The 2024 Oscars have concluded and among the various surprises (which are not surprises, many expected awards for Oppenheimer), there was one thing that made many fans scream with joy. Tony Stark, our beloved Robert Downey Jr, won at the 2024 Oscars for best supporting actor
This really seems like a happy ending for Robert Downey Jr. An actor who had a bad start and who then, in the end, managed to earn his victory at the 2024 Oscars for best supporting actortogether with his talented colleague Cillian Murphy, who won best leading actor. The American actor now boasts of a long career full of ups and downs at the beginning especially low onesbut the 2024 Oscars proved that people can change and be better.
The arrest | Robert Downey Jr’s Oscar win: being better people
Robert Downey Jr had started his acting career at a very young age, in films Poundwith his father Robert Downey Sr. directing. The actor, however, over time began to develop a drug addiction because of his father, who was a drug addict himself. Robert Downey Jr had thus begun to take drugs and also to possess drugs. This then led to him being arrested for good three times, for missing various drug tests. The actor’s career, having reached that point with his arrest, seemed to be the end. It is also the fault of a father who did not give him good teachings and who, in fact, was the one who led him down the bad path of drug addiction
A second chance | Robert Downey Jr’s Oscar win: being better people
When he was released from prison and could finally breathe the air of freedom, no one called him to act in films anymore. This had led Downey Jr to regret his life choices and also to depression, a depression that was only alleviated by the presence of his current wife Susan Downey. However, things changed when Jon Favreau recommended the former drug addict for the role of Iron Man. The director was keen to ensure that the actor returned to work and showed everyone that he can improve. Luckily, thanks to the acceptance by the director of Marvel Entertainment, so before Kevin Feige, Robert Downey Jr got the part. Thus it was that we had one of the most beautiful and best written characters in the history of cinema, the face of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Tony Starkbetter known to the world as Iron Man.
We have to be better
Robert Downey Jr’s victory at the Oscars, therefore, is living proof that redemption exists. If someone puts in the effort, if someone really wants to become a better person and make up for the mistakes of their past, He can do it. This actor has proven that we need to take advantage of second chances, these can not only save our lives, but also change them. Our beloved portrayer of Tony Stark has made great strides, from a drug-addicted prisoner to a actor Oscar. Everyone makes mistakes, what is important is to understand your mistakes, forgive yourself and be aware that you can always do better. The 2024 Oscar for the role of Strauss in OppenheimerIn any case, it’s just the beginning. But at the same time it remains a fitting conclusion to an American story based on redemption and improvement.
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