It was 2009 and Robert Downey, Jr.
was becoming the face of the biggest movie franchise on the planet.
As 2008’s “Iron Man” kicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe and catapulted Downey, Jr.
back to A-list stardom, he was still in a place where he could be offered, and take, more eccentric roles in smaller films.
To see the roles he was willing to take in the years between “Iron Man” and “The Avengers” is to see a great actor with renewed vitality, bankable from his stardom and still capable of doing interesting work.
Even something like his role in…The post How Joe Wright Convinced Robert Downey, Jr.
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