Robert Downey Jr., the critical rebirth
After the 2010s essentially dedicated to the role of Iron Man in the MCU, which brought him global recognition from the public and made him the highest paid actor in Hollywood, the 2020s will be those of critical recognition for Robert Downey Jr.
For Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan, in which he plays Lewis Strauss and gives a great performance, Robert Downey Jr. has already won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting ActorTHE BAFTA as best supporting actor and the SAG Award as best supporting actor. These are only the most prestigious awards – he has received many others – and is considered a favorite in this category for the next ceremony Oscar.
This rebirth finally accomplished, Robert Downey Jr. welcomes it at 58 with gratitude. In fact, his career, which began at the end of the 80s, was on the verge of coming to an abrupt end at the turn of the 2000s, after years of drug and alcohol abuse which led him to be arrested several times and sent to prison.
Robert Downey Jr. greets Mel Gibson
Happy to have been sober for more than twenty years and back in the Hollywood spotlight, Robert Downey Jr. wanted to thank several people during his speech at the SAG Awards. Of course he said goodbye to his partners Oppenheimer Emily Blunt, Kenneth Branagh and Cillian Murphy, but also Gwyneth Paltrow, who plays Pepper Pots in the MCU, Jude Law and Woody Harrelson. But one name mentioned aroused a particular reaction, that of Mel Gibson.
The actor and director, king of Hollywood in the 90s included Brave hearthe himself suffered ostracism from Hollywood afterwards Anti-Semitic comments made in 2006 when he was arrested drunk. He became a sulfurous and controversial figure, convicted in 2011 of Domestic violenceMel Gibson has begun a cautious return to prominence in recent years, following his 2016 film You will not kill it was well received.
An unshakable friendship
Mel Gibson has always been able to count on the actorOppenheimer among his supporters. The main reason? Friends since the early 90s, they played together Air America -, Mel Gibson went out of his way to help Robert Downey Jr. when he was at his lowest point. In fact, fired in 2001 from the Series Ally McBeal following a new arrest for drug possession and consumption, Robert Downey Jr. loses all his commitments. For what ? Because no one wants to pay the actor’s very high insurance premium.
Nobody, with the exception of Mel Gibson… In fact, deprived of film roles in 2001 and 2002, we find him again in 2003 in the casting of The singing detective by Keith Gordon, alongside Mel Gibson. To include Robert Downey Jr. in the film, this is the actor of the saga Mad Max Who pays out of pocket Robert Downey Jr.’s entire insurance premium. In the same year, the future Iron Man began permanent detox. He will then begin his return to Hollywood, and the years 2007-2008 will mark this return with Zodiac by David Fincher and the first MCU film: Iron Man.
Since Mel Gibson’s gesture allowed him to return to the screens, Robert Downey Jr. has always supported his friend during the controversies related to the affair Christ’s passion as during his arrest in 2006. This is why, during the evening of the SAG Awards, Robert Downey Jr. addressed these words to Mel Gibson, aware its essential support in 2003without which his current success would never have been possible.
Source: Cine Serie
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