Don Cheadle on Replacing Terrence Howard in "Iron ...

IGN had the chance to speak to Don Cheadle about his reaction to finding out that he would be replacing Terrence Howard as Jim Rhodes in the upcoming "Iron Man" sequel.

"I got a phone call from my agent saying they were offering me the part," said Cheadle. "That was kind of it. It happened very fast, and I had a very short time to answer. Literally, overnight. I was unaware of what was happening with Terrence. And when they called me I asked what was going on with Terrence. I've worked with Terrence, I've known Terrence for a long time. And they said they were moving away from him. So it's not like I was taking Terrence's job, because the job was already gone. Someone else was going to do the part. I don't know who the next person in line was, but that's who they were going to. And I literally had a few hours to accept the job or not."

Cheadle says that he had to make the decision to take the role without seeing the script. "I can't reveal anything because I've seen nothing," he explained. "There's no script yet. All I know is as much as you know, that Rhodey looked at that suit and said, 'Next time.' So I imagine I'm going to be in a suit."

He also confirmed that the part of Rhodes will be expanded. "I think the part will be bigger, obviously," he said. "I mean, in the comic book, if you just read the comic books, you know that character becomes pretty instrumental in Iron Man's life, so it's not a sidebar character. It's kind of integral to the story."

Do you prefer Cheadle or Howard in the role?