10 Interesting Facts About Robert Downy Junior.

1. 10 Interesting Facts About Robert Downy Junior
1. In August 1996, During traffic stop for speeding, he was captured for smashed driving, ownership
of heroin, and ownership of a dumped gun in his pickup truck. This was his initially detailed brush
with the law at age 31. He was given a suspended jail sentence of three years, and conceded
probation with necessities of irregular medication testing and medication directing.
2. On November 25, 2000 Downey re-captured on medications and weapons charges in Palm
Springs, California, at the sumptuous Merv Griffin resort, after a mysterious tip to police. Downey
was seen as alone, with cocaine and methamphetamines. He helped out police, went through the
night in prison, and was delivered the following morning on $15,000.00 bail.
3. He exited St Nick Monica Secondary School at age 17 and moved to New York to turn into an
entertainer. First positions in the city included clearing dining areas at Focal Falls café, working in a
shoe store, and proceeding as "living workmanship" at SohHo's famous underground club Region.
4. He featured in Elton John's music video for the melody "I Need Love". Downey was let out of
recovery for one day in late July explicitly to shoot the video (which was recorded in one long
nonstop take at Greystone House in Beverly Slopes).
5. He is the primary normal cast individual from Saturday Night Live (1975) to be selected for a
Foundation Grant in the class "Best Entertainer in a Main Job". Joan Cusack and Dan Aykroyd were

2. likewise designated for Institute Grants a few years before Downey, yet both were named for
supporting jobs.
6. To move past his chronic drug use, he started concentrating on Wing Chun in 2003 under Sifu Eric
Oram, who filled in as a battle and combative techniques expert on Person Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes
(2009).
7. He was considered for the lead job in Top Weapon (1986), which went to Tom Voyage.
8. He turned down the lead job in Say Anything… (1989), which went to John Cusack.
9. He was considered for the lead spot in Edward Scissorhands (1990), which went to Johnny Depp.
10. As a five-year-old Robert expressed his absolute first expressions of exchange on film in quite a
while father Robert Downey Sr's. Pound (1970): "Have any hair on your balls?"