Marvel Studios Are “Financially Cautious” or Just Cheapskates?

Posted by on 2009/02/26 Leave a comment (4) Go to comments


by Irma Arkus

Hulk was good. Check!
Iron Man was great. Check!
But what about this $250,000 offer to Rourke???

According to NYMag, while Mickey Rourke is celebrated for his career ‘resurrection,’ his new offers are actually not that great. Or maybe it is just Marvel.

Apparently, Marvel Studios are “cautious,” although noone is sure why such cautiousness produces low offers to actors, and lack of contract renewal: Terrence Howard presumably wasn’t appearing in Iron Man 2 not because he didn’t want to, but because he was deemed too expensive.
Don Cheadle gladly took his place though. And Samuel Jackson initially refused to appear as Nick Fury, because the money was simply too low.

Now however, Mickey Rourke was invited to join the Iron Man 2 as a villain, but offered a meager $250,000, which doesn’t sound exactly like one of those paycheques that “real celebrities” are known for (Rourke would be Ivan or Whiplash.)

So, maybe it’s Rourke, and maybe, just maybe, it’s Marvel Studios. [NYMag]

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  • bebela

    not getting swag after all, the resurrected boy. I mean, that’s not necessarily a bad paycheque, considering that he’s been a nobody with plumped lips for a while, and the additional fact that acting in that movie would take approx. 2 weeks of work – take that in comparison to my 50K a year job. That’s still 5 times more than I make in a year! and I am not even talking about expenses here.

  • generalcastro

    hillarious! Marvel not marvellous.

    Bebela, you should totally look for a better pay / job. I hear wrestlers are in demand.

    The movie Wrestler was great, but the reason he is “resurrected” is because he finally has all these parts offered to him. Usually, Oscars are kind of working the opposite magic on people’s careers. I’m glad he’s got another shot at this, I just hope he invests in “de-surgerizing”

  • jojo

    the dude kills himself. I think that this may be an acting comeback, but it still is a comeback of a guy who hit rock bottom, playing a dude who hit rock bottom.

    And the chiuwawa, brrrr.

  • sexwithyourmom

    is fishy. That dude is weird. How come I don’t get to see some other aging actresses on big screen. Is Theron with a few pounds, or Kidman with a bad nose really the best we can do??? As far as I’m concerned, I have some 60k a year, working my ass off, and now they’re telling me that I may have to kneel, and grovel for the dough. Maybe get even “humbler” and “demand less.” And this dude has to “act” as in pretend to be some awesome villain, and he gets some quarter mil for two weeks effort!!! What a bummer. Who’s life’s a bitch now???