In fact, the rights to adapt Iron Man were bought by Universal in 1990. However, in the next 15 years, the copyright of Iron Man passed through the hands of three companies: Universal, Fox, and New Line. About For the role of Iron Man, both Tom Cruise and Nicolas Cage have expressed great willingness to participate in Iron Man.

The director at the time, Jon Favreau, highly recommended Robert Downey Jr., an actor with a bad reputation at the time, and personally vouched for him. In this way, a movie shot by a third-tier dirty star with a cost of less than 200 million has a global box office of 580 million, which also made Robert Downey Jr. become a first-tier star.

Robert Downey Jr. experienced drug addiction, addiction, drug rehabilitation, and comeback before finally reaching the peak of his career.

Robert Downey Jr. was led astray by his father Robert Downey Jr. since he was 6 years old. His father kept letting him try marijuana and learn to take drugs. Robert Downey Jr. also started taking drugs. road.

In 1996, Robert Downey Jr. was arrested for heroin and other drugs. One month later, he was sent to a drug rehabilitation center.

While on bail in 1997, he was jailed again for repeatedly failing to submit to drug tests as required.

In August 2000, after being released from prison, Robert Downey Jr. immediately entered a rehabilitation center in Southern California to continue receiving drug treatment. In November of the same year, Robert Downey Jr. was arrested again in California for carrying drugs.

In April 2001, he was arrested for the third time on drug charges.

Regarding this unbearable past, Robert Downey Jr. once said: "I was like a misbehaving child, lost in narcotics." As a second-generation star, Robert Downey Jr. The exposure rate is still very high. For example, he once drove a Porsche naked, and once accidentally broke into a neighbor's house and fell asleep on a children's bed.

In 2003, Downey awakened to himself and finally made up his mind to stay away from drugs.

In 2006, he won the most important role in his life-Iron Man. From then on, the peak of life began.

Nowadays, Robert Downey Jr. is nicknamed "The King of Money Makers" in Hollywood, and his acting career is getting smoother and smoother. However, his eldest son was arrested for drug possession, which gave Robert Downey Jr. a headache. Incessantly.

Although he was once a drug addict, this willful and scumbag hero is still our favorite.