Rockwell "Crossing His Fingers" for Iron Man 2

whichever characters are picked for the Iron Man2 villains I think Favreau has earned a little bit of faith. If he wants Whiplash then that is completely fine.

marvel has no choice but to cost cut theyve got alot of big budget films in the next few years, and since theyre producing themselves money is gonna be tight besides. OH AND SUCH A 'SHAME' THAT ACTORS CANT LIVE OFF A MEASLY $250,000, NOT LIKE THE OTHER 99% OF THE WORLD...

Rourke didn't get paid for The Wrestler. So what now? his head swelled up because of his award and $250,000 isn't good enough?

First his sniveling about Sin City 2 (having to sit 3 hours for make-up during the first one) and now he's thumbing his nose at a quarter million dollars, what a little bitch.

Marvel Studios is still at an infant stage for a company, what Iron Man made didn't all go into their pockets, they had bills to pay. Besides, I'd rather see the bulk of production budget spent on SFX and overall quality of the film. If the actors want to be apart of something great, they should curb the egos.

Sam Rockwell was brilliant in the movie "CHOKE" i think he'll add something good to IRONMAN.

rockwell shmockwell!!!

go with the mandarin storyline...they hinted at in the 1st movie so let it

ps

rourke should reconsider his role in sin city 2!!

Is the movie Iron Man 2 or Whiplash origins? Favreau could make this movie great even if he only had Gary Coleman to play Whiplash,That being said I hope Rourke will still consider the role but not a disaster if he chooses not. Still alot of great actors to choose from just maybe not Gary Coleman yet

I wonder how much more than 250k he gets for all those independent films he does.

Ok thats it, im convinced supermike posts this crap on purpose..or is a pretender...is that you ion??

Supermike is like a mosquito over here. He'll say like little snips of stupidity and then disappear but you'll still be itching at it for hours. Go buy a hug

Oh and I agree 100000% with Weapon X

Seriously, $250k is not a lot for a major hollywood production!!! I really cannot believe that is all they offered Rourke or would offer Rockwell(unless it was a brief cameo ala Sam Jackson). But if it's a substantial role Rourke could easily demand(due to his comeback and his stature now)at the least 10x that amount...and that would be a bargain and really not that much of a dent in the total budget. Rockwell can't demand as much $$$, but definitely a lot more than $250k!!! Remember, in order to make money, you have to spend money!Five or 6 more million to get great talent aboard will not make or break Marvel Studios! They are guaranteed to make a big profit off a sequel!!!As long as an actor's asking price is reasonable and akin to their talent, I refuse to believe Marvel Studios wouldn't pay an actor a decent wage! They aren't that foolhardy and don't need that kind of reputation.

Bring Terrance Howard back. :(

Wow. 3 posts in one 24 Hr period. The most I've done in 3 weeks. Anyway, If he doesn't want the 250k, give it to me, I'll gain about 60 Lbs and wear some platforms to be Dynamo. I could totally use that 1/4 mil for sure!

As for the INSIDIOUS thought from my good Irish buddy ROR that I may be Supermike; PLEASE GOD NO! I never thought my witty sarcasm and altruistic realism would garner me a spot next to THAT guy. I may be extremely imaginative, but I couldn't come up with a personality that is so...How do I put this; COMPLETELY devoid of an original thought or any semblance of wit or knowledge of the medium he is trying ever so "galanty" to undermine. That statement alone just shot way over his head so now he has to try (I give him 2 days to analyze and make sense of the big words I just used) and respond with some rhetoric that;

A.) Won't garner any more (or less) respect for himself; as nobody truly cares for him beyond pissing on his smoldering ember of what we would call a "train of thought".

or

B.) Will most likely be something so infantile and full of grammatical errors that all he will accomplish is a small realization that we don't even have enough pity for him to laugh at his elementary-esque quips. If you can even call them "quips".

Thanks for the shoutout guys. I do appreciate that people actually remember who I am. Not like I'm some famous uber-magnate or anything. But, recognition is nice, and well recieved.

As for the concerns about my absence: SHAMAN, Rorscach01, El Beaster, grif, iNSane, Weapon X, Paraschythe and for all the rest of you here I have yet to meet, I leave you with this:
7 days boys and girls. Count 'em down!
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Scarface... You are right about Terrance Howard. Favreau was not a huge fan of Terrence. Alot of what TW did endt up on the cutting room floor, Favreau and Marvel were not very happy with his performance. Seeing that he was the highest paid on the film. They dont want to make that mistake again.

We hardly hear about the extras actors get. But every actor get points on the back end. There are 100 points to hand out, usually the producers and directors get the majority. But the main stars will get points also. When an actor works for scale, on a movie like this, he is taking his pay on the back end. Because of the prospective B.O. for this movie. If the budget is 150mill, and they spend another 20mill on ads. The producers have to pay all that back, and anything left afterwards gets divided up according to the points. Main star would get 5-10 points, others would get 3-7. That stuff can add up quick.

For example... The first IronMan had a budget of 140mill. Worldwide B.O. was 582 million, cut that in half, the theaters get that half. Then lets say they spend 15mill on ads, and another 20 on the movie prints. Thats 175, and probally very low. But after the studio and distributor gets paid back, that leaves approx 116mill left of the total WW B.O. Marvel would get a small cut at this point. Then the producers would have around 100 mill left over to split up. If you got 5 points on the back, you would get a check for 5mill. Even just 1 point, and you get a check for 1 mill. Just about every main player in a movie gets some kind of points on the back end.

Ill guess Rourke is getting 3-6, which would be great for this movie.

In reverse.. If you make a deal like that, but the movie bombs.. Too bad, no back end money. You only get that back end money if the movie acctually makes money.

So my previous estimate of Rourke making 4 million all told, it probally low.