The tragedy that led Robert Downey Jr to prison and that few know
Many times we take for granted that celebrities are very lucky people, surrounded by glamor, fortune and loved by huge crowds, but nothing is as false as that. Fame is full of mirages and illusions.
Some actors have suffered terrible misfortunes and their lives are far from easy, there are many examples: Keanu Reeves has had to face terrible trials and Robert Downey Jr has had a rather complicated and sad life.
Downey Jr.'s life before Iron Man is as heartbreaking as a Dostoevsky novel. Before becoming one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood, the actor had addiction problems and was even in prison several times for the same situation.
When he was a child, just 6 years old, Robert Downey Jr used marijuana after his father gave it to him to try it. The actor would later confess that that was the only way his father knew how to express love to him.
'Drug use became the only emotional link between him and me. When my father and I used drugs together, he was actually expressing his love for me in the only way he knew how, '' the actor confessed in an interview after accepting that his father was an addict.
Eventually Robert began to ingest more corrosive substances, in addition to alcohol, such as cocaine and heroin. This prompted him to enter a rehabilitation program, failing several times.
"It's as if I had a shotgun in my mouth, I know I can die, I have my finger on the trigger, but I like the taste of metal," the actor told the judge who was handling his case at a hearing in 1999.
Despite the fact that the actor spent too much time in jail, almost 2 years in constant coming and going, he was imprisoned in addictions for many years.
After being arrested in 1996 for driving drugged, naked and with a gun in the glove compartment, the actor put an end to this situation in 2003.
However, by then he had earned a reputation as a troublesome, complicated, and unprofessional person. In fact, Marvel didn't want him to be Iron Man.
It was Jon Favreau, director of Iron Man and the live action of the Lion King, who bet everything on him, after seeing the similarities between the life of the actor and the character. The rest is history, Robert Downey Jr established himself as an actor with this character and became one of the most loved and admired celebrities in the industry.
