Robert Downey Jr. unfollowed the rest of the Avengers on a social media, causing speculation, and within a few days, he was on the hot search again.
This time it was because of his father.
Robert Downey Sr. was told of his death. According to Robert Downey Jr. on social media, his father died in his sleep.
It is very appropriate to describe the father and son as having a father and having a son.
Like Downey Jr., Downey Sr. is a producer and an actor.
It is undeniable that the son has created a wider popularity, but the father is more comprehensive, and the director and screenwriter are not in the question.
Back in the 1950s, robert Downey, who was born in 1935, was about 20 years old, and he had become a photographer and was involved in the shooting of a short documentary film.
He became a director in the 1960s and became a pioneering underground filmmaker in Hollywood.
Underground movies are films that can't be released.
Throughout his film career, it is almost impossible to see the shadow of mainstream Hollywood films.
No wonder Downey Jr. praised his father as a maverick filmmaker.
In 1965, Robert Downey and his first wife, Elsie Ann, gave birth to a child.
Five years later, the child appeared in the film He wrote about, Life of a Dog.
Robert Downey Jr., in this way, began his film life informally.
Robert Downey often takes down little Downey to film, but he also brazenly promotes another of his great hobbies.
Drugs.
When Downey Jr. was not yet 10 years old, he had already tasted the taste of marijuana.
He became a Hollywood star in 1988 and recalled in an interview: "I always had a lot of pots and pans around me. ”
Influenced by his father, little Downey as a teenager could not do without drugs.
In 1977, Robert Downey and Elsie Ann divorced.
Robert Downey Jr. first lived with his mother in New York, but in the '80s he went to California to reunite with his father.
Old Downey had strict requirements for Downey Jr. Downey Jr. refused to play because he didn't want to play a child whose throat was cut by God, and was slapped several times by Old Donnie.
It is conceivable why Downey Jr. would not want to grow up in the shadow of his father, he would seek independence.
After some haggling, his father granted his request to drop out of school. He can finally use his ability to break out of the sky. To this end, he went to work in pizzerias and shoe stores to make ends meet.
Not long after, Downey Jr., who had returned to Los Angeles from New York, got a chance to participate in the romantic comedy "When the Love Goes Deep" directed by John Sells.
Although they were separated from their father, the father and son did not break off contact.
"When I was on drugs with my dad, he seemed to be expressing his love for me in a way that was clear only to his own heart."
Downey Jr. once said.
Drugs have become a bond that binds father and son.
In 1986, they collaborated on "America" together, as if they were back to what they were more than a decade ago.
Robert Downey insisted on independent production, insulated from Hollywood blockbusters.
Robert Downey Jr. was somewhat influenced, but he was willing to connect with the Hollywood mainstream. With 1992's Chaplin, he was nominated for an Oscar.
However, his success did not bring good luck to his family.
In 1994, Downey Sr.'s second wife, Laura, died;
In 1996, Downey Jr. separated from his wife. Because he began to take more intense drugs, he caused personal behavior disorders.
The time bomb planted by my father still broke out.
Downey Jr. was arrested and imprisoned, and his career fell from its peak to its trough.
After that, Downey Sr. stopped working as a film director and producer, only occasionally acting. In 2000, he starred in "The Man at Home" starring Nicholas Cage.
If it weren't for his father's influence, Robert Downey Jr. would have had a completely different cinematic life.
But since it had happened, he should have seen it too.
His father gave him a dark script, and he still managed to find light in the darkness. With the role of "Iron Man", he completed a personal breakthrough and became a superstar on a global scale.
After his father's death, he still gave him enough respect.
After all, if it were not for the influence of his father, he might not have been an actor, let alone a superstar.