[ SECRET POST #6432 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6432 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Part of the reason they picked Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man was because of his fame before that point. Not just from his acting, but the infamy from his substance abuse and imprisonment. But Weird Science, Less than Zero, and Chaplin all made waves in their own ways. I'd say his stint on Ally McBeal is probably more remembered for his problems with substance use than his acting, but I don't know. His storied career began long before 2008 and includes: being a cast member on Saturday Night Live for a season, Short Cuts, Only You (not a very substantial movie, but he costarred with Marisa Tomei, which was part of the joke in Stark's interactions with Aunt May), Natural Born Killers, U.S. Marshals, The Singing Detective, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, A Scanner Darkly, Zodiac (a very substantial movie, that also starred Mark Ruffalo and Jake Gyllenhaal), and many others. Though he definitely had some low points, I'm not really sure how you thought he was barely known before Iron Man.

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(minor point, but though Zodiac was released before Iron Man, Downey had already been cast in the role at that point)

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ayrt

Zodiac was released in 2007, but it was shot from September 2005 to February 2006. Favreau, who came on board as director of Iron Man in April 2006, didn't cast Downey until later in 2006, so while the Iron Man casting news might have had an impact on Zodiac box office, it wouldn't have had any influence on Downey being in Zodiac (well, I suppose it could have influenced the editing, but that does not strike me as something Fincher would be on board with). However, Downey working on a David Fincher film might have had some influence on him being cast in Iron Man. So, I'm going to count it as before.