*credit to Getty Images*
Now all we have to do is wait for May 7...sigh it's so far away :P
Anyways, i'll be sure to put more photos up later! Stay tuned!
-Donnia
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
HOLY SHI- Iron Man 2 Premiere!
Hey guys its Donnia with LOADS of pictures of Rob at the Iron Man 2 premiere! :D I'm not going to lie, I thought that the premiere was going to be in May, but the earlier the better!
*credit to Getty Images*
Now all we have to do is wait for May 7...sigh it's so far away :P
Anyways, i'll be sure to put more photos up later! Stay tuned!
-Donnia
*credit to Getty Images*
Now all we have to do is wait for May 7...sigh it's so far away :P
Anyways, i'll be sure to put more photos up later! Stay tuned!
-Donnia
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Iron Man 2 Photo Call!
Hey guys, I know I'm kind of late on this update :P I'm perfectly on time. Here's some pictures of Rob at the IM2 Photo Call (he's the only one who can look good wearing a suit and sneakers :])
*photo credit from Getty Images and Wire Image*
-Donnia :)
*photo credit from Getty Images and Wire Image*
-Donnia :)
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Would. You. Buy. These?!
Hey guys, random RDJ/IM-related post. I was just surfing the net and typed in 'iron man shoes' on google images...and came upon these bad boys:
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Now, you know these are absol-freaking-utely BEAST! If I were a millionaire, I would've paid someone $500,000 to make these for me years ago, but I'm not :(
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Now, you know these are absol-freaking-utely BEAST! If I were a millionaire, I would've paid someone $500,000 to make these for me years ago, but I'm not :(
Anywho, the girl who made them is Julie and she has a deviantart and a website for her designs. Check her stuff out! Its pretty amazing:
-Donnia :D
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Men's Journal Interview, Iron Man-related news.
Donnia here! I have an interview from Men's Journal where Rob talks about martial arts, being an actor and...other stuff! :D
On advice for practicing Wing Chun, a martial arts discipline:
“Seriously, don’t worry about looking like an idiot. It’s like life: The less self-conscious you are, the better it works. And remember, lots of ice and Advil afterward. Trust me on that one.”
On how Wing Chun helps him cope:
“This is all about focus. Wing Chun teaches you what to concentrate on, whether you’re here or out in the world dealing with problems. It’s second nature for me now. I don’t even get to the point where there’s a problem.”
On being reluctant to punch a stuntman full in the mouth while filming Sherlock Holmes:
“I was like, ‘I can’t or he’s not going to be able to play with his kids this weekend.’ And Guy (Ritchie) was basically saying, ‘He doesn’t have any kids.’ ”
On if he is worried about burnout from filming and promoting films:
“You don’t worry about something that has already happened,” he says with resignation. “You don’t need to worry about your car breaking down when you’re already on the side of the street with the hood up. Worrying is done. The hubcaps have already come off going around the corners.”
On being an actor:
“This is still art for commerce, at best. I consider myself to be a pain-in-the-ass artist who’s self-aware enough to still be tolerable. While I have a little bit of juice, I try not to rub it in anyone’s face, because it’s just disgusting. And I use the term ‘artist’ loosely.”
On his Iron Man character Tony Stark’s relationship with his dead father:
“We’re having Tony go back and really deal with the ramifications of his lack of connection to his dad, his almost professional-stock, prop-smile answers, and how he’d been using Dad’s memory as a weapon against others. He’s really feeling hugely conflicted by assumptions about his dad’s feelings about him and whether or not there’s any real connection between them at the most basic level, which is: You’re not here anymore for this. Is there something you have for me, is there something you left for me, is there some sort of bread-crumb trail I can find that will help fill me at this point in my life?”
Eric Oram, Downey’s Wing Chun instructor, on working with the actor:
“When he first came to me, insurance companies wouldn’t bond him for movies; he couldn’t get roles. I told him if he didn’t show up to a lesson, I was going to chop off his toes and feed them back to him. One day he didn’t turn up, and I told him goodbye. Then he had a couple of producers call me and vouch for him, saying, ‘He was with us in a meeting; he didn’t have a phone. It’s our fault. Don’t cut his head off.’ He has committed himself to it ever since and turned his life around.”
Guy Ritchie, on working with the actor:
“The word to describe Robert is hard. I know that’s fucking ridiculous in describing an actor, but he really can scrap. He’s done time in jail, which didn’t exactly soften him up. He has a real physicality that is pretty fucking amazing.”
Also in some IM-related news, it looks like Joss Whedon will be directing The Avengers!
From deadline.com:
"I'm told Marvel Studios is in final negotiations for Buffy the Vampire Slayer series architect Joss Whedon to direct Marvel Studios' The Avengers. That's the fast-tracked film that would amount to an all-star team of Marvel superheros, including Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), as well as SHIELD leader Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). Other signature superheros will likely be involved, but I've listed the actors in active superhero duty. Whedon has been rumored for this job for awhile, and is high on the fanboy wish-list. He's an interesting choice: despite his writing/producing TV series resume, his lone feature directing effort, Serenity, was not a hit. After Iron Man 2, Marvel has three pictures left on a distribution deal with Paramount before it moves to Disney, and the studio has been churning them out. Iron Man 2 gets released in May, Captain America will begin shooting this summer in Europe, Thor is in production, and Marvel Studios just set Pete Sollett to direct Runaways, based on the comic book series created by Lost writer Brian K. Vaughan. Whedon has written installments of the latter, so he knows how to make those superheros fly. Marvel has considered all of the individual superhero movies to be an intro to The Avengers, so the wanna-see on this one will be huge. The film will be released in the first weekend of May, 2012."
Well, personally, I think this is AWESOME! Joss is amazing, and Serenity is one of my favorite movies. Though he hasn't done anything as big as The Avengers, I have faith in him! Fingers crossed!
Liv on the other hand, is kind of torn: "One on side, I love Joss. I think his shows and his webseries have been great, but I am not sure if he is ready to take on something this huge. I mean, in the eyes of the fans The Avengers is going to be a movie of epic magnitude. So if it isn't perfect, it could go totally wrong."
In the end, all we can do is hope. The Avengers is a big f**cking deal, and I agree with Liv that one imperfection can ruin the whole movie. What do you guys think?
On advice for practicing Wing Chun, a martial arts discipline:
“Seriously, don’t worry about looking like an idiot. It’s like life: The less self-conscious you are, the better it works. And remember, lots of ice and Advil afterward. Trust me on that one.”
On how Wing Chun helps him cope:
“This is all about focus. Wing Chun teaches you what to concentrate on, whether you’re here or out in the world dealing with problems. It’s second nature for me now. I don’t even get to the point where there’s a problem.”
On being reluctant to punch a stuntman full in the mouth while filming Sherlock Holmes:
“I was like, ‘I can’t or he’s not going to be able to play with his kids this weekend.’ And Guy (Ritchie) was basically saying, ‘He doesn’t have any kids.’ ”
On if he is worried about burnout from filming and promoting films:
“You don’t worry about something that has already happened,” he says with resignation. “You don’t need to worry about your car breaking down when you’re already on the side of the street with the hood up. Worrying is done. The hubcaps have already come off going around the corners.”
On being an actor:
“This is still art for commerce, at best. I consider myself to be a pain-in-the-ass artist who’s self-aware enough to still be tolerable. While I have a little bit of juice, I try not to rub it in anyone’s face, because it’s just disgusting. And I use the term ‘artist’ loosely.”
On his Iron Man character Tony Stark’s relationship with his dead father:
“We’re having Tony go back and really deal with the ramifications of his lack of connection to his dad, his almost professional-stock, prop-smile answers, and how he’d been using Dad’s memory as a weapon against others. He’s really feeling hugely conflicted by assumptions about his dad’s feelings about him and whether or not there’s any real connection between them at the most basic level, which is: You’re not here anymore for this. Is there something you have for me, is there something you left for me, is there some sort of bread-crumb trail I can find that will help fill me at this point in my life?”
Eric Oram, Downey’s Wing Chun instructor, on working with the actor:
“When he first came to me, insurance companies wouldn’t bond him for movies; he couldn’t get roles. I told him if he didn’t show up to a lesson, I was going to chop off his toes and feed them back to him. One day he didn’t turn up, and I told him goodbye. Then he had a couple of producers call me and vouch for him, saying, ‘He was with us in a meeting; he didn’t have a phone. It’s our fault. Don’t cut his head off.’ He has committed himself to it ever since and turned his life around.”
Guy Ritchie, on working with the actor:
“The word to describe Robert is hard. I know that’s fucking ridiculous in describing an actor, but he really can scrap. He’s done time in jail, which didn’t exactly soften him up. He has a real physicality that is pretty fucking amazing.”
Also in some IM-related news, it looks like Joss Whedon will be directing The Avengers!
From deadline.com:
"I'm told Marvel Studios is in final negotiations for Buffy the Vampire Slayer series architect Joss Whedon to direct Marvel Studios' The Avengers. That's the fast-tracked film that would amount to an all-star team of Marvel superheros, including Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), as well as SHIELD leader Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). Other signature superheros will likely be involved, but I've listed the actors in active superhero duty. Whedon has been rumored for this job for awhile, and is high on the fanboy wish-list. He's an interesting choice: despite his writing/producing TV series resume, his lone feature directing effort, Serenity, was not a hit. After Iron Man 2, Marvel has three pictures left on a distribution deal with Paramount before it moves to Disney, and the studio has been churning them out. Iron Man 2 gets released in May, Captain America will begin shooting this summer in Europe, Thor is in production, and Marvel Studios just set Pete Sollett to direct Runaways, based on the comic book series created by Lost writer Brian K. Vaughan. Whedon has written installments of the latter, so he knows how to make those superheros fly. Marvel has considered all of the individual superhero movies to be an intro to The Avengers, so the wanna-see on this one will be huge. The film will be released in the first weekend of May, 2012."Well, personally, I think this is AWESOME! Joss is amazing, and Serenity is one of my favorite movies. Though he hasn't done anything as big as The Avengers, I have faith in him! Fingers crossed!
