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And you all thought the Burger King bit was just blatant product placement! NY Daily News | Burger King helped me beat addiction, Robert Downey Jr. saysBy AMANDA PENTLER
Monday, June 9th 2008, 10:58 AM
Robert Downey Jr. has publicly thanked Burger King for helping him overcome his problems with addiction. The fast food chain, he says, also helped to resurrect his career.
The fast food epiphany happened in 2003 when the "Iron Man" star was driving a car piled with "tons of f---ing dope," Downey Jr. told Britain's Empire magazine. The actor decided to pull over for a burger and everything changed.
"I have to thank Burger King," he said. "It was such a disgusting burger I ordered. I had that, and this big soda, and I thought something really bad was going to happen." Downey Jr. says he then tossed all of his drugs into the ocean, deciding right then and there to clean up his act.
Downey Jr. hints that a fateful moment in "Iron Man," when his character Tony Stark requests a cheeseburger from Burger King after being released from his captors, is a reference to his own experiences. |
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« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2008, 01:46:51 PM » |
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That's kinda awesome, actually  |
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SirReef
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« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2008, 08:52:45 PM » |
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What's that say about hamburgers from Burger King? I mean, can they turn this into a new slogan? "Burger King ... so awful you'll quit drugs!" Not really catchy, but it could work. I guess if I'm ever hanging out with RDJ, I'll forgo the fast food.  |
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« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2008, 09:15:01 PM » |
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Man, I don't know if Burger King should be offended or flattered.  Either way that was pretty funny! |
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« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2008, 10:21:07 PM » |
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whats cool.... since is BK we are not that disgusted...
but i bet ya if he said it was taco bell, no one will ever go back... lol
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« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2008, 11:37:18 PM » |
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but i bet ya if he said it was taco bell, no one will ever go back... lol
Them's fightin' words ... don't ever insult the bell! The bell and the Big Taste Taco p0wn you! |
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« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2008, 08:22:30 AM » |
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but i bet ya if he said it was taco bell, no one will ever go back... lol
Them's fightin' words ... don't ever insult the bell! The bell and the Big Taste Taco p0wn you! Yeah, what SirReef said. The Bell is a fast food staple! (How 'bout that SR, we've found common ground!) |
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SirReef
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« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2008, 04:00:16 AM » |
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Yeah, what SirReef said. The Bell is a fast food staple! (How 'bout that SR, we've found common ground!) Well, even you God-fearing, Christian-types have got to eat ... might as well be tasty. |
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« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2008, 12:17:07 PM » |
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Someone told me RBJ fell off the wagon with all the new stardom and popularity after the IMmovie. Did anyone here that? I sure as heck hope not. He's a great actor and a great Tony Stark/Iron Man. I sure as hell wouldn't want them to shuffle actors.
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« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2008, 01:14:38 PM » |
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Well he probably went to the Bell after he was high and the munchies kicked in. If a Bell had been there instead of BK, who knows where he would be today. Food for thought.
I prefer the Bell over all others except Wendy's.
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« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2008, 02:42:35 PM » |
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Someone told me RBJ fell off the wagon with all the new stardom and popularity after the IMmovie. Did anyone here that? I sure as heck hope not. He's a great actor and a great Tony Stark/Iron Man. I sure as hell wouldn't want them to shuffle actors.
I've heard nothing of the sort - and I'm sure that it would make headlines everywhere should that have happened. |
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« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2008, 07:11:36 AM » |
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I know BK was an official sponsor, but Stark probably would've preferred an In & Out Burger before anything else. Even a Fat Burger. He's in L.A., after all.
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« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2008, 08:56:16 PM » |
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Finally, proof that burgin' hard can save a man's life. Also-- The fast food epiphany happened in 2003 when the "Iron Man" star was driving a car piled with "tons of f---ing dope," Downey Jr. told Britain's Empire magazine. The actor decided to pull over for a burger and everything changed.
Has got to be one of the best paragraphs I've ever read. |
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