Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:31PM7 comments ›
Tue Aug 19, 2008 — by Karl Cramer
Robert Downey Jr: "F*ck DC Comics"
The actor portraying Tony Stark shows poor Iron Manners
Sure, we know that actors occasionally lose themselves in the role and start acting like their characters in real life. Robert Downey Jr. may have been concentrating too much on his Tony Stark role from this summer’s Iron Man movie in this interview with Moviehole.com.
What's got everyone buzzing? Well, here's an excerpt:
"My whole thing is that that I saw 'The Dark Knight'. I feel like I'm dumb because I feel like I don't get how many things that are so smart. It's like a Ferrari engine of storytelling and script writing and I'm like, 'That's not my idea of what I want to see in a movie.' I loved 'The Prestige' but didn't understand 'The Dark Knight'. Didn't get it, still can't tell you what happened in the movie, what happened to the character and in the end they need him to be a bad guy. I'm like, 'I get it. This is so high brow and so f--king smart, I clearly need a college education to understand this movie.' You know what? F-ck DC Comics. That's all I have to say and that's where I'm really coming from."
Yeah. Don’t be expecting a call to play the Riddler anytime soon, Bob.
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Comments (7)
Mike Gold (5:11 PM on Tue Aug 19, 2008)
Wow. It makes me wonder what Marvel gave him to sign for the multiple picture deal.
Truth be told, I enjoyed Iron Man more than Dark Knight -- probably because I really didn't know what to expect with Iron Man. Downey is an amazing actor; I urge people to check out his work in Richard III with Ian McKellen. Sort of the Howard Chaykin version of the Shakespeare ditty...
Alan Coil (6:24 PM on Tue Aug 19, 2008)
To which Christian Bale replied, "Scoreboard!"
Joe in Philly (12:46 AM on Wed Aug 20, 2008)
Is he back on the drugs?
Russ Rogers (3:08 PM on Wed Aug 20, 2008)
I'm not trying to excuse Downey's poor choice of words. But I can see how Downey might feel a bit irritated. I thought Downey's "Tony Stark" was a more nuanced, intelligent and entertaining performance. I thought "Iron Man" was a more coherent and enjoyable movie. It must be very frustrating seeing a dead guy get all the accolades and "Dark Knight" be the movie that makes 2008 "The Year of the Comic Book Movie."
Gustavo (2:58 AM on Thu Aug 21, 2008)
Gotta admire a guy for saying what he thinks, in these P. C. times.
TonyStark (12:52 AM on Sun Oct 5, 2008)
Iron man is ownage and so is Dark Knight
Anonymous (1:41 AM on Tue Aug 26, 2008)
it's funny that Robert Downey Jr. said the Dark Knight is too sophisticated... he seems like such a sophisticated person himself