Robert Downey Jr. Talks Creating Iron Man In 2008

Robert Downey Jr. on his experience creating Iron Man in 2008 with Jon Favreau. Let me know what you all think in the comments down below, like & sub for more!!

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[CantinaTalkSW]

What do you think the MCU would’ve looked like without Jon Favreau and RDJ??

[SqueakerBunny]

Zathura was amazing.
For those who don't know, the movie flopped because lots of people thought: "oh it's just Jumanji, but in space". Which is hilarious because the movie is based on a book of the same name, "Zathura", and the author of Zathura is the same author from the book "Jumanji" and it was writen as a sequel to Jumanji.

[mr.knowbuddy]

"This will do until the dark knight comes out" is colder than you think considering this is his comeback film and superhero fatigue wasnt a thing yet, people actually used to be very excited for every single superhero movie back in the day.

[SDesWriter]

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was a BRILLIANT movie!

[Mr.TheKrab]

zathura was so underrated. The type of movie you would rent on netflix and watch 6 times just to never hear a whisper of it for 20 years but would think about it from time to time, forgetting what the title even was.

[glxcksmith]

Zathura had me terrified as kid when he goes into the basement to get that board game😂

[johnU.]

Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Junior are what made the Iron Man movies great

[Dab__Bod]

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is one of my favorite films. So glad he took that part.

[The_Bugsy_Show]

Can watch both on repeat. That was an amazing summer for cinema

[Adam.Matyas]

Kiss Bang is actually one of my top favorite movies. The scene when Rob was inadvertently at the casting audition really showed amazing acting skills.

[TheSleepSteward]

Zathura tanked?!? WHAAA?! That’s a god damn childhood classic man. It tanked at release?

[CalebThePerson]

Zathura didnt tank did it. It was honestly an amazing movie as a kid. Hearing the name alone just unlocked core memories.


It tanked hard. 65 million dollar budget but 13 million on opening weekend.

[JacobsEloise]

This deserves way more views. Absolutely underrated

[lewislewis]

Kiss, Kiss, Bang Bang tanking is criminal. It might be one of the best neo-noir Detective films of all time. The Nice Guys, another Shane Black movie in a similar vein, also didn't do too well at the box office, and it is arguably just as good.

[jayanths]

Bruh, both Zathura and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang are underrated classics. It's crazy that they bombed at the box-office.

[SmokesKwazukii]

Zathura was so cool and fun i absolutely lived that movie as a kid

[OG]

John Favreau and his cousins grew up in my neighborhood in NYC. His personality in real life is just like what you see in his movies. I was closer friends with his younger cousin because we were the same age but good people from a good family.

[josephsua]

Dark Knight, KKBB, Zathura and Iron Man are all certified classics ❤

[Sanfaso]

Kiss kiss bang bang is actually my favourite RDJ movie

[RupeepNye]

It's criminal that Zathura tanked. It's an awesome movie.