There's A 99% Chance Robert Downey Jr. Is Iron Man

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Being cast to play a charming, reckless, smart, and smug character sounds like Robert Downey Jr. was cast to play himself. The Marvel franchise can never end. Six of RDJ's last eight films were Marvel movies.

Let's be honest, Iron Man was the movie that saved Robert Downey Jr.'s career. Before Iron Man, RDJ had been essentially cast out of Hollywood for his behavior and drug addiction that began when he was just a kid thanks to his dad.