Robert Downey Jr turns 57 as we speak. One of the world’s hottest movie stars, Downey Jr’s unbelievable comeback story itself is dramatic sufficient to be the topic of a characteristic movie. He is finest identified for enjoying the function of Tony Stark or Iron Man within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
And no matter he does in future, he’ll in all probability at all times be remembered for being Tony by movie buffs, so demonstratively he owned the character, virtually carving him in his picture.
But his path to getting the function was removed from straightforward. The higher-ups at Marvel had been apprehensive about his status — his medicine and alcohol points bogged him down, and the corporate (that now performs in riches due to no small half performed by him) was adamant to not rent him. Yet, Iron Man director Jon Favreau fought tooth and nail for him to don the swimsuit.
The actor match into Tony’s footwear so properly as a result of he was one thing of a Tony Stark himself. Their redemption arcs had been eerily related. It was like he was born to play Tony Stark. Downey Jr was what Favreau mentioned “a likable a**hole”, like Tony. In public, the actor equally cracked jokes and made individuals snort, and but was coping with a darkness inside him — once more like his character.
His Tony persona was in full swing at Disney’s D23 Expo in Anaheim, California in 2019. He revealed to his adoring (and laughing) legions of followers that he was arrested when he visited the Disneyland for the primary time. The motive? He was smoking pot whereas on a gondola.
He mentioned out of the blue, “Here’s a bit of trivia for you. The very first time I went to Disneyland I was transported to another place — within moments of being arrested. I was brought to a surprisingly friendly processing center, given a strict warning, and returned to, if memory serves, one very disappointed group chaperone.”
As the gang guffawed, he added, “I’ve been sitting on that disgrace for some time and I’m simply going to launch it right here tonight. I wish to make amends to whoever needed to detain me for smoking pot in a gondola with no license,” before quipping, “And I do not wanna additional confuse the problem by insinuating that pot smoking licenses for the gondola are in any means obtainable.”
Now, it’s troublesome to determine this story and Downey Jr, like Tony, would possibly properly be making it as much as amuse his followers.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
