Robert Downey Jr. attends the London premiere of ‘Oppenheimer’ on July 13.Photo:Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency via Getty
Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency via Getty
Marvelfans, cover your ears!
According toRobert Downey Jr.,Oppenheimeris the best film he has acted in.
“Just going to flat out say it: This is the best film I’ve ever been in,” he said in the video, a declaration that was met with cheers from the premiere audience at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square. “I cannot wait for you all to experience it.”
Downey — who portrays Lewis Strauss, primary antagonist of titular physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) — goes on to say that “no matter what your expectations are” going into the dark period piece, which follows the effort to create an atomic bomb during World War II, it “transcends that.”
Robert Downey Jr. stars as Lewis Strauss in ‘Oppenheimer.'.Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures
Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures
“This is what a summer blockbuster, when I was growing up, used to be,” he continued. “It just kind of, like, changed your life. But again, you know, it’s why Chris Nolan is who he is.
Downey’s interview came just before he and his castmates walked out of the premiere in solidarity with theHollywood actors’ strike.
When he and hisOppenheimercostars including Murphy,Florence Pugh,Matt Damon,Rami Malek,Josh HartnettandEmily Bluntleft the theaterafter walking thered carpet, Nolan, 52, addressed their sudden absence in relation toSAG-AFTRA’s then-looming strikeagainst the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
He continued, “Joining one of my guilds, the Writers Guild, in the struggle for fair wages for working members of their union, and we support them.”
Before her departure, Blunt, 40, who plays Oppenheimer’s wife, Kitty, toldDeadline, “If they call [a strike], we’ll be leaving together as a cast in unity with everyone. We’re gonna have to.”
“But right now, it’s the joy to be together,” theA Quiet Placestar added.
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In a new interview withThe New York Times Magazine, Downey opened up about his journey as an actor post-Iron Man, which began withDolittle— a film that flopped hard following its 2020 release.
“I finished the Marvel contract and then hastily went into what had all the promise of being another big, fun, well-executed potential franchise inDolittle,” he told the magazine. “I had some reservations. Me and my team seemed a little too excited about the deal and not quite excited enough about the merits of the execution.”
Robert Downey Jr. starred in the 2020 movie ‘Dolittle.'.Universal Pictures/Kobal/Shutterstock
Universal Pictures/Kobal/Shutterstock
“But at that point I was bulletproof,” he explained. “I was the guru of all genre movies.”
Thankfully, Downey told the outlet,his post-Marvel career eventually led him toOppenheimer. “Then old Chris Nolan calls, and getting to see the spartan, almost monastic way he approaches this art form, it was like going to the other side of the moon,” he said.
Oppenheimerpremieres in U.S. theaters July 21.
source: people.com
