
ROBERT DOWNIE MOVIE
The idea of the film was first conjured up in the mind of writer, Ben Stiller while he was playing Dainty, a character in the Steven Spielberg war flick of 1987, Empire of the Sun. Stiller watched with interest how actors tended to become a little too self-absorbed into the combat life following bootcamps and training for movie roles. He then decided to write a story along those lines. Despite the success of the film, there were various controversies surrounding it, one of which threatened to send Downey Jr.'s career right back into obscurity. The third, Tropic Thunder, was at the time not as notable as the other two, but would end up creating at least as much noise. as Tony Stark, a role he would become synonymous with in the 20-odd years since. Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk were the first two films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In 2008, as he made his comeback rather emphatically, he was scheduled to feature in three major motion pictures. At some point, it appeared as though his career would peter out, but the New York-born actor got his act together and managed to get it back on track. The late '90s and early 2000s, however, saw his career plagued with all manner of challenges, from drug addiction to multiple run-ins with the law. He eventually lost out in the category to the peerless Al Pacino, but even that could not put a dampener on Downey Jr.'s undoubted rising star. He was up for the Best Actor gong, following his portrayal of British Hollywood legend, Charlie Chaplin in the movie, Chaplin. experienced a meteoric rise in the industry, ending up with an Academy Award nomination in 1993. In the two decades or so that followed, Downey Jr. He started out his career as a child actor in the 1970 film, Pound, which was written and directed by his father, Robert Downey Sr. Robert Downey Jr.'s career has been a story of ups and downs.
