The role for which Robert Downey Jr. is most famous in the world today is obviously that of Tony Stark, aka Iron Man. An iconic character that he soon found again due to the crisis that Marvel is going through.
But throughout his storied career, Robert Downey Jr. has not only played a superhero in the MCU. The American actor thus played Chaplin and Sherlock Holmes, excelled in front of the cameras of David Fincher (Zodiac), Oliver Stone (Natural Killers) and Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer) and millions of viewers laughed with Toner in the tropics.
But did you know that Robert Downey Jr. also starred in the sparkling romantic comedy? It was the mid-’90s feature film Just You , in which he faced off against… Marisa Tomei! Yes, many years before they appeared in the credits of Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home, the interpreters of Tony Stark and Aunt May were flirting on the screen!
Released in theaters in 1994, Only You, directed by Norman Jewison (In the Heat of the Night, The Thomas Crown Affair, Hurricane Carter), tells the story of Faith (Marissa Tomei), a young and beautiful school teacher who believes in soulmates. . She thinks it’s meant for a man named “Damon Bradley”.
A few days before she is to marry the man she doesn’t love, she gets a phone call from her fiance’s friend, whose name is Damon Bradley. Then she decides to take advantage of the few days of freedom she has left and go in search of a man who could be her other half.
Full of charm, Only You is a romantic comedy that you should definitely (re)discover if you’re a fan of the genre. Because it’s very simple: everything works on this light and refreshes Bluet, so successful that he sends his photos as a (love) letter in the post.
An original story, delicious dialogue, amazing scenery of southern Italy… you will win with this unfairly overlooked little nugget, which Robert Downey Jr. and Marisa Tomei’s interpretation makes especially exquisite.
Robert Downey Jr. recently starred in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer:
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