Former Wildman Robert Downey Jr. reveals his favorite roles
Robert Downey Jr. Once had a reputation as one of the most difficult parties in Hollywood.
RadarOnline.com previously reported the Iron Man Star said he smoked pot for the first time – with his father – when he was only eight, and by the time he was an adult, he was one Full -addict.
Downey, now 60, known to graduate from harder drugs, Smoking heroin And Freebasing Cocaine, which led to a series of arrests.
He served a six -month judicial stint in rehabilitation in 1996, but after a conditional violation of 1998, he was sentenced to six months in prison followed by another Mandatory stint in treatment.
In 2001 he was broken And ordered in a year of recovery program that helped him to finally become sober. He never credited to give up as the key to finally kicking the habit.
Now he is one of the biggest success stories in Hollywood – not to mention the best -paid stars – thanks to some of his favorite large and small screen rolls.
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‘Less than Zero’ (1987)
Downey played a drug addict in one of his earliest films.
Downey pulled out of experience when he played drug addict Julian Wells Less than zero. The film came at a time when Downey’s life was dominated by illegal substances.
He said before the film: “I took my drugs after work and at the weekend. The role was like the Ghost of Christmas Future.
“And then things changed. In some respects I became an exaggeration of the character. That took much longer than it needed to last.”
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‘Chaplin’ (1992)
He deserved praising reviews such as Charlie Chaplin.
Downey was nominated for an Oscar for his representation of silent movie star Charlie Chaplin in the Biopic of the legend.
“Chaplin was an absolute gift and a bear of a challenge for someone who was 25,” he has previously reflected. “It was a role that scared me. I didn’t know if I could do it.
“That fear forced me to give everything I had. It taught me what acting could really be.”
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‘Natural Born Killers’ (1994)
Downey clashed with director Oliver Stone on the set.
Directed by Oliver Stone, Downey plays self-serving tabloid journalist Wayne Gale, who helps to elevate a few loved ones and mass killers to cult hero status.
Downey said: “This was a precision performed with three ring circus ballet. You just want to feel that you make the directors happy. You don’t get that with Oliver Stone.
“He would say,” If you don’t get this scene well, you will ruin my film. ” He is a crazy genius. “
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‘Two Girls and A Guy’ (1997)
He was part of a love triangle in ‘Two Girls and A Guy’.
Downey plays “The Guy” to Heather Graham and Natasha Gregson Wagner’s “Two Girls”.
Dowey sings in one of the most memorable scenes from the film You don’t know me. He said about that scene: “I have always loved singing and I always encourage people to do it.
“It is fundamentally impossible for the human body not to be able to produce, hold, wear and communicate with tones and music in complex ways!”
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‘Ally McBeal’ (2000)
Downey took his talents to the small screen for a stint on ‘Ally McBeal’.
Downey joined the cast of the David E. Kelley Dramedy at the start of the fourth season of the series and played the love interest of Star Calista Flockhart Larry Paul.
However, producers were forced to write him from the hit show after his 2001 drug judgment.
Since then he has said that he was’ extremely grateful for the role, which came at his lowest moments.
“It was my rock base. That was when my addictions were on the worst case.”
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‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’ (2005)
Downey was especially proud of this film.
Downey has said that this film takes the cake: “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Is that in some respects the best film I’ve ever done.
“At that moment I never played a character that was so openly not intelligent but sweet. And Harry is a bit of a dummy, and it was so free for me.”
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‘Zodiac’ (2007)
He went looking for a legendary serial killer.
The film tells the story of the Manhunt for the Zodiac Killer, a serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and early 1970s
Playing restless San Francisco reporter Paul Avery made Downey realized something very important: “That is what I would have become if I hadn’t stopped drinking and using this kind of miserable old guy.
“It’s better to play it than to be.”
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‘Tropic Thunder’ (2008)
Downey was confronted with criticism of his controversial role.
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Downey earned his second Oscar for playing an Australian method actor who undergoes a controversial “pigmentation change” operation to make his skin temporarily darker for his display of a black character in a fake film.
Although his performance was praised, Downey would eventually be criticized for attracting “Blackface” in the Ben Stiller Comedy.
But it was an opportunity “to hold nature, the insane self -committed hypocrisy of artists and what they think they can do occasionally.”
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‘Avengers: Endgame’ (2019)
Downey is credited for jumping the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Little has brought Downey more success – and more money – than his representation of Tony Stark in nine Marvel films.
“Iron Man Was more than a film role for me, “he said.” It was an opportunity to prove myself and the world that I could get up again.
“I am thankful of my career.”
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‘Oppenheimer’ (2023)
He received an Oscar for the final winner of the best photo.
Downey would finally take his first Academy Award home for his representation of member of Atomic Energy Commission Lewis Strauss, the arch enemy of Cillian Murphy’s physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
He called it “the best film I have ever been” – and praised his dedicated woman, Susan, because he stayed with him in the worst times.
“She found me, a growling rescue animal, and loved me back to life. That’s why I am here,” he said.
