Robert Downey Jr. Thought He Was a ‘Shoe-In’ for ‘The Holiday,’ Then Kate Winslet Roasted Him: ‘That’s the Worst British Accent I’ve Ever Heard’

shared in his Instagram Story on Tuesday that he is giving away six of his vintage, eco-modified dream cars in a competition anyone can enter. Downey Jr., 58, is collaborating with the Edward Charles Foundation to raise money for his climate tech venture capital company FootPrint Coalition.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Conleth Hill told the The Times UK in a recent interview that he was “inconsolable” when he found out his character, Varys, was being killed off “Game of Thrones.” Hill was a regular face on the HBO fantasy series since its first season until Varys was burned to death by a dragon in the final season’s penultimate episode. By that point, Hill admitted, he had grown “frustrated” with the series for not staying true to his character’s all-knowing ways. “I thought I’d done something wrong,” Hill said.

Oppenheimer about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist who played a pivotal role in the creation of the atomic bomb.The Irish actor is joined by an ensemble cast that includes Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” has generated a lot of headlines due to its nudity and sex scenes, the first of the director’s career. Cillian Murphy, who plays the title character in Nolan’s biographical drama, was recently asked by GQ UK to weigh in on all of the buzz surrounding the “Oppenheimer” sex scenes, to which Murphy said they were “vital” to the film.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Before Christian Bale landed the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight” trilogy, the filmmaker screen-tested his “Oppenheimer” star Cillian Murphy. Both men have since admitted that Murphy was never a real threat to steal the part from Bale, and Murphy told GQ Magazine UK in a recent interview that it “was for the best” that Bale won the coveted role over him anyway. “Yes, I think it was for the best because we got Christian Bale’s performance, which is a stunning interpretation of that role,” Murphy said.

Cillian Murphy’s Oppenheimer co-star Robert Downey Jr. is praising him for his performance as J. Robert Oppenheimer.

The dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes aren’t stalling the 48th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, which announced the first 60 feature films in what’s expected to be a 200-plus-title schedule. Last year counted some 260 full-length films.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Oppenheimer fans have been left stunned after spotting Hollyoaks legend, Guy Burnet, in the hit Blockbuster film. Soap fans will recall that Guy, 39, played Craig Dean in the popular Channel 4 soap from 2002 until 2008.

Christopher Nolan delivers his first biographical epic in Oppenheimer.Based on the book American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film follows the life of theoretical physicist J.

Robert Downey Sr., the younger Downey made his acting debut at age five, playing the ironic role of a sick puppy n his father’s film “Pound.” Downey Jr. found early success as an adjunct member of the Brat Pack, starring in the nihilist classic “Less Than Zero.” He earned his first Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Charlie Chaplin in the eponymous film. Downey has famously, and publicly, battled substance abuse, spending much of the 90’s and early aughts in and out of treatment centers and correctional facilities before finally getting sober in 2003 and making the unlikely leap from getting high to becoming the highest paid actor in Hollywood.

Christopher Nolan's highly anticipated thriller Oppenheimer hits cinemas today. The movie stars Peaky Blinders actor Cillian Murphy, Iron Man Robert Downey Jr and Emily Blunt, and tells the story of the creation of the atomic bomb dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagaski.

Robert Downey Jr. has revealed that he’s a fan of Sleaford Mods.While promoting his new film Oppenheimer, the actor appeared alongside director Christopher Nolan in an autocomplete interview for Wired.During the interview, Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. and Jimmy Fallon are going down memory lane and remembering the time they auditioned for Nancy Meyers’ The Holiday.

Robert Downey Jr is opening up about missing out on a role in The Holiday.

Howard Stern that fellow Oscar winner Kate Winslet couldn’t hold back her contempt over his attempt to pass for an Englishman during a unique joint audition for Nancy Meyers’ “The Holiday,” back in 2006, with Winslet, Cameron Diaz, and “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon. “[Jimmy and I] both got called in just as seat-fillers,” the “Oppenheimer” and “Iron Man” actor recalled. “Jack Black is getting his part and Jude Law is definitely getting my part, but [Meyers] needed someone to read with the gals, and we’re sitting there going, ‘It’s about to happen for us.’”“I was like, I’ve got to have a better English accent than Jude Law at this point, and Winslet said, ‘That is the worst British accent I’ve ever heard in my life,'” Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. has revealed that Kate Winslet once roasted him for having the “worst British accent” ever.The American actor, who stars in Oppenheimer which is released this Friday (July 21), said in a new interview that the British actress roasted him for his accent efforts.He recalled the time when he was auditioning for The Holiday (2006) opposite the actress years ago.“We both got called in just as seat fillers… [director Nancy Meyers] needed someone to read with the gals and we’re sitting there going, ‘It’s about to happen for us,’” Downey told SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show recently.

Jimmy Fallon and Robert Downey Jr.'s joint audition didn't go well. During an appearance on SiriusXM's , the 48-year-old late-night host and the 58-year-old actor recalled auditioning for .«We both got called in just as seat fillers and we saw each other,» Downey said.

McKinley Franklin editor Christopher Nolan cast his eldest daughter in a gruesome role for his forthcoming feature “Oppenheimer.” Speaking with the Telegraph, Nolan revealed that his daughter, Flora, visited the “Oppenheimer” set, alongside his wife and producer Emma Thomas, while the film was still in production. Nolan then had the idea to cast Flora in a then-open role: a nameless young woman who has her face damaged by a nuclear explosion in a sequence within the main character’s mind. “We needed someone to do that small part of a somewhat experimental and spontaneous sequence,” Nolan said. “So it was wonderful to just have her sort of roll with it.” 

Despite making some of the most revered sci-fi movies of the past few decades, Christopher Nolan does not use modern technology, like email or smartphones. According to a Hollywood Reporter interview with the British director behind “Oppenheimer”, his latest theatrical release, it’s about avoiding distractions that come with having advanced devices.

Robert Downey Jr. has called Oppenheimer “the best film I’ve ever been in” ahead of its release next week.The upcoming biopic stars Cillian Murphy as scientist and “father of the atomic bomb” J.