Robert Downey Jr. Says His Marvel Work Went “Unnoticed Because Of The Genre”

Robert Downey Jr. recently stated that his portrayal as Tony Stark and Iron Man was perhaps some of the best acting he's ever done. But he believes "it went a little bit unnoticed because of the genre."

The news comes from Rob Lowe's Literally! podcast (via Variety), where Downey Jr. appeared for an episode. While recording Lowe's podcast, Downey Jr's phone started to ring, which prompted Lowe to say, "Is that some Marvel s**t? Are you going to break some stories here?" After Downey Jr. said that the phone call wasn't Marvel-related, Lowe began to joke about how he would like to represent him:

"You know what I say. That phone is going to ring, baby, and I want to be on that call. I want to be negotiating for you," Lowe said. "I know what your deal is. Here's what you do. You go, 'I'll come back, and I'll play Tony Stark for you guys again since you f**ked everything up. But I want a gazillion dollars. I know what that number should be, and I want first dollar gross of every ensuing movie. That's what I would do."

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