Don Cheadle is an actor who has been a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for several years, making it clear that the War Machine character belongs to him and that he serves as a loyal vigilante on the Avengers team. But although the superhero has been present in the most important adventures of the saga, the American interpreter believes for CBR that Marvel Studios has not taken the time to study it in depth and hopes that it will be done later, in other productions.
Colonel James Rupert “Rhodey” Rhodes, better known as War Machine, first appeared in Iron Man – El Hombre de Hierro (93%) , however, in that 2008 film the role was not taken by Cheadle , but by Terrence Howard , who left Marvel Studios after the first film after not being satisfied with the salary offer for the sequel and the appearance of some problems with Robert Downey Jr. He was soon replaced by Don and he took it upon himself to be the face of the character in all the pertinent MCU movies.
For Marvel Studios, Cheadle played War Machine in Iron Man 2 (72%) , Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Captain Marvel (cameo), Avengers: Endgame (95 %) , Falcon and the Winter Soldier (cameo) and What If…? (84%) The truth is that we know very little about Rhodney beyond his position in the army and his close friendship with Tony Stark, and that is precisely what Don objects to now, that his hero is practically unknown in the eyes of all the public:
Don Cheadle will appear as Rhodney in Armor Wars , an ambitious new Marvel Studios production in which he will play one of the main characters. The 58-year-old actor also commented on some details of the film, including that, after the death of Iron Man, many wrong people are accessing Stark Tech, and that it will be the responsibility of War Machine to prevent it. The Hotel Rwanda star is very excited about what’s to come for his hero:
And as Marvel does, it’s also an opportunity to take the mythology and turn it on its head a little bit and find different ways to tell the story, so it’s doing that and it’s done that in spades.
Marvel Studios ended phase 4 withBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever (88%)YGuardians Of The Galaxy: Holiday Special (90%), and does not intend to waste time. In the last few days he has devoted himself fully to his following productions and we have already had advances ofAnt-Man and the Wasp: QuantumaniaYGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, adventures that will bring us more of the characters we all know and that will develop the new saga a little more, presenting an arch-villain who will surely give future Avengers a lot of trouble.
Although many agree that there is a saturation of superheroes in the market right now, the truth is that fans do not stop consuming Marvel Studios products, and that with each new release we see completely full movie theaters. Perhaps in the distant future we will run out of copious superhero movies, but it won’t be right now or in the near future. Marvel Studios and the newly revamped DC Films still have a lot to offer.