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Mel Gibson Says He and Robert Downey Jr. Need Each Other to Cope

Mel Gibson says he and Robert Downey Jr. constantly saved each other from being blacklisted and canceled in Hollywood

The Braveheart actor-director, 68, said Downey, 59, has remained a strong force in his life even amid a string of career-threatening scandals, including his infamous July 2006 arrest in Malibu, California. In a chat with Esquire published Monday, April 8, in a profile piece about Downey, who won his first Academy Award last month for playing Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer, Gibson recalled: “One time, I got into a bit of a sticky situation where it kind of ended my career. Robert Downey and Mel Gibson have had infamous run-ins with law enforcementKypros/Getty Images/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via Getty Images /The Passion of the Christ filmmaker and Oscar winner did not star in any films following his arrest until the 2010 thriller Edge of Darkness.

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