Remember whenRobert Downey Jr. gave a squirrel CPR in a blockbuster flop?
Well, he certainly does.
“I had some reservations.
Robert Downey Jr. in ‘Dolittle’.Universal Pictures
But at that point I was bulletproof.
I was the guru of all genre movies.”
In the end, the film was a critical and financial failure.
Still, Robert Downey Jr. considersDolittleone of the most important films he’s ever made.
Then the second most important film wasDolittle, becauseDolittlewas a two-and-a-half-year wound of squandered opportunity."
So why does he considerDolittlesuch an important part of his filmography?
Because it completely altered his outlook on choosing projects.
“After that point what’s that phrase?
Never let a good crisis go to waste,” Downey said.
“We had this reset of priorities and made some changes in who our closest business advisers were.”
Now, the movie star is set to go nuclear withChrisopher Nolan’sOppenheimer.
“I don’t know why I can relate to Lewis Strauss so much,” Downey said.
“I was like, here’s a superhero, if you will, whose superpower is listening.
His superhero superpower is empathy and I thought that’d be a great character to have today.”
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