Terrence Howard was nominated for Best Actor for Hustle and Flow, playing a Memphis pimp attempting a rap career, and did his own vocals.
Crash, Ray and Iron Man filled out the same period, and he was replaced in the Marvel sequel by Don Cheadle over a contract dispute he has discussed publicly.
Empire gave him a long television lead. Multiple domestic violence allegations and increasingly unusual public statements have dominated coverage of him in recent years.
Don CheadleCrash (2005) rates 4 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Paul Haggis assembled a multi-strand Los Angeles film in which every character holds one racial attitude the plot then corrects, won Best Picture over Brokeback Mountain, and has spent…
Hugh JackmanPrisoners (2013) rates 9 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Two girls disappear on Thanksgiving and one of their fathers abducts and tortures the man he believes responsible. Roger Deakins shot it, Villeneuve directed it, and the film refuses…
Jodie FosterNeil Jordan's 2007 NYC vigilante film. Jodie Build as a radio host transformed by trauma.
Andre BenjaminJohn Singleton's 2005 Detroit revenge film. Wahlberg, Tyrese, André Benjamin, Garrett Hedlund as adopted brothers.
Clark GreggRobert Downey Jr.'s strongest moments buried under franchise machinery. Black Widow's intro, War Machine's recasting, and Whiplash wasted.
Clark GreggRobert Downey Jr., Jon Favreau, and the cave construction sequence that built a franchise. The casting decision that built Marvel Studios.
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