April 4, 2024 06:30
Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy birthday to actor and now-Oscar winner Robert Downey, Jr!
Today’s scene that I love comes from 1987’s Less Than Zero. Long before he played Iron Man, Downey played Julian, a young, self-destructive drug addict in Los Angeles. In this scene, Julian talks to his father, played by the great character actor, Nicholas Pryor.
Downey has said that playing Julian was not a huge stretch for him as he was dealing with his own growing drug addiction while making Less Than Zero. (Considering how heavy-handed the film was in its anti-drug message, it’s interesting that both Downey and Andrew McCarthy have talked about first experimenting with cocaine while making the film.) It’s been quite a turn-around for Downey, who went from being a poster boy for self-destruction to a beloved pop cultural icon. Just last month, Downey won an Oscar for his performance in Oppenheimer. He deserved every minute of the applause he received.
Posted by Lisa Marie Bowman
Categories: Film, Scenes I Love
Tags: Film, Less Than Zero, Lisa Marie Bowman, movie, Nicholas Pryor, Robert Downey Jr, Scene I Love, scene that I love, Scenes I Love, Scenes That I Love
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Exactly 11 years younger than I.
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