Stymie said:

terrence was being set up for the second movie...his character is kind of a big deal in the comic books, and i've heard that jim rhodes is going to have a much more instrumental part in the sequel. don cheadle actually got a pretty sweet deal, though on the other hand there's the risk that he could be thought of as "the iron man dude" forever, while terrence howard won't have that typecasting to worry about.

Anxiety said:

Are you kidding? I think Terrence has BEEN typecast for years as the perpetual pimp. He's the same dude in EVERY movie and he gets on my damn nerves, non-acktin' ass.

SCNDLS said:

is that the kind of typecasting he's looking for? because that certainly wasn't his character in iron man.

Anxiety said:

Maybe not in Iron Man, but if you look at his body of work he is consistently cast as the player, womanizer, living off of women.

SCNDLS said:

you are right, he is the same dude in every movie where cheadle is different every time.

Stymie said:

Cheadle is definitely a character actor with great range and he shoulda been nominated for Talk to Me. But Terrence has always struck me as woefully one-dimensional and got as far as he did cuz SOME people think his ass is attractive. Maybe the producers of Iron Man figured out he was incapable of shouldering more of the focus in the sequel and used the money angle as an excuse to dump his nutty ass.

sextonseven said:

You know I really thought he played his part well in IRONMAN. now that you mention this though he may have pulled a chris tucker manuver with the second friday movie.

JasmineFire said:

perfect for scoopin up some cocaine

Kind of makes his "next time" line from Iron Man all the more ironic...

Shawnt25 said:

Exactly!

ThreadBare said:

I figured

thekidsgirl said:

Actually, he does that because he plays classical guitar. A lot of session and concert musician friends of mine have this as well. Its used to change the tone of your playing as well as increase its volume and speed.

Ottensen said:

that makes more sense than my cocain suspision... he does have a new new album.

PEJ said:

Dude has always played, though. I dont know about his singing skills, but he has always had a reputation as a decent player. That reminds me of when the movie The Best Man came out. People were unaware that he had worked as a musician before, and I remember a horribly condescending review in the Miami Herald that said it was a far stretch of the imagination to expect the audience to actually BELIEVE a black man would could be virtuoso playing Spanish guitar. The dumbass reviewer didnt know that Howard was actually a musician and the scene was filmed of his own playing by his own hand.

Anyhoo, long nails are for the plucking hand. You can play with short nails as well, it gives greater sensitivity to your playing, and puts you in direct contact with the strings, but again it can sacrifice your speed.

Ottensen said:

Yep. All of my classic guitar teachers had long finger nails.

Anxiety said:

he definitely sucked as a military man.

i was like

he'll forever be "that dude" in Dead President's that got his ass beat by Lorenzo Tate with a pool cue.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

me either.

Ottensen said:

I gives a fuck, that shit is still GROSS!

ya know.....it's hard out there for a pimp!

thekidsgirl said:

I agree! I really hate it when all the other nails are short and then BAM! Long ass pinky nail. I'm like, "Whatchu need that for? Snortin yo coke later?"

PEJ said:

He must've asked for an insane amount of money. I know he's Terrance Howard and a lot of ladies love him (I thought he was handsome 'til I saw them nails), but shoot he's not the main star!

Moonstar319 said:

Those nails killed it!!!