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Robert Downey Jr. Says He Was “Relieved” Not To Win An Oscar For ‘Chaplin’


In an interview with the cohosts of The View posted Wednesday, Robert Downey Jr., said that not winnig his first of three Academy Award nominations for playing Charlie Chaplin in 1992’s Chaplin cam…

Following his first Oscar nomination, Downey Jr. underwent “30 years of dependency, depravity and despair, ” he said. Downey Jr. plays U.S. Atomic Energy Commission chairman Lewis Strauss in Christopher Nolan’s Best Picture contender. The 96th Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, March 10, from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

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