In yet another award for his Oppenheimer performance, Robert Downey Jr. clearly felt on top of the world. In his victory speech, the actor congratulated filmmaker Christopher Nolan and reflected on his great career.
“When I was 15, I aspired to be Peter O’Toole.” “When I was 25, I worked for Richard Attenborough and Anthony Hopkins,” the Marvel star said.
“When I was 35, I finally understood why Dickie thought Tony would be a better role model for me than Peter.”
He went on to say, “When I was 42, I worked on two films with Guy Ritchie and learned how to build large Hollywood blockbusters with a genteel British flare.
I then portrayed a character named Tony in the MCU for nearly 12 years.”
Crediting the British filmmaker, the award-winning actor added, “And then recently, that dude Chris Nolan advised I try an understated approach as a last-ditch effort to possibly resuscitate my diminishing credibility. So I’d like to share with my fellow nominees that this has been an outstanding year.
In the Academy Award-nominated picture, Robert played Lewis Strauss, a leading member of the United States Atomic Energy Commission who is antagonistic to J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Robert previously won the BAFTA for Best Actor in 1992 for Chaplin.
