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Given so much time has passed, most of the “what if” legends of most superhero films are out there already. For Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins,” we all know that Cillian Murphy lost out to Christian Bale for the Batman role.

Are you having a rough week? Perhaps the utter joy of 2024 Oscar nominees reacting to their nods will cheer you up. From Emma Stone to Bradley Cooper to first-time nominees Jeffrey Wright, Lily Gladstone, and Colman Domingo, among others, these honorees have a lot of people to thank.

Robert Downey Jr. has claimed that the runaway success of Oppenheimer has become “a terrible tragedy” for its introverted director Christopher Nolan.Downey made the comments while presenting Nolan with the inaugural Trailblazer Award at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in Utah, an honour which recognises the director’s contributions to independent filmmaking.“Confidentially, he needs his spirits lifted,” Downey joked.

Rob Lowe revealed that he accidentally sent a congratulations text to the wrong actor following the Golden Globe awards.Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Lowe shared how he mistakenly texted Bradley Cooper, congratulating him for his Golden Globe win, when the message was meant for Robert Downey Jr.Cooper was nominated in the Best Actor in a Drama category for his performance as composer Leonard Bernstein in Maestro, losing out to Oppenheimer’s Cillian Murphy.Oppenheimer triumphed at the ceremony, with Downey Jr. taking home the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama.Lowe spoke about the mistake saying: “Downey does this amazing acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, and I’m so excited for him so I text him, ‘So glad you won.

Golden Globes win. “Downey does this amazing acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, and I’m so excited for him so I text him, ‘So glad you won. That is the most beautiful acceptance speech I’ve heard in a long time.

Robert Downey Jr. has defended the ‘blackface’ that his character uses in the 2008 film Tropic Thunder, saying it “railed against tropes that were not right”. The 2008 comedy film was directed by Ben Stiller and stars Downey Jr alongside Jack Black, Jay Baruchel and Brandon T.

Robert Downey Jr. is on his way to an Oscar nomination for “Oppenheimer,” and if you’re a betting person, well, I would already bank on the win, personally.

Cillian Murphy’s acceptance speech at the Golden Globes has been confirmed.Murphy picked up the award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama last night at the 2024 Golden Globes, for his titular role in Christopher Nolan’s biopic, Oppenheimer.During his acceptance speech, Murphy thanked Nolan and the cast of the movie about theoretical physicist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, along with his team of representatives and his family.As well as acknowledging his fellow nominees, who included Barry Keoghan for Saltburn and Andrew Scott for All Of Us Strangers, he expressed his gratitude in words that were censored out for viewers at home.The line which didn’t get aired due to its profanity was, “I’m the luckiest fecking man alive.”He went on to praise Nolan for his directing, even possibly confirming a rumour which has been circulating recently.

Jon Favreau‘s 2008 film “Iron Man” is usually referred to as the blockbuster that first kicked off Hollywood’s superhero movie craze (well, that one and “The Dark Knight“). But according to Pepper Potts herself, Gwyneth Paltrow, “Iron Man” wasn’t pitched to her as a sure-fire success.

Avengers: Endgame, after she stopped watching Marvel movies “at some point”.The actor, who played Pepper Potts in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, explained why she hadn’t seen the 2019 superhero crossover blockbuster during a career retrospective talk at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia.Speaking at the festival on Wednesday (December 6) about Marvel movies (via Deadline), Paltrow said: “To be honest, I stopped watching them at some point. I’ve never seen Endgame. I can’t keep track of who’s what.

Tom Holland has said his partner Zendaya is the person he trusts to be the “most honest” with him about his acting performances.The Spider-Man actor opened up about Zendaya’s advice while speaking to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.He explained: “Zendaya is probably the most honest with me. Which I love, ‘cause you need that” (via The Independent).

Robert Pattinson and Robert Downey Jr. has been cancelled at Netflix.The film, titled Average Height, Average Build, was to be helmed by filmmaker Adam McKay, and would have also stared Amy Adams.

Variety‘s “Actors on Actors” series. In a wide-ranging conversation, the duo spoke about the movie-making measures Ruffalo took to pull off a thicker physique in his latest film, “Poor Things.”“Do you know I had an a– pad in?” Ruffalo, 56, asked Robert Downey Jr., 58, about his commitment to the role. “My legs were, like, four inches bigger,” he continued.

Well, aren’t we happy we didn’t place this one on our 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2024 feature (not that it had shot, so it wouldn’t have been ready). And it looks like the rumors are true.

For all the people that love working with David Fincher (and just looking at the caliber of actors he puts in his films proves the filmmaker is beloved), there’s still this underlying thing when they discuss the production of the film where they seemingly are walking a bit on eggshells. It doesn’t feel as if they’re concerned about upsetting Fincher, but instead, they can’t help but discuss just how difficult it is to work within his framework.

Whether it’s true or not, 2023 will largely go down as a bad year for Marvel Studios. A couple of the films greatly underperformed (“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and “The Marvels”) and one of the TV shows was just a big turd (“Secret Wars”).

Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige has shut down rumours that Robert Downey Jr. will return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).Speaking to Vanity Fair for a new profile piece on Downey, Feige has revealed that Marvel Studios will not be bringing back the Iron Man actor after the character was killed off in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.Feige said, citing Downey Jr.’s final performance as Iron Man: “We are going to keep that moment and not touch that moment again.

Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed there is only one film star who could get her out of retirement and convince her to make another film.Paltrow, 51, had an acting career spanning almost three decades, with credits in movies from Great Expectations to Iron Man. For her role in the 1998 romance movie, Shakespeare In Love, Paltrow won the Oscar for Best Actress among many other awards.However, in recent years, she has taken a hiatus from acting, aside from a brief appearance in Marvel‘s Avengers: Endgame in 2019, subject to Marvel’s requirements.Speaking to Bazaar in 2020, the Seven actor said: “When I was acting I really burned myself out.

Oppenheimer has returned to IMAX and broken a new box office record.The Christopher Nolan movie, first released in cinemas, became the third highest-grossing release of 2023, behind Barbie and The Super Mario Bros. Movie.Starring Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr.

Marvel is reportedly considering bringing back original Avengers characters to combat struggles at the box office.Known for the creation of some of the highest grossing movies of all time including Spiderman: Far From Home, Captain America and Guardians of the Galaxy, the franchise has spent the last decade creating blockbuster superhero hits starring some of Hollywood’s biggest names.However, the studio is facing struggles due to a number of reasons, including its dipping box office projection for its next movie. The Marvels, opening in UK cinemas on November 10, is set to open to $75-80 million against a budget of $250 million.

As the MCU hurtles further into Phase 5, a question echoes through the minds of Marvel fans (at least some of them): where’s Gwyneth Paltrow‘s Pepper Potts? But don’t ask the actress for answers. EW reports that Paltrow has no idea what Kevin Feige & co.

shared in his Instagram Story on Tuesday that he is giving away six of his vintage, eco-modified dream cars in a competition anyone can enter. Downey Jr., 58, is collaborating with the Edward Charles Foundation to raise money for his climate tech venture capital company FootPrint Coalition.

Cillian Murphy has discussed his experience working with Robert Downey Jr. on Oppenheimer, describing him as the most “engaged” actor he’s ever worked with.Murphy, who plays physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s biopic, praised his co-star’s performance in an interview with GQ.“A lot of the scenes I have with Downey, it was quite loose and quite improvisational,” Murphy said.

told People of Murphy’s performance.“He knew it was going to be a behemoth ask when Chris called him. But I think he also had the humility that is required to survive playing a role like this,” he explained.“We’d be like, ‘Hey, we got a three-day weekend. Maybe we’ll go antiquing in Santa Fe.

Robert Downey Jr. says he has “never witnessed a greater sacrifice” by an actor than by Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer.The new biopic, which hit cinemas on Friday (July 21) stars Murphy as scientist and “father of the atomic bomb” J. Robert Oppenheimer.In an interview with People, his co-stars Downey Jr. and Florence Pugh lauded his commitment to the role.The former said: “I have never witnessed a greater sacrifice by a lead actor in my career.

Robert Downey Sr., the younger Downey made his acting debut at age five, playing the ironic role of a sick puppy n his father’s film “Pound.” Downey Jr. found early success as an adjunct member of the Brat Pack, starring in the nihilist classic “Less Than Zero.” He earned his first Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Charlie Chaplin in the eponymous film. Downey has famously, and publicly, battled substance abuse, spending much of the 90’s and early aughts in and out of treatment centers and correctional facilities before finally getting sober in 2003 and making the unlikely leap from getting high to becoming the highest paid actor in Hollywood.

Robert Downey Jr. has revealed that he’s a fan of Sleaford Mods.While promoting his new film Oppenheimer, the actor appeared alongside director Christopher Nolan in an autocomplete interview for Wired.During the interview, Downey Jr.

whose “Tenet” was, well, “Tenet.”The three-hour runtime will scare off some people (even though that’s breezy these days if you’re James Cameron or Martin Scorsese), but the subject matter and artfulness of Nolan’s approach earn our attention every single second. “Oppenheimer” is a movie that makes you say “Oh, my God” over and over again — in awe and in terror. 

A film adapted from a book entitled “American Prometheus” was not going to be subtle about its inspirations. Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” offers nothing short of a mythological retelling of American history as modernism’s end.

Howard Stern that fellow Oscar winner Kate Winslet couldn’t hold back her contempt over his attempt to pass for an Englishman during a unique joint audition for Nancy Meyers’ “The Holiday,” back in 2006, with Winslet, Cameron Diaz, and “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon. “[Jimmy and I] both got called in just as seat-fillers,” the “Oppenheimer” and “Iron Man” actor recalled. “Jack Black is getting his part and Jude Law is definitely getting my part, but [Meyers] needed someone to read with the gals, and we’re sitting there going, ‘It’s about to happen for us.’”“I was like, I’ve got to have a better English accent than Jude Law at this point, and Winslet said, ‘That is the worst British accent I’ve ever heard in my life,'” Downey Jr.