Terrence Howard Iron Man
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Every good superhero needs a sidekick. But only a guy like Iron Man would make a sidekick out of a colonel.
Terrence Howard plays the part of Lt. Colonel James Rhodes in the 2008 movie Iron Man. A constant companion of lead character (and eventual Iron Man) Tony Stark, Rhodes is an important secondary character who’s responsible for not only finding Stark in the desert after he’s been kidnapped by terrorists but helping his friend navigate the tricky life of a millionaire and a superhero rolled into one.
Howard is an Iron Man fan of old, as Rhodes featured into the comics quite predominantly not only as a friend of Stark but as another superhero, War Machine. If there are future Iron Man movies Howard will almost certainly get to suit up of his own accord.
Howard and Robert Downey Jr. (who played Tony Stark) were apparently friendly rivals behind the scenes, constantly trying to one-up each other when it came to keeping in shape for the movie.