Doing some press for what must be the upcoming feature Pride VH1 had a chance to ask star Terrence Howard about his part in Iron Man as he plays Tony Stark/Iron Man’s friend Jim Rhodes. Howard talked about his character’s desire to have Iron Man’s powers and the turn into War Machine. Who is War Machine? Yeah, if you aren’t a comic guy, like me, you can just read the excerpt from VH1 below for the answer:
“Seeing Iron Man [do] battle [in] the original suit that he made — crashing into a car and flipping me off like I’m nothing — [it doesn’t] even affect him! Me? [My character will be] sitting there waiting — lusting for the opportunity to have my own power.”
As one of the few people who know Stark’s secret identity in the original comic series, Rhodes takes over as Iron Man when Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) relapses into debilitating alcoholism. Director Jon Favreau has said that Downey will carry out the alcoholic plot line in the second “Iron Man” movie.
Stark soon returns, building an even higher-powered version of the Iron Man suit: the War Machine. Rhodes eventually dons the War Machine armor in the comic to fight crime alongside his lifelong friend, and the intense “Hustle & Flow” actor said he’s looking forward to the action.
“That’s what I’m looking for, [but] depending on the success of the first one, War Machine [won’t be in until] the second one,” Howard revealed about plans for his character. “[It’s cool] because when I create my own War Machine stuff, I put some extra artillery on there.”
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Iron Man hits theaters May 2008.
