Is Robert Downey, Jr. An Ass?



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Oftentimes, the most talented among us are the assiest. That goes without saying. Life's gauntlet can provide a fundament for showing off ones social status just as easily as it could distill us to our pure, unpretentious essence. There's a thin line between Saint and Ass.

We would hate to think that Robert Downey, Jr. who has survived addiction, prison and -- worst of all -- prison guards wanting him to read their scripts while he is in solitary (Averted Gaze), turned out Assy. That would be a shame. How could anyone who played Chaplin so perfectly be shallow and self-absorbed? Contradictions! To wit, this story, by the 3 AM Girls:

"Poor Guy Ritchie. He's just got rid of one demanding diva and now he's saddled himself with another in the shape of Robert Downey Jr.

"He's the star of Ritchie's new movie, Sherlock Holmes. And we hear Robert has been making his presence felt on set.

"A source tells us: 'Robert had one crew member running around like a headless chicken trying to find a straw after he demanded one for his drink.

"'The poor guy was stressing as they were in the middle of nowhere on an old dockyard, so there was hardly a convenience store nearby.

"'Robert also has a habit of telling everyone how great his last scene was - just after he's filmed it.'"

When we read this we focus not on the shit-head present, but in the distance of the shit-head past where Downey played the tragic Julian Wells (Why did Julian have to shoot that last, fateful "eightball" concocted for ill by the evil Rip, played brilliantly by James Spader). That brilliant performance, Downey has admitted, influenced his future (Why did Julian become a man-whore to pay off his drug debt?).