It seems the global recession really is affecting everbody; including Hollywood.

Variety have reported that Marvel Studios have offered Mickey Rourke a platry $250k to play the bad guy in their upcoming Iron Man 2.

$250k to play the main villain in the sequel to a movie that took $540 million (not including DVD sales) is insulting.  Especially when you take into consideration how hot Mickey Rourke’s career is right now.

If Marvel are not careful they could end up replacing their biggest stars.  This is very suprising and completely confusing as to why they would make such a paltry offer.  The Studio is riding high after an amazing 2008 and much be absolutely loaded.

With Sam L Jackson ready to walk away from his role as Nick Fury, the next installments of the Marvel Universe movies could suffer from their miserly stance.

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