Robert Downey Jr. is one of the most beloved actors in the modern audience. He never escapes the film frame, as a real iron man is always in action. His participation in the film provides the project with a good box office, he is equally loved by critics and women alike. It’s hard to believe, but Downey Jr. is already a little over 50, and he remains one of the main sex symbols of Hollywood. Let’s figure out why many people love Robert Downey Jr.
Chaplin
To embody the image of a real person is a very responsible task. If everything goes well, there is no doubt about the promising future, if not, the career may be over. Robert Downey Jr. mastered the role of the greatest Chaplin masterfully. The versatile personality of the genius of silent cinema opened up incredible opportunities for young artists. And he was able to take full advantage of this and play a great talent, showing his own. The professional community highly appreciated the reincarnation of Downey Jr., this year he received the British analog of the Oscar – “Baftu” and was nominated for the Academy Award itself in the category “Best Actor”.
Soldiers of Failure
16 years after his first Oscar nomination, Robert Downey Jr. is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for the action-comedy Soldiers of Failure. Not bad for a film, the slogan of which sounds like: “They fought for the Oscar”, however, in this fight they failed to win. But Downey Jr. secured the title of master of reincarnation. Yes, yes, this strange guy in the frame is him!
Iron Man
In the same 2008, the first film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, “Iron Man”, was released. Having played the main role in this film, Downey Jr. becomes the favorite of millions of people around the world. The actor has enriched the Marvel film series with his natural charm and charisma. Its hero, the brilliant engineer Tony Stark, reappeared on the screens of cinemas – on May 3 in the new part of “The Avengers” – “Avengers: Infinity War”.
Sherlock Holmes
Another notoriously successful project with Downey Jr. is the 2009 Sherlock Holmes. Guy Ritchie’s film was not lost on the wave of popularity of the BBC series of the same name and was able to assert itself as an independent interpretation of the adventures of the legendary detective. Downey Jr. gave the role a special piquancy: Sherlock Holmes had never looked so brutal! We are looking forward to the third part.
Judge
It is not often that Downey Jr. appears in dramatic roles, but if this happens, the film a priori attracts public attention. “The Judge” by David Dobkin is a rather formulaic movie, but the brilliant duet of Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall saves the day. They talentedly interact with each other in the frame and perfectly convey the complexity of life circumstances that happened to their heroes.
Robert Downey Jr. is also an actor who can be recognized from a thousand by facial expressions, his face is a meme wandering on the Internet, suitable for any situation in life. Downey Jr. is a real favorite of the people, everyone in the world is interested in the details of his personal life, from centimeters in height to photographs of his wife. Such popularity is due to many years of work in the open spaces of cinema, over the years in which Downey Jr. seems to have only gotten better.
Less than zero
One of Downey’s first notable projects, was the adaptation of the novel by Bret Easton Ellis, the same one that later wrote “American Psychopath.” Downey, 22, plays Julian, an up-and-coming young man in the years since graduating from high school and turning into a drug addict. By the way, the Placebo group dedicated the song Julien to the hero of Downey Jr., and the role itself turned out to be to a certain extent visionary.
