The ‘Oppenheimer’ Oscar nominee was passed over for a DC villain, and says Tom Cruise nearly starred in both ‘Chaplin’ and ‘Iron Man.’
As Downey tells it, long before they would be onscreen rivals in Oppenheimer, Downey revealed that he and Cillian Murphy were in competition for another landmark role in a Christopher Nolan superhero film. “I met him for Batman Begins. He had taken a meeting with me,” Downey said, slipping into a posh Nolan imitation. “He was like, ‘I just wanted to meet you. I was going to cast you, but it was a bit scary, the idea of hiring you.
“These doors swing open and he’s standing there in a terry cloth robe and I look down…and his kiwis are hanging out!” As the audience roared with laughter, Downey continued: “I was just like, ‘Whoa! I was not ready for that.’” Then, doing a perfect imitation of Dangerfield, Downey recalled him immediately lighting up some marijuana and saying, “‘Hey, hey, so you’re playing Derek Lutz? Come on in. Do you mind if I smoke some shit?’ I was like, ‘Oh, no…this is going to be really fun.
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