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Christopher Nolan Was ‘a Little Afraid’ of Robert Downey Jr. When They First Met for ‘Batman Begins’: ‘I’d Heard Stories About How Crazy’ He Was
Christopher Nolan had heard the crazy stories about Robert Downey Jr. before their first meeting years ago during pre-production on "Batman Begins."
He was former Marvel Studios’ president David Maisel’s top pick, but “my board thought I was crazy to put the future of the company in the hands of an addict.” Nolan said on “The Late Show” earlier this month that Downey “playing Iron Man is one of the most consequential casting decisions that’s ever been made in the history of the movie business.” He doubled down on this opinion during his chat for The New York Times. It wound up defining our industry,” Nolan said when asked about how he got over his initial worries about Downey “Coming out of Covid, you say, ‘Thank God for Marvel movies.’ And it’s one of those where, in retrospect, everybody thinks it was obvious.
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