Robert Downey Jr. is ‘just getting started’ after his Oscar win for Oppenheimer: ‘I got a couple other tricks up my sleeve’
Robert Downey Jr. has no plans to slow down after finally winning his first Oscar on Sunday for his scene-stealing performance in Oppenheimer.
“I have a few other tricks up my sleeve,” 58-year-old Brat Packer said People at the governor’s ball.
Robert – who has 113.5 million followers on social media – Installed a triumphant morning-after snap with his gold statue on Monday with the caption: “Oh happy day…”
Downey Jr. and his 18-year-old wife – Susan Levin Downey – founded their production company Team Downey a decade ago and their upcoming projects include Netflix series Sweet Tooth, Amazon MGM Studios’ crime thriller Play Dirty and Max’s spy series The Sympathizer.
“We’re just getting started,” the 50-year-old producer said.
Robert Downey Jr. has no plans to slow down after finally winning his first Oscar on Sunday for his scene-stealing performance in Oppenheimer
58-year-old Brat Packer told People at the Governor’s Ball: ‘I’ve got a few other tricks up my sleeve’
‘We talk about it all the time. There are so many more things we want to do together and achieve together and play together, create together.”
The Downey’s Dream Cars producer-host called their collaboration an “inside job,” adding, “I believe we still have mountains to climb in our own way.”
As for the long-delayed Sherlock Holmes 3, Susan told the Unpacked podcast a year ago: ‘Yes, it’s in the hopper. We’re going to do it if it’s right, with the right people. But it is a priority for the company and a priority for Robert.”
During his acceptance speech, Robert gave a sweet shout out to his “vet, I mean wife” as he “found me a growling rescue pet and loved me again.” That’s why I’m here.’
Downey Jr. often credits his wife with helping him overcome drug and alcohol addiction in 2003 after meeting on the set of Gothika, and they are proud parents of 12-year-old son Exton and nine-year-old daughter Avri.
In 2015, the twice-rehabilitated ex-con received a full and unconditional pardon from California Governor Jerry Brown for his previous drug convictions.
Speaking of which, Robert’s eldest son Indio Falconer Downey celebrated 18 months of sobriety last November.
Downey Jr. welcomed the 30-year-old musician during his 12-year marriage to Deborah Falconer, which ended in 2004.
Robert – who boasts 113.5 million social media followers – posted a triumphant morning-after photo with his gold statue on Monday, captioning it: ‘Oh happy day…’
Downey Jr. and his 18-year-old wife – Susan Levin Downey – founded their production company Team Downey a decade ago and their upcoming projects include Netflix series Sweet Tooth, Amazon MGM Studios’ crime thriller Play Dirty and Max’s spy series The Sympathizer
The 50-year-old producer (R) said: “We’re just getting started. We talk about it all the time. There are so many more things we want to do together and achieve together and play together, create together.”
Producer and presenter of Downey’s Dream Cars called their collaboration an ‘inside job’, adding: ‘I believe we still have mountains to climb in our own way’
As for the long-delayed Sherlock Holmes 3, Susan told the UnWrapped podcast a year ago, “Yes, it’s in the hopper. We’re going to do it if it’s right, with the right people. But it is a priority for the company and a priority for Robert’
During his acceptance speech, Robert gave a sweet shout out to his “vet, I mean wife” as he “found me a growling rescue pet and loved me again.” That’s why I’m here’
Downey Jr. regularly credits his wife with helping him overcome drug and alcohol addiction in 2003 after meeting on the set of Gothika, and they are proud parents of 12-year-old son Exton and nine-year-old daughter Avri.
In 2015, the twice-rehabilitated ex-con received a full and unconditional pardon from California Governor Jerry Brown for his previous drug convictions (photo in 2015)
Speaking of which, Robert’s 30-year-old son Indio Falconer Downey celebrated 18 months of sobriety last November (photo October 17)
Downey Jr. will next executive produce and star as four different characters in Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar’s seven-episode spy thriller The Sympathizer, premiering April 18 on Max.
The Manhattan-born high school dropout will next executive produce and star as four different characters in Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar’s seven-episode spy thriller The Sympathizer, premiering April 18 on Max.
Each of Robert’s antagonistic characters reportedly represents a different branch of the American establishment, and he told People, “It wasn’t particularly subtle, it wasn’t intentional, but I’m already proud of what I saw.”
Cowboy Bebop star Hoa Xuande plays the main character: a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his resulting exile in the United States.
The small-screen adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning debut novel will also star Sandra Oh, Kieu Chinh, Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen, Hoa Xuande, Fred Nguyen Khan, Toan Le, Vy Le and Alan Trong.