Molly Ringwald, Robert Downey Jr. in ‘The Pick-Up Artist’.Photo:20th Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock
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Robert Downey Jr.is kissing and telling!
TheOppenheimerstar, 58, recalled hisfirst onscreen smoochduring an interview withW Magazinefor its Best Performances issue, revealing that it was withMolly Ringwaldin the 1987 romantic dramedyThe Pick-Up Artist.
Downey had some misgivings about his skill set for the scene, due to how co-producerWarren Beattyenvisioned it going.
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Downey has come quite a way since his kiss with Ringwald, 55, and Marvel fans might even argue that he eventually perfected the art of the onscreen smooch with hisIron ManandAvengerscostarGwyneth Paltrow.
But that might just be becausethe two are such close pals. As theGoopfounder, 51, saidon her podcastin October 2020, “With Robert, [when] I kissed him [I] was like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me. This is literally like kissing my brother.’ "
In May 2016, Downey joked Paltrow was his “free pass” in an interview onThe Howard Stern Show.
“My free pass is — because her and [his wife]Susanare such good friends — is Paltrow,” the actor said, before jokingly adding, “I gotta get her back in these movies so I can make out with her onscreen again.”
Robert Downey Jr.Juergen Teller for W Magazine
Also during hisW Magazineinterview, Downey addressed whether he believes in astrology.
“I’m an Aries. I don’t disbelieve anything, but do we believe there are only 12 kinds of people on Earth?” he said. “We want to feel that the future is not so uncertain and that there’s someone, like a horoscope writer, who knows exactly what we’re going through.”
Asked about his cinematic “boy crush” (“even though I wasn’t even entirely a boy,” he noted), Downey named an acting legend.
“And part of this was enhanced last night watching hertake this Icon Awardat the Academy Gala —Meryl Streep,” he said. “It might’ve been [in]Deer Hunter.That means I was … 14?”
“Meryl, are you watching this? Call me,” Downey joked.
source: people.com
