Robert Downey Jr. he has been acting for several decades, making comedies and dramas, getting two Oscar nominations, making fans laugh and cry through so many different roles and stories, but at this point he is best known for playing Tony Stark aka Iron Man in the cinematic universe of Marvel. He started the film saga with the 2008 hit Iron manand went on to appear in nine films as a character, ending with 2019’s Avengers: Finale.
While this was a great gig for the actor, and he played it so perfectly, it worried him that he wouldn’t be ready to return to other roles. In a recent interview with The New York Times Magazine, he said of the risks of playing the same character for over a decade: “You start to wonder if a muscle you have hasn’t atrophied.”
When asked if he had any doubts about the effect playing Iron Man for 11 years might have on his acting, Downey Jr. replied:
“YES. 100% and I knew there was a point where Christopher Nolan was approving, let’s work those other muscles, but let’s do it by making you devoid of your usual to-dos.
Downey Jr. plays Lewis Strauss in Nolan’s atomic bomb epic Oppenheimer. Strauss served two terms on the United States Atomic Energy Commission. He was the president of the organization during his second term. The film gave Downey Jr. a chance to flex his acting muscles that he couldn’t in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Nolan didn’t want the actor to rely on his “usual go-tos,” which Downey Jr. described as “fast talk, charming, unpredictable, blah, blah, blah.”
Working with Nolan also brought Downey Jr. back into a much more hands-on cinematic mode. Unlike Marvel’s green screens and heavy VFX work, Nolan shot Oppenheimer to practical effect and even rebuilt the Manhattan Project village so that the film wasn’t shot in a studio. It was a welcome return for Downey Jr.
“Coming from that other place, coming into the dominant weekend box office spot, then coming into this spot now where I’m happy to be in this quality product – I’m happy to have regained my connection to another purist approach to making of movies.
Not surprisingly, Downey was able to return to acting without any problems. He is incredibly talented and I can’t wait to see him in this new role. Oppenheimer will be released in theaters next week on July 21st.
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by Jessica Fisher
Source: Geek Tyrant
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