Robert Downey Jr. is expressing gratitude to Tom Cruise for turning down the roles of Charlie Chaplin and Tony Stark. Tony Stark and Charlie Chaplin stand as two of Robert Downey Jr.’s most iconic performances. And while RDJ may have expressed relief that Chaplin didn’t nab him an Academy Award, he’s well aware of its … Read more
Robert Downey Jr. is grateful that he didn’t win the Oscar for his performance in Chaplin, saying it would have given him the wrong message. Robert Downey Jr. is fresh off an Academy Award nomination for his exemplary work on Oppenheimer, but the actor received his first Oscar nomination over thirty years ago for Chaplin. … Read more
Oppenheimer star Robert Downey Jr. has spoken about his experience of preparing for the 1992 Richard Attenborough movie Chaplin. What did Robert Downey Jr. say about working on Chaplin? In a Vanity Fair video about his career, Downey Jr. delved into how actor and acrobat Johnny Hutch helped him learn about Charlie Chaplin and his … Read more