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Robert Downey Jr. Now one of the most gross actors ever, but went on the Rollercoaster tour to confirm its status as a Hollywood legend.
Born in April 1965, Downey Jr. is the youngest of two children shared by the late Robert Downey Sr.actor and filmmaker, and Elsie Ann Fordactress. Long before he became Tony Stark, Downey Jr made his first appearance in his father’s movie Pulverize was 5 years old and held a small role a few years later in 1972’s Greaser’s Palace.
Unfortunately, the father and son shared not just acting talent. The late Downey SR had trouble with substance mistrust and let Downey JR try Marijuana when he was just 6 years old. Downey jr battled drug addicts because of growing up on a household where he claimed that “everyone was making drugs” in an interview in 1988 for Karen HardyBook The new breed: actors coming of age. He even said that substance abuse was something he bonded with his father over.
After being fired from Ally mcbeal In 2001 and given the choice of prison or rehabilitation, JR’s downey realized that it needs to be done Go sober and spent the next two years rehabilitation. He landed his first film role in The singing detective After becoming sober and staring in Guelika where he met the woman of the future, Susan Levin.
He married in 2005 and credits her for helping him on his sobriety journey. Filming for Guelika He was wrapped up and Downey Jr. was tempted to relapse, but Levin gave him ultimatum. Something clicked for Downey Jr., because the next thing he did was stop in a burger king on the Pacific Coast Highway and throw his drugs into the ocean.
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