Robert Downey Jr. On Wearing The Iron Man Suit

Robert Downey Jr. talks about wearing the Iron Man suits for the first time in the original Iron Man movie. Let me know what you all think in the comments down below, like & sub for more!!

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[CantinaTalkSW]

If you got to wear the Iron Man suit would you??

[serenadesilhout]

The early iron man suits were a thing of beauty. Practical effects are still supreme

[devonogrady]

The practical suit just looked so good

[PhilipPetrunak]

Yeah, but he looks so much better in a practical suit.

[stevemarshall]

There really should be an award for stuntman

[ChrisXIllustratesXGaming]

He doesn't break character even after DVD commentary.

[brandonstonge]

So basically it’s fun for a bit, but once he’s drenched in sweat underneath and exhausted from lugging it around and dealing with reduced flexibility, it’s impossible to be an effective actor. Fair enough, action movie actors spend all day on their feet and moving around, imagine working on your feet all day long while wearing what is halfway between a Halloween costume and a straight jacket 😂

[PaulJackson]

With iron man suit was 100x better than cgi

[long_chin_man]

marvel 2008: RDJ in a cool costume
marvel 2020s: stunt men and green screens

[kaylonpeynetsa]

"Thats right, grandma would be proud"

[Alexla]

50 millions dollars I’ll be in suit all day 😂😂

[jackrivard]

The heel turn downey jr. Did is amazing and im proud of this man

[GreatSageSunWukong]

I love RDJ with all my heart, I could watch this all day, he's so handsome and he has such a sexy voice.

[louisb.]

Damn that had to be a heartbreaking realization, like “yeah I can be the best iron man, but if I’m moving like Batman 89 it is just always gonna look funny” type stuff

[Ms.JeanJacket]

I hear him, practical suits can impede some actors depending on their style and such. Christian Bale stated the Batman Begins suit gave him headaches like crazy.
But I am so exhausted from the mocap-only movement.
As bad as I saw the Halo show was, I appreciated the practical suits. There’s a material there that you’re interacting with that you can feel in the actors movements and facial expressions.

[JetLagRecords]

Cantina Talk, This video is fantastic! I liked it a lot!

[ElZebo]

So that's why in the first movie the suit looks so good

[manndduck]

I think the physical struggle of being in the suit adds to the acting. I know the hydraulics system in the suit would probably be flawless but it adds to emersion to actually feel iron man move the suit with his body the same way we would.

At the end of the day Iron Man is a regular dude and so it would make sense for him to struggle sometimes to use the suit physically

[DanielJamesEgan]

He must have been so relieved when Ironman got the nanosuit

[adrac]

Nice. But I guess somehow I’ve gone in an entire YouTube short circle I need to get out of bed 😂