Terrence Howard, who played "Gears of War" in "Iron Man", was paid 4 million more than Downey.
When he was young, Downey had a prosperous beauty.
At the age of 27, Downey was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor for the film Chaplin.
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"Avengers: Endgame", a movie that has been attracting much attention from the movie title, poster, trailer to finalization, is finally here! However, Marvel die-hard fans may be sad, because as the absolute core of the reunion, this time, Iron Man is going to say goodbye to everyone.
Last week, the main creator came to China to promote, but robert Downey Jr., who was scheduled to be present, temporarily returned to the United States for personal reasons and missed the meeting of Chinese film fans.
After the news came out, netizens questioned, is it a big name or another reason? At the same time, there are other netizens who voice: "In fact, such black material is nothing to Downey, and having money is willful!" Besides, this sounds like Iron Man at all!"
Remember last year's "Reunion 3" conference? Dutch brother (Spider-Man played by Tom Holland) shared his most memorable Marvel moment: "I waited with six Spider-Man candidates to play with Downey, saw Downey fall from the sky from the private plane, the painting style was very his own, and then I was particularly excited 'Oh, finally saw Downey's original figure', I rushed up to shake hands with him, but found out how I was not the same as in the movie, and later I learned that it was Downey's stand-in..."
1 In the first "Iron Man", the supporting role was paid nine times as much
In commercial Hollywood, what does the name Robert Downey Jr. stand for? The founding father of the Marvel Universe? The gold-sucking warrior of the film industry? Hollywood's sexiest male god? Yes, but it's more than that.
In the 2018 Forbes male star list, the Hollywood brother is our little Robert Downey.
Looking at the many actors in the Marvel series, when "Captain America" Chris Evans only had about eight million dollars in a film because of contract problems, Downey's salary had exceeded 30 million US dollars. Even for the superhero movies he played as a supporting role, such as the "American Team" and "Reunion" series, the package contract he signed was evenly distributed to each movie, which still far exceeded other "superheroes". Since "Reunion 3", Downey's salary has risen by more than 100 million US dollars, not only the best in Hollywood, but also the highest paid male star in the world.
Why is it that such a high salary is agreed with by both peers and fans? As we all know, "Iron Man", starring Robert Downey Jr., saved Marvel Studios from bankruptcy.
Marvel from the 90s of the last century to the beginning of this century is far from the current Marvel, and the movies produced are not only bad reviews, but also fall into the strange circle of what to lose. Thanks to a strong fan base, Marvel was able to survive by selling the rights, such as the "Spider-Man" and "X-Men" series that were sold to Sony and Fox at that time (feng shui took turns, and now the big guys have begun to take back their roles one after another). Even the filming of the first "Iron Man" was that Marvel borrowed $525 million from Merrill Lynch as a start-up capital, which can be said to have gambled on his life and succeeded. And the decision of the old man Stan Lee and director Jon Feiru to choose Downey to play Iron Man is simply a backwater battle, a desperate bet!
At that time, Downey had a bad past, and director Jon Feiru insisted on supporting him: "Whether it is Downey's scandal or merit, we all see it in his eyes, he and Iron Man, must face their own demons, in order to overcome the life dilemma that is far more severe than the career crisis, you tell me, what is the difference between Downey and Tony? ”
And Downey did not live up to Marvel's trust, only taking $500,000 in film remuneration but gaining 20 pounds in five months, repeatedly polishing his performance, you must know that Terrence Howard, who played the supporting role "War Machine" in "Iron Man", was paid 4 million more than him! In the end, Downey, with his excellent acting skills, highly restored the appearance and character of the comic, let us see a rich second generation, arms dealer, playboy, and of course, a genius.
At the end of the film, Tony Stark, who has returned from the disaster, holds a press conference, and originally wanted to read out the words prepared by S.H.I.E.L.D. according to the script, but when Robert Downey Jr. stared at the card, he suddenly pursed his lips and said the line that ended "Iron Man" - I am Iron Man. (I am Iron Man.)
Later we learn that this line did not appear in the script, but rather an improvisation of Downey, a phrase that was true not only to Tony Stark's character, but also to Downey's nature. The first "Iron Man" that cost less than 200 million finally achieved a global box office of $580 million, although it is nothing compared to the current box office of tens of billions, but it is such "Iron Man" that saved Marvel.
Today's Downey has undoubtedly become the core soul and box office guarantee of the entire Marvel series of movie universes. Although his salary ranged from 500,000 for "Iron Man" to 10 million for "Iron Man 2", after the 50 million for "Avengers" and 80 million for "Avengers 2", 200 million of the total budgets of $1 billion for "Avengers 3" and "Avengers 4" were paid to Downey, and Marvel still said: Value!
Yes, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has gone through a decade, and this decade iron man is the core and absolute "C bit" of Marvel (out of trust, Downey is also the only actor who has seen the full script of "Avengers 4" during filming!). So over the years, no matter how Muchney hinted more than once for various reasons that he might quit Marvel movies, Marvel has never responded positively. Now that Downey has bid farewell to Iron Man, I wonder if Marvel will let him come out at any time like Stan Lee once did!
2 Former poisonous weeds and murderers are locked up in the same prison
In fact, "Iron Man" not only saved the faltering Marvel, but also saved Robert Downey Jr. himself. Because he was once a big poisonous weed in Hollywood behind his young fame, the vices of drug use and alcoholism made him unable to win people's trust, and most film companies did not dare to look for him to make movies because the risk was too great.
