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. feels that the success of Oppenheimer could herald a new era for cinema. The 58-year-old actor starred in Christopher Nolan’s box-office smash as Lewis Strauss and believes that it could lead to a new type of blockbuster that keeps budgets under control while maintaining the hype of a major movie. Downey told The New … 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
The Academy Awards are voted on by filmmakers, but many other awards given out during awards season, like the Golden Globes, are given out by critics. And that can create some tension. Sure, the critics like this movie or this performance. But they might not like everything that actor did in the past. And they might have made … Read more
Robert Downey Jr. is again defending Tropic Thunder, even comparing its controversy to that of All in the Family. You never go full blackface. That is, unless you understand the joke. But for some – chiefly those who couldn’t pick up on the satire – Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder was too easy of … Read more
Robert Downey Jr. won’t play Iron Man again. The 58-year-old actor portrayed Tony Stark and his superhero alter ego in 11 movies from 2008’s Iron Man to 2019’s Avengers: Endgame but Marvel Cinematic Universe boss Kevin Feige has insisted there are no plans to “magically undo” the character’s death so he can make an appearance in … Read more
Marvel head Kevin Feige confirmed that there are no plans to bring Robert Downey Jr. back as Iron Man and “undo” the moment. Casting Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark in Iron Man was one of the riskiest moves imaginable. A legal liability and far from being a box office catch, it made no sense … Read more
Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most respected directors ever. That’s why remakes of his material don’t usually do well. Robert Downey Jr. hopes to change that. While not all of Hitchcock’s films were the most received at their time, and some of his later works never really took off, he’s now considered one of … Read more
While he spent more time with Batman than Iron Man, director Christopher Nolan has praised the move to cast Downey Jr. in the title role. Although he had been on a minor roll by 2008, starring in Zodiac, A Scanner Darkly and, uh, The Shaggy Dog, Robert Downey Jr. was far from being a box … Read more
Actor Robert Downey Jr. has called Oppenheimer the best movie he’s ever been in. Downey Jr., best known for playing Tony Stark/Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has had a long career of work behind him. Beyond his work in the superhero genre, he has worked with David Fincher in the 2007 movie Zodiac, … Read more