Robert Downey Jr. Declines To Campaign For Oscar For Tony Stark

The actor, I hope, has finally put some sense to all the frantic Marvel fans.

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Can all the absolutely preposterous claims by Marvel fans calm down now? In wake of a time, where the world is applauding Joaquin Phoenix's masterclass act in Joker and how it seems he will surely swoop the Oscars, the Marvel fandom apparently got crazy about things.

And I mean, real crazy. There were posts and messages by multiple fans who were 'petitioning' Robert Downey Jr. to be contesting in Oscars for his role of Tony Stark. (wide eyes roll). Just to clarify, taking nothing away from Downey Jr.'s brilliant performance as Tony Stark in the Avengers franchise but I mean, come on, this is the Oscars we are talking about.

And it seems that the actor himself agrees. In a recent taping of The Howard Stern Race live from Los Angeles, "I'm so glad you brought this up because there was some talk about it, and I said 'let's not' and because I'm much more like you than you might really want to believe," Downey Jr. told Stern. "I listen to the show and I agree with most all of your opinions, varied though they may be. Occasionally, you'll go on some tributary trail of thought [and] I'll go like, 'Oh that's not how I see it, but I love that you see it that way.'"

Downey also said, "I'll tell you the truth. I didn't expect [the Marvel Cinematic Universe] to become what it became, and it is this very large, multiheaded Hydra at this point."

On Martin Scorcese's criticism of Marvel films, he said, "It's his opinion. I mean it plays in theaters. I appreciate his opinion because I think it's like anything. We need all of the different perspectives so we can come to the center and move on."

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Comments (2)

RDJ totally deserve Oscar for the class act he has performed through the years ... Joker is another genre with different set of fan base you can't compare both character ..

4 years ago

RDJ totally deserves the Oscar!!!

Just because it isn't some dark DCU movie doesn't mean he is not good!!!!

4 years ago

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