“Were you ever nominated for an Academy Award for ‘Iron Man’? Don’t you think that because it’s a superhero movie they turn their nose up?” Howard Stern asked Robert Downey Jr. on “The Howard Stern Show” when addressing Martin Scorsese‘s recent criticism that Marvel movies aren’t cinema. But it turns out that Downey turned down an awards campaign for what has become his signature role. Watch a clip of their convo above.
“There was some talk about it, and I said, ‘Let’s not,'” Downey told Stern. “I don’t know that it’s time or if I am the guy … to have the academy recognize.” Downey has received a number of fan-voted plaudits for his work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including MTV Movie and TV Awards and People’s Choice Awards, but no industry plaudits, though he does have previous Oscar nominations for his...
“There was some talk about it, and I said, ‘Let’s not,'” Downey told Stern. “I don’t know that it’s time or if I am the guy … to have the academy recognize.” Downey has received a number of fan-voted plaudits for his work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including MTV Movie and TV Awards and People’s Choice Awards, but no industry plaudits, though he does have previous Oscar nominations for his...
- 10/9/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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