Born in 1965 in New York, USA, Robert Downey Jr. was a director to a director and an actor to an actor. Influenced by the artistic atmosphere, Downey showed amazing acting talent from an early age. At the age of 5, he made a cameo role in his father's movie "Dog", and at the age of 22, he starred in the comedy film "Bubble Girl Expert" and became the dream lover of thousands of fans with the image of a young bad boy. In 1993, at the age of 27, Downey won the British Academy Film Award for Best Actor and the Oscar nomination for Best Actor for the film "Chaplin", becoming the brightest of a generation of Brat Pack idols.
Downey's parents were full-fledged hippies. When he was 8 years old, Downey Sr. handed his son his first cannabis: "My dad and I used to take drugs together, as if he were expressing his love for me in a way that only he understood, According to Downey. ”
In 1996, Downey was arrested for speeding and for smuggling guns and drugs, and police found large quantities of cocaine, heroin and marijuana in his car. The following year, he evaded his first drug test and went to jail for six months. In 1999, after escaping a second drug test, Downey was sentenced to three years in prison, and the once-wandering skeleton of Heaven's Pride was reduced to a prisoner of the order, number P50522, and was locked up in the same prison as the murderous Manson. In 2000, after serving a 16-month sentence, Downey was released early, but the first thing he did when he returned home was to rummaging through boxes and cabinets to find hidden drugs. In 2001, he was arrested again for roaming the streets barefoot and possessing drugs while on parole.
In his defense, Downey once described drug addiction this way: "It was as if I had shoved a shotgun into my mouth, and my fingers had been pulled on the trigger, and I knew it would kill, but the seductive smell of metal still made me want to stop." ”
At that time, he had just won the 58th American Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Category with the TV series "Sweetheart Pretty Lady", and the news of his three arrests forced the crew to expel him. At the same time, it also lost with classic films such as "Twin Merlanda" and "American Sweetheart", mel Gibson's stage play "Hamlet" could not be started because of Downey's arrest, and even after signing a contract with the set, Downey had to be temporarily deducted from salary until the film was completed. His wife at the time, Deborah Fao Connor, couldn't bear to share a bed with an addict and flew away with her 10-year-old.
Fortunately, Downey's friends did not abandon him, but each tried to help him rehabilitate, and Sean Penn even tied him to his helicopter and drove directly to the drug rehab center, finally pulling Downey back from the brink of self-destruction. According to Downey himself, one day in 2003, he drove a car full of drugs past a Burger King, tasted a bite and almost didn't spit it out, only to realize that he had been plagued with drugs and everything in his life had changed with it, so he drove to the beach and threw all the drugs into the sea along with the drug addiction.
That same year, Downey met female producer Susan Levine on the set of "Ghost Man", and since then she and Downey have fought alongside him to help him fight off drug addiction and eventually return to the screen, and the two have been married since 2005, and have conceived a son and a daughter. After the change of heart, Downey, the films "Thief, Beauty and The Detective", "The Saint's Guide", "Charlie Bartley", and "Zodiac" that he took over in those years, more or less have a bit of his own life experience in it, which also makes his performance more delicate and moving.
3 In Avengers 4, he gave everyone a chair
Robert Downey Jr. once said, "Remember, falling to the bottom doesn't mean staying there all the time." "Not everyone can jump at the chance to start all over again, but luckily Downey succeeded. For many people, the reason why he plays Iron Man is irreplaceable may be because their life trajectories have too many intersections.
Iron Man as a superhero is not perfect, he is debauched, arrogant, spending money, extremely clever, eating and drinking all day, but when he is reborn in a dark cave, he installs an artificial heart, wears armor, gains superpowers, and eventually destroys the enemy. Back in his previous life, he is no longer a playboy, nor a hero in mythology, but an ordinary person who has finally understood life.
After "Iron Man", Downey's life was like a hanging, in 2009 "Tropical Thunder" won him another nomination for the 81st Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and in 2010 he owned another super-high-grossing series after the Marvel movie series "Sherlock Holmes".
It is said that when director Guy Richie originally rejected Downey's naked coveting of the role of "Sherlock Holmes", Downey asked self-deprecatingly: "Why not use a person who has starred in a blockbuster film for the first time in 25 years?" Co-actor Ben Stiller said of Downey: "Downey is a genius sent from heaven to earth, and he helps us understand together that life is a sad, fun and beautiful experience, full of imperfections and irony." ”
Today, Downey has entered the third stage of his life. He founded a production company with his wife, Susan Levine, became a producer and producer, and in 2014 produced his first film, "Judge Daddy," which was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in that year's awards season, including the Hollywood Film Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Golden Globes and Oscars (Robert Duval).
Downey once told the media that he would shed tears throughout the filming of the film because it was a movie about going home, about breaking a relationship, "For me and Susan, test whether we can catch each other when we have an opportunity, the rope is at hand, it depends on whether you have the courage to reach out." 」 ”
Yes, today's Robert Downey Jr. is an upgraded version of "Iron Man" Tony Stark. He strives to make up for the mistakes of the past, actively participates in various charitable activities, helps others to rehabilitate as much as possible, and personally gives prosthetic limbs to disabled children. For the co-actors, he is a caring domineering president, it is said that he gave the "American team" Chris Evans a very expensive custom car, and carefully asked the other party whether he liked the car before sending it, and the "American team" almost did not leave the car after receiving it; gave the "Dutch brother" Tom Holland a piece of land, because he thought that sending the house would be unsatisfactory to the little spider; he would also protest in order to improve the treatment of other actors. After the completion of "Avengers 4", he customized a special set chair for each staff member, which was engraved with the name of the other party, marvel's ten years of slogan, and the mark of Iron Man...
Written by Meng Tianxiang