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"Drama, drama, drama. Terrence Howard spilled all kinds of secrets on the Nov. 14 episode of Watch What Happens Live, including -- but not limited to -- what really went down between the first and second Iron Man movies, when he was replaced as Lt. Colonel James &amp;quot;Rhodey&amp;quot; Rhodes by Don Cheadle.\r\n&amp;quot;This is going to get me in a lot of trouble,&amp;quot; the Best Man Holiday actor told Bravo&amp;apos;s Andy Cohen. &amp;quot;It turns out that the person that I helped become Iron Man, when it was time to re-up for the second [movie], took the money that was supposed to go to me and pushed me out.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nHoward, 44, didn&amp;apos;t name names, but the person who became Iron Man, of course, is Robert Downey Jr.\r\n&amp;quot;We did a three-picture deal, so that means that you did the deal ahead of time. It was going to be a certain amount for the first one, a certain amount for the second one, a certain amount for the third,&amp;quot; the Oscar nominee explained to Cohen. &amp;quot;They came to me with the second and said, &amp;apos;Look, we will pay you one-eighth of what we contractually had for you, because we think the second one will be successful with or without you.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n(The first Iron Man movie grossed more than $585 million worldwide in its first 14 months. The sequel, Iron Man 2, was the third highest-grossing movie of 2010, and Iron Man 3 has grossed over $1 billion since its release in May 2013.)\r\nHoward said that he tried, to no avail, to get some backup from his pal. &amp;quot;I called my friend -- that I helped get the first job -- and he didn&amp;apos;t call me back for three months,&amp;quot; he claimed, prompting the WWHL audience to break into a chorus of disapproving &amp;quot;oohs.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;How are things now with your friend?&amp;quot; Cohen asked.\r\n&amp;quot;Oh, I love him,&amp;quot; the star replied dryly, without a trace of a smile. &amp;quot;God&amp;apos;s gonna bless him.&amp;quot;\r\nHoward also dished on his near misses, romantically speaking, with some very famous fellow stars. At one point in the night, he claimed that Top Chef standout Padma Lakshmi &amp;quot;came on&amp;quot; to him while the two were filming Mariah Carey&amp;apos;s 2001 bomb Glitter. But he resisted her alleged advances. &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t like dominant women,&amp;quot; he told Cohen.\r\n\r\nOne exception? Beyonce. &amp;quot;Her lap dance skills are like a nine. But her spirit and her intent -- because I tried to talk to her once, and I missed the opportunity, and she was like, &amp;apos;This is what you missed&amp;apos; -- she&amp;apos;s like a 100,&amp;quot; he said.\r\nAsked what he meant when he said he &amp;quot;tried to talk to her,&amp;quot; Howard elaborated: &amp;quot;We had a meeting. I looked at her, she looked at me, there was the kismet.&amp;quot;\r\nAnd then? &amp;quot;And then I tried to talk to her [friend],&amp;quot; he said."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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