According to what was revealed in this project, the actor’s father noticed that his son, during a poker night at home, was trying a white wine, so his reaction was to take the glass from him and bring him a cannabis cigarette to see his reaction.
This anecdote would not be entirely unprecedented, since Downey Sr., who was a peculiar clandestine filmmaker, with little success and also lived with addictions for a large part of his life, on one occasion acknowledged his irresponsibility for having given his son drugs, then 6 years old. As well as teaching him to watch movies for adults and even the films that he directed, not suitable for minors.
It was “growing up in a family where everyone used drugs”, recalls Downey Jr., who made his acting debut at the age of 5 in his father’s film, pound (1970).
Downey Jr. rose to fame on the tape Chaplin (1992), work for which he managed to win a BAFTA award and was nominated for an Oscar. However, a short time later he was faced with the use of cocaine, heroin and marijuana, arrests, rehabilitations. Today he is one of the highest paid actors in the world, he is 20 years sober and a survivor, despite the disastrous upbringing he grew up with, the documentary reveals.
Mr.was directed by Chris Smith, it is a way in which the “Iron Man” seeks to pay tribute to his father, who died in 2021, in addition to capturing a home portrait of the turbulent relationship that both had for decades.