Robert Downey Jr Thinks This Is His Best Role – And He’s Right

After pulling off the 2008 double whammy of starring in the blockbuster “Iron Man” and getting nominated for an Oscar for the hit comedy “Tropic Thunder,” it was official: Robert Downey Jr.

became a superstar.

This was a particularly crazy development because by that point the son of famed underground filmmaker Robert Downey Sr.

had been appearing onscreen for decades, and had only a few years before been considered a drug burnout, box office poison, and an all-around lost cause.Of course he did not let his past demons get in the way of a meteoric career resurgence that saw him leading the…The post Robert Downey Jr Thinks This is His Best Role – And He’s Right appeared first on /Film.

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