Liv on the other hand, is kind of torn: "One on side, I love Joss. I think his shows and his webseries have been great, but I am not sure if he is ready to take on something this huge. I mean, in the eyes of the fans The Avengers is going to be a movie of epic magnitude. So if it isn't perfect, it could go totally wrong."
In the end, all we can do is hope. The Avengers is a big f**cking deal, and I agree with Liv that one imperfection can ruin the whole movie. What do you guys think?
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Iron Man 2.
Let me just start off by saying this: 24 more days :D
Now when I say 24 more days, I am referring to the wait until May 7th, which is the date Iron Man 2 comes out. When Iron Man first came out, I didn't think that much of it. I thought about the comic book hero and said "Well..how can this be a good movie?" I hadn't even seen the trailer. But I went with my family to the cinema anyways, and came out a new person. The movie was funny, exciting, and fun. It turned out to be something I had never expected! And with most of the movies he stars in, Robert stole the show. He was his usual witty and attractive self, which is good enough for me! It doesn't matter if you like the movie or not, you have to agree that Robert WAS Tony Stark and played him amazingly.
After seeing the movie, it was safe to say I was hooked. I quickly ran out, got some of the comic books, and basically any merchandise I could get my hands on. Then I heard about the second movie being made, and I was as giddy as a school girl. And whenever a new piece of footage or news or pictures came out I squeeled, and I screamed, and I counted down the days till I could see the movie. Thinking about it now, I must have drove my friends nuts with my little obsession. But I can't help it! Each day, my excitement builds. After a year or so of waiting, the date that I so desire is almost here :) So for anyone that hasn't seen the trailer, here it is:
Iron Man 2, starring Robert Downey Jr, Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johanson, Sam Rockwell, and Samuel L. Jackson.
Hopefully this helps build your excitement for Roberts next movie.
-Liv
Now when I say 24 more days, I am referring to the wait until May 7th, which is the date Iron Man 2 comes out. When Iron Man first came out, I didn't think that much of it. I thought about the comic book hero and said "Well..how can this be a good movie?" I hadn't even seen the trailer. But I went with my family to the cinema anyways, and came out a new person. The movie was funny, exciting, and fun. It turned out to be something I had never expected! And with most of the movies he stars in, Robert stole the show. He was his usual witty and attractive self, which is good enough for me! It doesn't matter if you like the movie or not, you have to agree that Robert WAS Tony Stark and played him amazingly.
After seeing the movie, it was safe to say I was hooked. I quickly ran out, got some of the comic books, and basically any merchandise I could get my hands on. Then I heard about the second movie being made, and I was as giddy as a school girl. And whenever a new piece of footage or news or pictures came out I squeeled, and I screamed, and I counted down the days till I could see the movie. Thinking about it now, I must have drove my friends nuts with my little obsession. But I can't help it! Each day, my excitement builds. After a year or so of waiting, the date that I so desire is almost here :) So for anyone that hasn't seen the trailer, here it is:
Iron Man 2, starring Robert Downey Jr, Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johanson, Sam Rockwell, and Samuel L. Jackson.
Hopefully this helps build your excitement for Roberts next movie.
-Liv
Monday, April 12, 2010
Hello there.
Bonjour fellow Downey fans, I'm Donnia and I'll also be helping with the site. (but I'm sure you already knew that ;])
Anywho, on to some RDJ news! Rob is being featured on Men's Journal for May 2010; cover shown below for your viewing pleasure:
Also, Rob was in Rome yesterday and today with his son, Indio. *drool*
April 11, 2010:
April 12, 2010:
*credit to Just Jared and Getty Images*
Psst...looks like Indio is getting taller than his dad. XD
Anywho, on to some RDJ news! Rob is being featured on Men's Journal for May 2010; cover shown below for your viewing pleasure:
Also, Rob was in Rome yesterday and today with his son, Indio. *drool*
April 11, 2010:
April 12, 2010:
*credit to Just Jared and Getty Images*
Psst...looks like Indio is getting taller than his dad. XD
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Ah, putrefaction!
Well good evening, ladies and gentlemen!
Welcome to our wonderful fanblog, made in honor of the amazing Mr. Robert Downey Jr.
The idea of this website was conceived earlier this morning by my good friend, and co-website runner Donnia. She had been on a Sherlock Holmes binge and wanted to make a website where she could let her fangirl side run wild, and me being a long term RDJ fangirl could not reject this idea. We are not looking to accomplish anything with this blog, other then to have fun, meet other fans, and show respect to one of the best actors in Hollywood.
So thank you for visiting! There will be much more to come :)
-Liv
Welcome to our wonderful fanblog, made in honor of the amazing Mr. Robert Downey Jr.
The idea of this website was conceived earlier this morning by my good friend, and co-website runner Donnia. She had been on a Sherlock Holmes binge and wanted to make a website where she could let her fangirl side run wild, and me being a long term RDJ fangirl could not reject this idea. We are not looking to accomplish anything with this blog, other then to have fun, meet other fans, and show respect to one of the best actors in Hollywood.
So thank you for visiting! There will be much more to come :)
-Liv
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