Robert Downey Jr. Says His ‘Best Work’ in Marvel Films Goes ‘Unnoticed’ – The Hollywood Reporter

Robert Downey Jr. in “Iron Man 2”

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As Robert Downey Jr. looks back on his career, he feels that some of his “best work” didn’t get the attention it deserved due to the superhero genre.

The actor recently appeared on TV literally! With Rob Lowe The podcast where he talked about past experiences that didn’t go as planned but turned into teachable moments that made him better in the end.

“Sometimes those turning points are where we’re cold and wondering, ‘What am I supposed to learn now?'” he said. “And I think these things can form a new version of the same identity that is not so fragile, a little more flexible but also more capable.”

Downey admitted he was feeling at the top of his career in 2019 after spending 11 years as Tony Stark/Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which he described as some of his “best work” that went unnoticed by the genre. So, when he received some of the worst reviews of his career after starring in the 2020 film directed by Stephen Gaghan. DoolittleWhich Downey produced alongside his wife, Susan Downey, was difficult. But the actor told Lowe that he now knows the film “didn’t work,” and called it a much-needed humbling post-Marvel experience.

“I felt very exposed after being in the Marvel cocoon, where I think I’ve done some of the best work I’ll ever do, but it kind of went unnoticed because of that,” the actor explained. “In a way, I did myself a favor, because the rug was definitively pulled out from under me, and all the things that I was leaning on, as opposed to what my understanding of trust and security was, just evaporated. And it made me teachable. And the crazy thing is, they say, ‘When the student’s ready The teacher will come, and this is what happened.

The Oscar-nominated actor exited the MCU in 2019 Avengers: Endgame. As for DoolittleThe film currently has a 15 percent critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes.