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Robert Downey Jr. gained a Critics Choice Award for finest supporting actor in “Oppenheimer” on Sunday. He took the chance to remind the critics who voted for him that they haven’t all the time liked his work.
“The Critics Alternative Affiliation, they’ve given me such stunning suggestions, actually simply so many nice moments,” Downey Jr. stated firstly of his acceptance speech. “And a few of it’s so poetic, I simply need to share a few of their ideas with you over time.”
He went on to cite a number of unflattering critiques he’s acquired all through his profession, beginning with one evaluate Downey Jr. described as haiku: “sloppy, messy and lazy.”
One other critique he cited in contrast his efficiency in an unnamed venture to “Pee Wee Herman rising from a coma.” Downey Jr. additionally quoted a British critic who as soon as known as him “a puzzling waste of expertise.”
The ultimate evaluate “lingered” with him, Downey Jr. stated, when a critic wrote that he was as “amusing as a bedlocked fart.”
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Whereas Downey Jr. didn’t specify which performances he acquired such colourful suggestions on, he appeared to get pleasure from himself as he quoted every evaluate. As did the viewers, who laughed together with him.
After his journey down important reminiscence lane, Downey Jr. thanked his “Oppenheimer” co-stars – who he endearingly known as his “Oppenhomies” – Emily Blunt, Alden Ehrenreich, Cillian Murphy and the movie’s director, Christopher Nolan.
Downey Jr. starred as former appearing US Secretary of Commerce Lewis Strauss within the blockbuster to – this time – rave reviews. Earlier this month, he won a finest supporting actor Golden Globe for his efficiency within the drama.
The movie adopted physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Murphy) as he and a workforce created the primary atomic bomb throughout World Battle II.
“Oppenheimer” was launched in July in tandem with the “Barbie” film and, as a part of the “Barbenheimer” craze, drew in over $550 million inside the first month of its launch, in keeping with official estimates from Common Photos.