Robert Downey Jr.
Andrea Martin, Melora Hardin Join Robert Downey Jr. in Broadway Play ‘McNeal’
Andrea Martin, Melora Hardin and Ruthie Ann Miles have joined the Broadway cast of McNeal, starring Robert Downey Jr. On Monday, the production also announced that “a highly realistic Metahuman Digital Likeness” of Downey will be used within the production, appearing alongside Downey himself. The technology was developed by AGBO, Anthony and Joe Russo’s independent […]
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Robert Downey Jr. Electrified Comic-Con, but Will He Energize the Marvel Universe?
Doom is coming for the MCU. Kevin Feige dropped the news that the Russo Bros. are returning to the Marvel fold to direct Avengers 5 and 6 at the end of a relatively calm Marvel Studios panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday. This announcement wasn’t shocking given the previous week’s news that the duo […]
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Kevin Feige on Whether Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man Could Return After Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine: “It Can Be Done”
Kevin Feige is revealing if he thinks Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans could come back to the MCU as Iron Man and Captain America, respectively, following Hugh Jackman’s return as Wolverine for Deadpool & Wolverine. Thanks to the multiverse, which can have different iterations of the same characters, the Marvel Studios boss confirmed “it […]
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Armie Hammer Reveals How Robert Downey Jr. Supported His Sobriety Journey: “That Guy Will Find You and He Will Help You”
It’s well known that Hollywood loves and supports a good comeback, and nobody knows that better than Robert Downey Jr. The veteran actor battled his way through substance abuse issues, brushes with the law and a bruised reputation to become a Marvel superstar and an Academy Award-winning actor. Behind the scenes, he has, for nearly […]
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Robert Downey Jr., Da’Vine Joy Randolph Land Emmy Nominations in Same Year as Oscar Wins
Robert Downey Jr. and Da’Vine Joy Randolph continued getting good news this year, thanks to the 2024 Emmys. After winning Oscars earlier this year, Downey and Randolph both received 2024 Emmys nominations Wednesday. Downey was nominated for best supporting actor in a limited series for HBO’s The Sympathizer, in which he plays multiple characters, while […]
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Robert Downey Jr. Says His ‘Sympathizer’ Hair and Makeup Was a “Very Surreal Experience”
The star of HBO’s limited series has viewers seeing quintuple with his multiple characters and says, “Working with director Park Chan-wook was hands-on in a way you don’t get with CGI.”
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Robert Downey Jr. to Make Broadway Debut This Fall
Robert Downey Jr. is making his Broadway debut this fall in a new play by Ayad Akhtar. The play, called McNeal, will see Downey portraying a talented writer who grapples with a new novel, a broken family life and “an unhealthy fascination with artificial intelligence.” Bartlett Sher, resident director at the Lincoln Center who also […]
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How ‘The Sympathizer’ Cast Represents a Portrait of the Modern Vietnamese Diaspora
Projects about the Vietnam War and its aftermath are so plentiful as to be practically their own genre, and they’ve starred a who’s who of Hollywood icons, including John Wayne, Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando, Robin Williams, Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson and Christian Bale. Notably missing from the casts — at least among the substantive […]
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Robert Downey Jr. Says Kids “Seemed Anxious” to Shave Their Dad’s Head for ‘The Sympathizer’ Role
Robert Downey Jr. had some help from his children to prepare for his role in The Sympathizer. The actor opened up to Extra at Tuesday’s Los Angeles premiere of the new HBO series about how his kids helped him shave his head for the role. “They seemed anxious to shave my dome,” Downey admitted. “There’s […]
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Why Robert Downey Jr. Plays Four Characters in ‘The Sympathizer’
Fresh off of his Oppenheimer Oscar win, Robert Downey Jr. is playing not just one new character but four in upcoming HBO series The Sympathizer. The series is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen, which is set at the end of the Vietnam war and follows an […]
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‘The Sympathizer’ Review: Robert Downey Jr. Dazzles and Distracts in HBO’s Adaptation of the Pulitzer-Winning Novel
Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar turn Viet Thanh Nguyen's novel about a Vietnamese double agent into a limited series also starring Hoa Xuande and Sandra Oh.
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Robert Downey Jr. Says He’d “Happily” Return as Iron Man, Regularly Threw Out His Dialogue
Robert Downey Jr. may have recently won his first Oscar for Oppenheimer, but he’s not looking to run from his Marvel past. In fact, the actor says he’d “happily” return as Tony Stark/Iron Man. “It’s too integral a part of my DNA,” Downey told Esquire in a new interview. “That role chose me. And look, […]
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