Love, passion for the profession and support from friends help “Iron Man” revive his career after a long period of debauchery.
Last weekend, Avengers: Infinity War debuted and achieved the highest opening revenue in history. The work marks 10 years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and is also Robert Downey Jr.’s 10th year. Put on the Iron Man armor. This is the main character who appears the most in the series, with a special role in the story line. The role also marked the turning point in Robert Downey Jr.’s life, from an addicted actor who sank into the abyss in the early 2000s to a global superstar and box office brand.
* Iron Man’s new armor in “Avengers: Infinity War”
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Many talents and many shortcomings
Robert Downey Jr. Showing talent from a young age. He told Vanity Fair that “acting comes naturally” and had his first role in Pound when he was just five years old. The film’s director is Robert Downey Sr. – Downey Jr.’s biological father. In 1993, he received an Oscar nomination for his role as “clown king” Charlie Chaplin in Chapin , considered a promising actor in Hollywood.
Robert Downey Jr.’s path to addiction. It started at the age of eight when his father invited him to smoke marijuana. This story was told by Downey Jr. recounted in the Washington Post : “When my father and I got high together, it seemed like that was the only way he could express his feelings for me.” Robert Downey Jr.’s first impression. The world of entertainment is not only about the days of going to film sets with his father, but also about the all-night parties that a 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 should never go near.
* Robert Downey Jr. received an Oscar nomination for his role in “Chaplin”
The games became more and more serious, so that every time he remembered, Robert said he didn’t have a 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥hood. “I spent that time immersed in cigarette smoke. Every night I made thousands of phone calls to buy banned substances,” the actor confessed to People .
In 1996, he was arrested by the police while driving while nɑƙeɗ. Police found cocaine, heroin and a gun in the car. By 2000, Downey Jr. was once again caught by the law for possession of narcotics and had to go to jail.
In April 2001, a police officer encountered Downey Jr. wandering around the suburbs of Los Angeles (USA) while under house arrest. He was taken into custody and released after a few hours, causing show producers Alley McBeal to remove him from the series . Producer David E. Kelley asked the writer to rewrite the script and cancel the contract with Downey Jr., despite the fact that he is one of the show’s most popular elements. That scandal made in the early 2000s, hardly anyone in Hollywood dared to believe Robert Downey Jr. can revive your career.
Robert Downey Jr. when arrested in 1999.
Back thanks to love and friends
The two people who contributed to saving Robert’s life and career were veteran actor Mel Gibson and producer Susan Downey – his future wife. Mel Gibson is a friend and senior that Downey Jr. extremely admired. He acted as a guarantee for Hollywood directors to give Downey Jr. the role. This explains why later, when Gibson had a scandal of disparaging Jews when he was drunk, Robert Downey Jr. is one of the rare names in Hollywood who dares to publicly sponsor him.
The second person is producer Susan Downey – a petite woman who saw the potential in a middle-aged man who was rebuilding his life. She met him on the set of the movie Gothika (2003) and was the one who asked Robert to go to rehab and gave him the opportunity to play in Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005). From this Oscar-nominated film, the audience saw Downey’s acting talent again: his ability to express himself in a variety of ways, his sarcastic style while still having a calm face. In addition to Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang , Susan also brought her husband the role of Sherlock Holmes by directly suggesting it to director Guy Ritchie.
Robert Downey Jr. once tried to convince Marvel to let Gibson direct the blockbuster “Iron Man 3” but in the end the unit chose Shane Black.
In 2008, Robert Downey Jr. participating in Iron Man – a work considered the “Big Bang” that formed the Marvel cinematic universe. The work was praised by critics with 94% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes , earning 585 million USD. What happened next became history. Robert Downey Jr. Playing the role nine more times, in each episode his character has new features on his armor, just as the Marvel Cinematic Universe grows more and more attractive.
From 2012 to 2015, Robert Downey Jr. is the highest paid actor in the world according to Forbes statistics . In the Indian Express , actor Mark Ruffalo called Downey Jr. is the “Godfather of the Marvel Cinematic Universe” because of this superstar’s fundamental and pioneering contributions. Up until Avengers: Infinity War , Downey Jr.’s global films bringing in revenue of 9.6 billion USD, helping him become one of the most profitable artists in film history.
* “Tropic Thunder” helps Robert Downey Jr. got his second Oscar nomination, in which he played a black impersonator
The role of Tony Stark is not only similar to Downey Jr. about character but also about destiny. In the movie, Stark is a talented, arrogant and instinctive billionaire. After being kidnapped by terrorists and at the bottom of despair, Stark returned from the dead and changed. One of the reasons for Stark’s “re𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡” is his love for Pepper Potts – the woman who is always by his side in every situation. In real life, Susan Downey is Robert Downey Jr.’s Pepper Potts. A special fate with Susan Downey completely changed Robert’s life. Susan provided a strong support system for her husband to feel secure in filming and set a rule between the two of them: Never be apart for more than two weeks.
Robert Downey Jr. and his wife are considered one of the most powerful duos in Hollywood. Before Susan, Robert spontaneously married his first wife after only 42 days of knowing each other.
The love between the couple grew so much that in 2010, the “two weeks” rule became the “no weeks” rule. The Hollywood Reporter quoted Susan Downey: “We felt that if we wanted to have a life together, it would be best to make movies together. That’s why we decided to establish the film production company Team Downey.”
Having a psychologically supportive wife and also directly working as a producer of many films, Robert Downey Jr. truly life changing. This actor with an arrogant ego could not hide his emotions when talking about his wife: “The saying ‘Behind every good man is a great woman’ couldn’t be more true. I owe Susan is largely – if not all – successful today.”
