Ultimately reflecting on his career with the
Los Angeles Times, actor Robert Downey Jr. also dotted on the "life-changing" success of Marvel Studios' first independently-produced flick,
Iron Man; and minor disappointment with its 2010 sequel. Unfortunately lacking any tidbits on next summer's reprisal in
Marvel's The Avengers, check out what the praised 'Tony Stark' actor says below.
"The first one changed everything for me and with the second 'Iron Man' there were certain aspects that were dissatisfying and disappointing to me but at least they lit me right.... [The first one] was a meditation on responsibility and an exploration of how a small group of people can take a two-dimensional idea and, if the winds are right, create something that makes people say, 'That was my favorite movie of the year.'
To me, Tony Stark's story is a karma story and a technology story. I love a good action movie — a Steve McQueen or Tom Cruise or Clint Eastwood, Bruce Willis or Mel Gibson in the right spot, and you smile and say, 'That's what this kind of movie is all about.' There were two times in my life I prepared for something manically, it was [Iron Man] and 'Chaplin.' I became the expert on this guy."
Head over to
Hero Complex for the full article, where Downey reflects on his other films including
Tropic Thunder, and
Sherlock Holmes among many others.