giving life to James Rhodes for a long time.
About the case of Edward Norton We have already spoken to you on other occasions, but it all boils down to the fact that the actor was much more involved than expected in the development of ‘The Incredible Hulk’ and that generated several conflicts with Marvel. In addition, the economic issue also played a prominent role according to the actor’s agent, but at the moment of truth it was highlighted that the studio needed “an actor who embodies creativity and collaborative spirit“, which led to the hiring of Mark Ruffalo to give life to Bruce Banner from ‘The Avengers’ onwards.
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