![]() Downey broke out of the rehab facility a few days later.ġ996 proved to be an especially difficult year. If you don’t, it will get rid of the other one.” But it didn’t stick. I think you know what both of them are, and I think you’d do well to get rid of one of those reputations. He didn’t care about acting, and cited most of his performances as disappointments.įellow actor Sean Penn saw Robert Downey Jr wasting away and, at one point, Penn took away the young actor’s keys, kicked his front door down, and drove him to rehab, saying “You have two reputations. He referred to himself as the “lovable tornado” bouncing from rehab to film set to another drug binge to home and back again. In 1995, Robert Downey Jr tried heroin for the first time and although he recognized he was out of control, he couldn’t stop it. Robert Downey Jr vowed to quit drugs and literally dug a hole to bury his metaphorical destructiveness, tossing in his costume from Less Than Zero, but by 1994, Downey had returned to liquor, cocaine and ecstasy – despite claiming he was clean. In 1993, Downey married Deborah Falconer and together they welcomed the birth of their son, Indio. His father echoed the sentiment, telling People Magazine that, “I’m glad he’s alive.” Upon his return, he fired his manager.ĭespite this, Loree Rodkin (former manager), claimed it was worth it, saying “Every day I look in the newspaper and I think I am going to read Robert’s obituary” in 1996. His first manager, who had previously lied when directors and producers asked if he was clean, begged him to go to rehab in 1987, and Downey eventually did. Robert Downey Jr had no shortage of opposition from people who loved him, but not his drug habits. “It’s like I have a shotgun in my mouth and I’ve got my finger on the trigger, and I like the taste of gunmetal.” –Robert Downey Jr - Tweet This However, his personal life also came into the public eye a bit more. The film launched him into larger roles, eventually starring in Chaplin as Charlie Chaplin in 1992 where he was nominated for an Academy Award. Less Than Zero was the turning point, both in Downey’s career and addiction. Then things changed and, in some ways, I became an exaggeration of the character.” The character was an exaggeration of myself. ![]() I was playing this junkie and, for me, the role was like the ghost of Christmas future. Maybe I'd turn up hungover on the set, but no more so than the stuntman. “Until that movie, I took my drugs after work and on the weekends. Before Downey became a teenager, he would experiment further with weed, alcohol and narcotics. His father gave him (Downey Jr) the joint as a joke and recognized it immediately as a terrible and stupid mistake. ![]() “spend every night out getting drunk making a thousand phone calls in pursuit of drugs.” ![]() ![]() “here was always a lot of pot and coke around… When my dad and I would do drugs together, it was like him trying to express his love for me in the only way he knew how.”īy age eight he was addicted, worsening the older he got. gave his son marijuana to try, or as his son would later put it, Robert Downey Sr gave his son a small role in Pound at the age of five – Downey Jr played a sick puppy then, at the age of six, Downey Sr. His father, Robert Downey Sr, was a prolific filmmaker and simultaneously started his son’s film career and drug addiction. Robert Downey Jr’s battle with addiction began at an early age: six. I don’t think he uses drugs so much to feel anything as to not feel anything, to block out all the emotions-just so he can function.” –Allyson Downeyįor ten years, Robert Downey Jr has been in the spotlight, known to millions as the iconic Iron Man (aka Tony Stark) leading the world’s most lucrative movie franchise in history (Marvel Cinematic Universe).Īnd yet, while transforming a (formerly) B-list comic book character of a (formerly) bankrupt business into box office gold is impressive, to see a man rise from the ashes of substance abuse, legal troubles, poverty and a broken home is nothing short of miraculous. He’s done the best that he can and recognizes that something is missing, but he can’t necessarily put his finger on it… I think that it’s also the pain that he is in and it’s been with him for a long time. “Because Robert’s never known what it means to be happy, it’s not such a sore spot with him. ![]()
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