Apr 16, 2008 -
Reformed bad boy Robert Downey Jr. blames himself for his 1991 split with actress Sarah Jessica Parker.
"I was so selfish," the actor, 43, admits in the new issue of Parade. "I liked to drink, and I had a drug problem, and that didn't jibe with Sarah Jessica, because it was the furthest thing from what she is."
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Nov 04, 2008 -
Robert Downey Jr has plans to help Ben Stiller win an Oscar. Not only are they going to work together again, but they’re going to continue on the long road down bad taste, following Tropic Thunder, and make a movie about conjoined twins.
He told BANG Showbiz: “There is a story about some famous conjoined twins - I don’t remember their names but that’s irrelevant anyway - and I’m going to direct Ben in that film.
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May 23, 2008 -
It sounds like the next big male star to come to Chicago could be Robert Downey Jr., if he lands the role of Hugh Hefner in a big-screen biopic now in the works.
It’s not a 100 percent done deal, but sources say Hefner has signed off on Downey to play him in the movie, with the working title “Playboy.”
He took a liking to the actor after seeing “Iron Man” and admiring his humor and skill in showing his vulnerability.
Chicago is expected to be used for the shooting of scenes focusing on the early years of Playboy magazine.
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Oct 29, 2008 -
Actor Robert Downey Jr. can pick out that new sports car he's been eyeballing because he's about to get a lot richer.
Robert just reportedly signed a lucrative contract with Marvel Studios that guarantees him the lead in the next two Iron Man blockbusters. As if that wasn't enough reason to celebrate, they've locked him in to play Tony Stark in the superhero all-stars film The Avengers.
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Jul 10, 2008 -
Robert Downey Jr. is set to star in Sherlock Holmes, directed by Guy Ritchie for Warner Bros.
The Ironman star’s interpretation of the the classic character will be based on an upcoming comicbook from producer Lionel Wigram which portrays Holmes as more adventurous, combining his intellectual and physical abilities.
Sherlock Holmes is set to start production this fall.
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Apr 10, 2008 -
Robert Downey Jr. has three big movies coming out in the next few months and has made a comeback after years of drug and alcohol abuse and resulting legal trouble. He’s been married to his producer wife Susan Levin for three years after meeting her on the set of Gothika in 2003, and seems to have stayed sober since. Downey was married when he met the woman would became his second wife, and his first wife surely put up with a lot.
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Aug 28, 2008 -
Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. must have loved working together so much on Tropic Thunder that they're reunited on their next movie. This one animated, and it's an action flick called Master Mind.
The project was originally supposed to be a regular film, but then Stiller decided to make it animated.
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Aug 11, 2008 -
Robert Downey Jr. was so desperate to work with his Tropic Thunder co-stars Ben Stiller and Jack Black he was willing to have his reputation “destroyed” by playing an African-American in the film.
The Iron Man star courts controversy by playing a Caucasian actor who dyes his skin dark in the new Ben Stiller film, and admits to himself the big risk was worth it.
He insists the opportunity to work with Stiller and Black kept him involved in the project.
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Apr 28, 2008 -
Robert Downey Jr. blames his role in 1980s cult film Less Than Zero for fueling his drug addiction.
The 43-year-old insists he only took drugs recreationally before he was cast as a cocaine addict in the 1987 film based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis.
Soon after completing the movie, Downey Jr’s substance abuse worsened and he was jailed at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran for a year for missing mandatory court-imposed drug tests.
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Apr 15, 2008 -
Robert Downey Jr. credits his wife Susan with his success battling drugs, insisting their relationship helped him finally conquer his longterm addictions.
The actor had tried countless stints in rehab but failed to stay sober until he met Susan Levin on the set of 2003 movie Gothika. They married in 2005 and he hasn’t veered from sobriety since.
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