

But it's still worth wondering-especially with the revelation of finding the real Rhodes in the Skrull compound in "Home," the finale of Secret Invasion-just how long Rhodes has been held prisoner, locked away.

Given that Cheadle has been playing this character on and off for more than a decade, certainly it was a fun spin on things to allow him a brief project where he gets to break bad a little bit.

Jackson) exposes fake Rhodey, and the ruse is up. He was in Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier all before his Secret Invasion appearance, and his abduction by the Skrulls, really, could have happened before, during, or after any of them.īy the end of the show, of course, Nick Fury (Samuel L. It's worth keeping in mind that we've seen Rhodey in seven MCU projects since the characters first debuted in 2008's Iron Man (then played by Terrence Howard). And while we've been watching this duplicitous fake Rhodey making all kinds of power-plays throughout the six-episode series, one question has been constantly lingering: how long has this been a thing?
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No, Don Cheadle's character didn't have a full heel-turn like his castmate Emilia Clarke did in Game of Thrones-Rhodes was replaced, Invasion of the Body Snatchers-style, by a sinister shapeshifting Skrull. One of the most compelling factors of Marvel's Secret Invasionhas been the mid-show revelation that Colonel James Rhodes, aka Rhodey, aka Tony Stark's best friend, aka one of the longest-running characters in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, is now a villain. The following story contains spoilers for Secret Invasion Episode 6, "Home."
